Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes has paid a hefty premium over the market price for shares owned by Perth businessman Neven Botica in National Hire Group because of a 'shortfall indemnity agreement' signed in 2004.
Fast-growing engineering consultancy Calibre Projects has won a contract to conduct a feasibility study for BHP Billiton's $465 million Maruwai coal mine project in Indonesia.
Cooperative Bulk Handling’s investment in South-East Asian joint venture Interflour is shaping as a healthy move for the group, as the flour miller prepares to post a considerable turnaround in profit early next year.
The big spenders in the September quarter may represent a vastly different group but one commodity group that stands apart from the iron ore hunters is the diamond explorers.
The state’s recently passed Mining Amendment Bill may aim to provide greater incentive for mineral exploration, but concerns remain that the current production boom is blinding decision makers to the decline in exploration spending.
Giralia Resources NL, one of the state's uranium hopefuls, will spin off its Pilbara iron ore tenements as part of a $4 million float as Red Hill Iron Ltd.
Rio Tinto has received royalty concessions and the removal of secondary processing obligations from the State Government, clearing the way for a $1.3 billion expansion of the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley.
Listed property trust Aspen Group Ltd is set to go to the market for fresh funding following confirmation of its $93.5 million purchase of the Dunsborough Lakes residential development from Ric Stowe's Griffin Group.
The Kimberley's credentials as a minerals province may soon get a boost as Sally Malay Mining Ltd investigates the potential of a platinum-palladium joint venture with Platinum Australia Ltd.
The launch of a bid for the 2008 Australian Tourism Exchange and new marketing initiatives to boost tourism in the state indicate how serious the government is about growing the industry, according to Tourism Minister Mark McGowan.
Australian gold production is tipped to rise next year amid renewed enthusiasm for local stocks, reflected in big deals and soaring junior share prices.
Supermarket bag distributor Uniquely Raw expects talks under way with French and Singaporean buyers will significantly increase orders for its environmentally friendly ‘Trolley Bag’.
Stockbroking firm Hartleys has reported a net profit of $3.9 million in the year to June 2005, highlighting the boom-time conditions in the broking industry.
Perth-based small goods manufacturer D'Orsogna Ltd has come off a weaker last year to post a $1.1 million profit, but is still down on its 2003 earnings result of $2 million, after sustaining proportionally higher cost of sales.
The state government has named the heads of the four new businesses that will be created when Western Power is separated into four stand-alone businesses, with Doug Aberle to lead the biggest part of this - networks.
Nickel producer Sally Malay Mining has announced a month of record production at its namesake mine in the Kimberley ahead of the end to open-pit mining at the site next year.
