Followers of the nickel sector are expecting further takeover activity after Swiss group Xstrata stunned the market with a $3.1 billion bid for Perth-based Jubilee Mines NL.
Biotechnology companies in Western Australia have posted checkered results of late, but Subiaco-based bio-pharmaceutical company Phylogica Ltd has defied the trend through its business model, according to co-founder Paul Watt.
Their stores occupy some of the most exclusive real estate in the world, but with retail spending at an all-time high in Western Australia, luxury brands such as Versace, Tiffany & Co, Chanel and La Perla are suddenly taking notice of Perth.
With housing affordability squarely on the national agenda in the lead up to the federal election, one of Western Australia’s most prolific residential developers, Nigel Satterley, has called on both
Did you enjoy the boom?Briefcase hopes so, because the evidence continues to flow in that, after five bumper years, we might actually have to start working for a living.Easy money, the stuff made when
Raising money for a new business venture or product development can be a challenge, but East Perth-based software developer Firmware Technologies took a different approach to raising the $3 million it needed to develop and commercialise its new product.
Minara Resources Ltd main substantial holder Glencore International AG has lifted its stake in the nickel producer from 50.8 to 52.2 per cent through on market acquisitions of 5 million shares worth $
WESFARMERS Ltd and the UWA Perth International Arts Festival have won the top prize for a business arts partnership at the national Australia Business Arts Foundation Awards, held in Sydney this week.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Range Resources Ltd has raised 4 million pounds through a placement of 18 million shares at 22 pence each on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market.
Subiaco-based Natural Fuel Ltd lost its chairman, former Liberal leader John Hewson, and two directors today, less than one week after releasing an annual report showing a net loss of $47.8 million.
West Perth-based Nare Diamonds Ltd and Continental Goldfields Ltd have received shareholder approval to change their names, the companies announced today.
The mystery holder of 17.7 per cent of West Perth-based takeover target Consolidated Minerals Ltd has been tracked to Cyprus, via Ukraine and the Czech Republic, the company has announced.
Subiaco-based manganese explorer Spitfire Resources Ltd will today open its initial public offer, aiming to raise $4 million for exploration and working capital.
Xstrata meets with WA government to discuss its $3.1b Jubilee takeover; Harold Clough quits Clough board after family sell down; Coventry rose by 3pcts yesterday; WA Department of Agriculture quits involvement in wheat breeding; Myer staff wins pay rise.
Specialist mining and energy software developer ISS Group Ltd has disclosed that its European office has concluded a purchase agreement with BG International, formerly British Gas.
Automotive parts supplier Allomak Ltd has made its second Western Australian acquisition, agreeing to buy Alanco Australia Pty Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
Mine developer Precious Metals Australia Ltd has negotiated a new gas supply agreement for its Windimurra vanadium project with Santos Ltd, two months after Santos cancelled their original $35 million agreement.
