Portman Ltd said it is assessing its options of its shareholding in Golden West Resources Ltd after a Federal Court judge today ruled against the validity of its proxy forms lodged for last week's extraordinary meeting.
A $72 million price tag has been placed on the development of Perth-based Tiger Resources Ltd's African copper project with payback for operation pegged at one-and-a-half years.
Shares in South Perth-based uranium explorer Extract Resources Ltd have been placed in a trading halt pending the release of information related to a proposed material corporate transaction.
BHP Billiton's iron ore and associated port operations have been suspended until further notice following the death of a 19 year-old man at the Yandi mine site late yesterday.
It may have been a tough past six months for the resource sector but not so according to Standard & Poor's as changes to its S&P/ASX indices reveal a majority of inclusions being resource stocks.
West Perth-based Zambezi Resources Ltd has fallen short of its $4.1 million capital raising, with less than an eighth of shares on offer subscribed to by shareholders.
Prospects in the North American market are picking up for bamboo flooring products company Style Ltd which has extended a distribution agreement in the country by three years to 2012.
In a bid to bolster exploration after winding down its Western Australian mining operations in July, Fox Resources Ltd has hired Newexco Services Pty Ltd to undertake base metals exploration.
Paladio Group Ltd's order book has been given a significant boost today after its subsidiary, Decmil Australia Pty Ltd, won an $80 million contract by Woodside Burrup Pty Ltd for the Pluto liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia.
Bateman Engineering has continued its expansion into Western Australia, signing a deal with Poseidon Nickel Ltd to undertake pre-feasibility work at the Windarra nickel project.
Apache Energy Ltd has confirmed production at its Varanus Island gas facility has reached about 70 per cent while its parent company expects to seal a deal to sell gas from the Reindeer project at higher prices than existing agreements.
Western Australian AWB Ltd director Colin Nicholl is under threat from chairman Brendan Stewart, who has called for the resignation of all directors who did not support the scrapping of the company's unusual dual-class share structure.
The state Liberal Party has today confirmed it will spend more than $44 million on the environment if it wins the state election while Premier Alan Carpenter has pledged a further $33 million to protect the state's environment icons.
Senior BHP Billiton executive Megan Clark has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
State Liberal leader Colin Barnett has today committed to introduce legislation to protect Royal Perth Hospital from demolition and has indicated Troy Buswell may be appointed treasurer if the party wins Saturday's election.
In a boost to its takeover bid for Ausdrill Ltd, Macmahon Holdings Ltd has received acceptances from Ausdrill shareholders with nine per cent of the company's stock following the establishment of an institutional acceptance facility last week.
Osborne Park-based property group Alcock Brown-Neaves has stepped into the Victorian building and property market after buying a major stake in builder Boutique Homes.
New vehicle sales in Western Australia have slumped 10 per cent in August compared to the same month last year as sales across the nation crashed more than 12 per cent, according to latest statistics.
East Perth-based North Australian Diamonds Ltd will restrict its exploration activities after it reviewed its cash position ahead of legal proceedings brought on by a major shareholder.
There has been mixed reactions to the Reserve Bank of Australia's widely expected rate cut with most welcoming the news but others critical that it doesn't go far enough.
A preliminary review into the feasibility of a wave energy farm in Albany has concluded there is unlikely to be "fatal flaws" in the proposed development, Carnegie Corporation Ltd said today.
A mining lobby group has outlined its election wishlist for the next state government in a bid to restore Western Australia's mining policy reputation.
Perth-based Vmoto Ltd is targeting late October for in-house scooter production to start at its manufacturing plant in China as stage one of the workshop is completed on time and budget.
Perth-based CO2 Group Ltd will shortly move to acquire the remaining shares in private eucalyptus planting firm The Oil Mallee Company of Australia Ltd, just a month after launching the takeover offer.
The geothermal industry in the state has been given a kick-start with the government awarding a private Guildford-based company the first exploration permits in Western Australia.
Perth-based CopperCo Ltd will move to acquire the remaining shares in investment house Mineral Securities Ltd after emerging with a 94.7 per cent stake following the close of its takeover offer.
Earnings in Maddington-based engineering company Coote Industrial Ltd has skyrocketed 191 per cent to $23.8 million on the back of stronger revenues for the 2008 financial year.
