Subiaco-based Mission NewEnergy has sold its Kuantan Port biodiesel refinery for $24 million to a newly formed joint venture company in which it will retain a 20 per cent stake.
Palladium closed above $US900 a troy ounce for the first time in more than a decade, extending its recent rally as rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine stoke fears about supply.
Copper and gold miner Sandfire Resources has recorded a slightly less profitable financial year for 2013-14 but declared a maiden dividend of 10 cents per share.
Several former BHP Billiton employees made redundant from their positions at Mount Whaleback mine have engaged law firm Slater & Gordon to fight for their Newman homes amid claims the company altered aspects of its home ownership scheme.
Silver Lake Resources continues to be buffeted by a low gold price, with operating losses at its Murchison operation and impairments dragging it to a $170 million loss.
Nedlands-based TFS Corporation has achieved a record full-year profit of $82.5 million, up 48 per cent on the back of increased plantation asset ownership.
Gold and nickel producer Independence Group has raised its full-year profit by 60.7 per cent to $46.6 million on the back of the production commencement at Tropicana and an improved nickel price in the second half of the year.
Shares in Perth contractor OTOC have surged after it announced it had taken a first step towards creating a national surveying business by acquiring Victorian firm Bosco Jonson for $17 million.
Tiger Resources says it will acquire the remaining 40 per cent shareholding in Société d'Exploitation de Kipoi for $118.6 million, to gain full ownership of its Kipoi copper project.
Gold miner Troy Resources has flagged a net loss of $59.1 million on the back of a $61.2 million asset impairment of its Karouni gold project in Guyana.
Gold miner Evolution Mining has reported a $50 million net profit after tax largely due to starting commercial production at its Mt Carlton mine and significant cost reductions in response to a lower gold price.
Iron ore miner Gindalbie Metals has extended its finance facility for its Karara magnetite project in the Mid West by three years and an additional $US400 million ($428 million).
Australia's second largest gold miner Northern Star Resources has suffered a 15 per cent fall in profit after buying the Jundee mine and paying redundancies.
Mining services company Ausdrill has suffered a 148.5 per cent fall in full-year profit to make a loss of $43.9 million, on the back of $77.9 million in write-downs and impairment charges as a result of the diminished outlook for mining services.
Oil and gas dealmaker Peter Allchurch has teamed up with fellow Aurora Oil & Gas founder John Kenny, and Houston-based geologist Neville Henry, to list US-focused shale oil hopeful Winchester Energy.
Movements in the US dollar and Ghanaian Cedi relative to the Australian dollar have combined with lower gold production and higher costs to drive Perseus Mining into losing territory.
Perth-based contractor OTOC says its diversification strategy and growth of its business divisions helped it raise full-year profit by 5 per cent to $5.46 million.
Oil prices have traded mixed, with New York crude lifted as investors bet on another decline in commercial inventories in the United States, the world's largest oil consumer.
Mineral explorer and developer Mirabela Nickel still faces uncertainty as a going concern after coming out of administration in June, on the back of lower than expected nickel prices.
Subiaco-based explorer TNG has taken the next step towards formal agreements with South Korean steel giant POSCO over its Mount Peake vanadium project by signing a letter of intent with Global-Pacific Partners.
West Perth-based miner Metals X has reported a 332 per cent full-year profit increase to $37.4 million, alongside a 247 per cent surge in revenue to $238.6 million.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has reported a $9.6 million slump in full-year profit to $7.7 million on the back of a 21 per cent fall in revenue to $218.2 million.
