Portman Ltd has turned up the heat in its battle with junior iron ore company Golden West Resources Ltd, which has recruited a senior Rio Tinto manager as its new chief executive one day after signing a Chinese iron off-take deal.
Pay packets in resource rich Western Australia climbed 5.6 per cent over the year, the fastest in the country, while the mining industry was the top sector for annual wage growth.
Golden West Resources Ltd has appointed former Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief operating officer David Rose as its chief executive, as it shores up its defence against Portman Ltd's bid to oust two directors.
Liberal leader Colin Barnett has failed to outline a firm retail trading policy after the Labor Party's promise yesterday of modest reforms to shopping hours.
Swimming's glamour girl Stephanie Rice has broken the world record for the 200 metres individual medley at the Beijing Olympics to claim her second gold medal at the games.
West Perth-based Straits Resources Ltd has submitted 72 grounds of appeal against recommendations made by the state environment watchdog which decided against a $200 million solar salt farm in the Exmouth Gulf last month.
Golden West Resources Ltd has entered into a 15-year offtake agreement with a Chinese steelmaker, which will also subscribe to nearly $27 million worth of shares for an 11 per cent stake.
An investigation into the Varanus Island gas pipeline rupture has found the operation complied with general safety standards as the government calls on the state opposition to not jeopardise the inquiry.
West Perth-based Moly Mines Ltd has mandated an unnamed United States institution to complete due diligence on financing $170 million for its $1.1 billion Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project.
Shares in Moly Mines Ltd have been placed in a trading halt pending an announcement relating to financing activities potentially concerning its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project.
The surging iron ore industry delivered a big boost today for West Perth-based miner Mount Gibson Iron Ltd, which reported a doubling of profit, and engineering company WorleyParsons Ltd, which signed a $260 million contract with Fortescue Metals.
Subiaco-based Empire Beer Group Ltd has agreed to sell two of its pubs to a shareholder company controlled by Computershare Ltd executive chairman Christopher Morris for $4.5 million.
Perth-based coal miner Handini Resources Ltd has revised its initial public offer, this time doubling the amount of funds to be raised to $10 million as it pins its hopes on a major company to take the majority of shares.
West Perth-based ipernica Ltd will lend its knowledge to a Melbourne company caught in legal proceedings in the United States over its intellectual property rights.
Nedlands-based waste management company Tox Free Ltd has reported a 56 per cent jump in earnings for fiscal 2008 as it opens its first waste facility in New South Wales.
Strike Resources Ltd is banking on the high iron ore and coal prices to feed the development of its flagship Peru project as it signs a $19 million scrip deal to reacquire two projects from Perth-based Orion Equities Ltd.
Shares in West Perth-based ARC Energy Ltd will be suspended from trading at the close of business today after the Federal Court approved its merger with Australian Worldwide Exploration Ltd.
The Albany Hospital has become the first battlefield in the state election with both the Labor and Liberal Parties trying to outdo each other with budgets and quicker schedules for a rebuild.
A Queensland-based consortium is pushing ahead with bold plans for a A$14 billion, 3300 kilometre rail line from the Pilbara to Queensland with industrial smelter hubs at each end after gaining support from 19 steel producers.
O'Connor-based Brainytoys Ltd said it is on track to reach its $20 millions sales target for this calendar year despite expecting a profitability loss of $3.4 million for fiscal 2008.
State liberal member Rob Johnson has regained his police portfolio in opposition leader Colin Barnett's shadow frontbench reshuffle, as Troy Buswell takes on treasury and commerce.
Berkeley Resources Ltd has released its maiden resource estimate for its Gambuta uranium deposit in Spain, with investors liking the news and pushing the company share price up nearly 10 per cent.
Litigation funder IMF (Australia) Ltd will pocket a further $1.35 million after a New South Wales court ruled in favour of Concept Equity Pty Ltd against Challenger Group Holdings Ltd.
Western Australia will head to the polls on September 6 after Premier Alan Carpenter called a snap election, drawing surprise from the state opposition and predictions it will be a close-fought race.
Market volatility is likely to impact Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust's earnings in the 2009 financial year as it reported a $39.3 million fall in the fair value of investment property portfolio, in contrast to a $167.9 million rise the previous year.
Perth-based Avita Medical Ltd, formerly Clinical Cell Culture, has signed a distribution agreement with Greek company D.Analytica Ltd to supply its Funhaler spacer to the country's pharmacies and healthcare providers.
West Perth-based Nkwe Platinum has signed exclusive option agreements valued at nearly $A14 million with global mining company Xstrata and Leederville-based International Goldfields Ltd over several African projects.
