Mining

AnaeCo Ltd Gianmario Capelli has been appointed non-executive director.

WESTERN Australian exporters won two of the nation's top honours at the annual Australian Export Awards held last week in Melbourne.

THE recent encroachment of Chinese producers into the state's resource sector has brought into question the value of shareholder returns, with cost plus off-take deals playing into Chinese hands.

APACHE and Santos have deferred development of the $900 million Reindeer gas project, with engineering company Clough likely to be the biggest loser.

CORPORATE giving has evolved rapidly in Western Australia, with companies increasingly likely to provide money for good causes.

Perth-based energy group Aviva Corp has terminated its $22 million merger with Canadian coal producer Northern Energy and Mining Inc due to a lower than expected interest in a project.

Nickel miner Mincor Resources says it will suspend operations at its Miitel mine after Christmas as it details cost cutting measures to carry it through the mining downturn.

Directors in West Perth-based explorer Pegasus Metals have agreed to more than halve their executive fees as part of the restructure of the company.

West Perth-based Apex Minerals expects to pour first gold from its Wiluna gold mine next week after technical plant delays were repaired quicker than expected.

Less than a month after the termination of a friendly merger, West Perth-based Kalahari Minerals has called for the chairman of Extract Resources to be removed.

West Perth-based Jupiter Energy is looking for a potential farm in partner for its oil project n Kazakhstan as it drops plans to buy a nearby oil field valued at $77 million.

Osborne Park-based Immersive Technologies has secured another major client with Downer EDI exclusively choosing the company's simulation training program to support its training sites across the country.

Mining services company Mineral Resources has secured a pipeline contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum as it announced a share buy back scheme in a bid to boost shareholder value.

West Perth-based Albidon has joined the growing list of miners reviewing their operations, following recent substantial falls in commodity process.

The legal showdown between Cazaly Resources and Rio Tinto over the Rhodes Ridge project in the Pilbara has been delayed until next month.

KEITH Spence has been awarded the North West Shelf Gas and the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia WA Gas Industry Development Award for 2008.

COFFEY Geotechnics and Environments was the only Western Australian winner at the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia awards night held in Perth on November 28.

FALLOUT from the collapse of margin lending business Lift Capital has hit the hip pocket of one prominent Perth director.

KEITH Spence has been awarded the North West Shelf Gas and the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia WA Gas Industry Development Award for 2008.

Director Grant Mooney has resigned. Balkans Gold Ltd Director Noel Taylor has resigned. BioProspect Ltd Non-executive directors Stephen Morrow (chairman) and Peter Landau have resigned.

Wesfarmers Ltd managing director Richard Goyder has boosted his stake in the company by 220,884 shares valued at almost $4 million through an on-market acquisition by the trustee of the plan on behalf

Director Grant Mooney has resigned. Balkans Gold Ltd Director Noel Taylor has resigned. BioProspect Ltd Non-executive directors Stephen Morrow (chairman) and Peter Landau have resigned.

ATLAS Iron has appointed Geoff Clifford as independent non-executive chairman.

Wesfarmers Ltd managing director Richard Goyder has boosted his stake in the company by 220,884 shares valued at almost $4 million through an on-market acquisition by the trustee of the plan on behalf

MINING entrepreneur Andrew Forrest provides a classic illustration of how share options, which are a key part of many remuneration packages, can be extremely valuable, and quickly become worthless.

ATLAS Iron has appointed Geoff Clifford as independent non-executive chairman.

COFFEY Geotechnics and Environments was the only Western Australian winner at the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia awards night held in Perth on November 28.

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has appointed Simon Bennison as chief executive, taking over from Justin Walawski.

A significant export earner for Western Australia in the 19th century is set to re-emerge with the launch of a plan to develop the state's sandalwood tree farming industry.

Shares in West Perth-based Greenland Minerals and Energy have jumped 27 per cent after Greenland's parliament gave in principle support to uranium mining.

Atlas Iron has appointed independent non-executive director Geoff Clifford as chairman of the company, taking over from David Nixon who was ousted at the company's annual general meeting.

Rio Tinto's review of its Pilbara expansion projects has resulted in the termination of a $25 million accommodation construction contract with East Perth-based Fleetwood Corporation.