Strategies to make workplaces safer by managing risks will be promoted through the 2006 Occupational Safety and Health Conference, Delivering Outcomes: A Case for Safety.
Audiences and performers will be treated to better theatre facilities with the opening of Perth's newly refurbished Arts House (The Blue Room) in the Perth Cultural Centre.
West Perth-based gold explorer Goldstar Resources NL has finalised its tranche two placement to raise $2.9 million, following on from its recently completed $5.1 million tranche one share placement.
Balcatta-based Moto Goldmines Ltd has entered into an agreement with a group of underwriters to issue 5.5 million common shares in Moto to raise CAD$42 million (A$50 million).
West Perth-based Sphere Investments Ltd has issued a 13 per cent interest in the company to Saudi Iron and Steel Company - a wholly owned affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation.
Mineral explorer and producer Dominion Mining Ltd posted a first half profit after tax of $68,000 after the charging of $10.2 million in accounting adjustments and the bringing forward of an income tax benefit of $5.8 million.
Gold and iron ore explorer Gindalbie Metals Ltd has announced it has allotted shares to raise $17.4 million to facilitate development of its wholly owned Karara iron ore project in the mid west.
Burswood-based wireless telecommunications company Wavenet International Ltd has recorded a half year net profit of $884,141, an increase of 307 per cent compared to a loss of $427,781 for the previous corresponding period.
Australia's third largest Internet Service Provider, Perth-based iiNet Ltd, has announced a $15 million investment in its next generation ADSL2+ network, which will increase coverage to 90 per cent of metropolitan Australia.
Perth-based Mineral Securities Ltd has entered into agreements to acquire a further 680,336 shares in Platmin Ltd from existing Platmin shareholders for $US13.6 million ($A18.4 million).
Shares in Leederville-based mineral explorer Smarttrans Holdings Ltd increased 35 per cent today after announcing it has reached agreement in principle with Zinifex Ltd to enter a joint venture.
A new long term agreement has been signed between Japan power generation utility Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc and Australia's largest resources project, the North West Shelf Venture, for the supply of liquefied natural gas.
A joint venture between Western Australian companies SpectrumData and Access Information Management has won a three-year multi-million dollar contract to manage and store Woodside Energy's petroleum exploration data assets.
Oil production company Incremental Petroleum Ltd released its first preliminary final report covering the three month operating period ending 31 December 2005.
Employers and workers in the Great Southern will be able to have their say on ways to reform the state's apprenticeship and traineeship system at a public forum in Albany today.
The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission has agreed to hear a claim by the Trades and Labor Council for a 4 per cent general wage increase.
