Subiaco-based manganese explorer Spitfire Resources Ltd will today open its initial public offer, aiming to raise $4 million for exploration and working capital.
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.
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.
Perth-based gas developer Po Valley Energy Ltd has awarded a $10 million contract for its first production plant in Itay, which is targeted to start producing in the third quarter of next year.
Specialist engineering company Neptune Marine Services Ltd has continued its rapid expansion by announcing plans to acquire Aberdeen-based Ross Deeptech Initiatives Ltd for $25 million in cash.
The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended approval for a major expansion of Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd's Super Pit mining operation.
East Perth-based company Hydrotech International Ltd will work with China International Engineering Consulting Corporation to promote its Multi Pulse sequencing system in China, the company has announced.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Bass Metals Ltd will raise $5.4 million through a placement to bolster working capital, including development at Que River and the company exploration program.
More enhanced nickel exploration campaigns over greenfields provinces could push Western Australia's nickel production ranking from third place to first, according to Geological Survey of WA project leader Franco Pirajno.
West Perth-based Straits Resources Ltd subsidiary Straits Asia Resources Ltd has entered into a deal to acquire two coal tenements north of its Sebuku Island operations for around $153.8 million, the company has announced.
West Perth-based Precious Metals Australia Ltd has secured the principal environmental approvals necessary to reconstruct and commence operation of the Windimurra vanadium mine, the company has announced.
Gindalbie Metals Ltd and Midwest Corporation Ltd could be the losers from a state government review of the Mid West, which has endorsed the big iron ore projects planned for the region but put a question mark over several others.
Western Australian metals explorers Buxton Resources Ltd, of West Perth, and Nedlands-based GBM Resources Ltd traded steady after their debuts on the Australian Securities Exchange.
West Perth-based tungsten-molybdenum miner Thor Mining Plc has signed a native title mining agreement for its Molyhil project in the Northern Territory with the Eastern Arrernte people, the company has announced.
Perth-based oil and gas explorer Strike Oil Ltd has issued 16.9 million shares to shareholders through an entitlements issue, alloting the shortfall of the $10 million capital raising.
Subiaco-based Global Nickel Investments Ltd will acquire a 75 per cent stake in a New Zealand platinum and nickel project for $65,000 and the issue of 2 million shares, the company has announced.
Iron ore developers Gindalbie Resources Ltd and Sundance Resources Ltd confirmed today they would not be proceeding with their planned $2.4 billion merger after shareholders and institutions rejected the concept.
South Perth-based gold and nickel explorer Mindax Ltd has announced plans to raise $2.4 million through a non-renounceable entitlements issue to fund planned exploration programs on its uranium, gold, copper and iron ore projects in Western Australia.
Nedlands-based Dioro Exploration NL has announced the terms of its planned capital raising, with plans to distribute 31.2 million subscription receiprt to investors at a price of C$1.60 each, to raise up to C$50 million, the company has announced.
Shares in Burswood-based gold and nickel explorer Tectonic Resources NL have risen 16 per cent after raising around $3 million through scrip issues to Melbourne-based Lion Selection Ltd and West Perth-based Jabiru Metals Ltd.
West Perth-based Halcyon Group Ltd has awarded the nickel extraction scoping study contract for its Canegrass nickel project in the Eastern Goldfields to Perth-based engineering company BatteryLimits Pty Ltd, the company has announced.
Takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd has claimed that its suitor, fellow iron ore miner Murchison Metals Ltd, has failed to provide sufficient infomation in the bidders statement, as it urged shareholdfers to take no action on Murchison's offer.
Herdsman-based Olympia Resources Ltd has signed a joint venture agreement with Island Minerals Pty Ltd to carry out exploration on the private company's zircon and gold tenements.
The Western Australian Community Foundation has doubled its funds under management in the past few months, due to contributions from the state's mining industry, bringing its total funding pool to $3 million.
WA Business News' third annual State Economic Review comes during a continuing period of prosperity for Western Australia, courtesy to a large extent of China's accelerating economic growth.
THE number of Western Australian companies to have listed or plan to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange has risen to 19 after West Perth-based Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd said it would list early
Global economic growth, particularly from China, resulted in price rises for many mineral commodities and continued historical highs for others in 2007, a trend that will continue into 2008, according to ABARE.
