Oil and gas producer Santos has launched a $3 billion capital raising to fund its growth projects, including the PNG liquefied natural gas project, which is estimated to have a capital cost of $US12.5 billion ($A16.3 billion).
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Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust says it has received strong institutional backing for its capital raising, which will now raise a total of $150 million.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has approved Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation's (Ansteel) $162 million acquisition of an additional stake in Gindalbie Metals.
Phosphate hopeful Minemakers has gained control of takeover target Bonaparte Diamond Mines, which is still assessing another offer made by Union Resources.
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East Perth-based Fleetwood Corporation is vying for contracts with some of the state's major resource projects, submitting tenders for the Gorgon gas project and Gindalbie Metals' iron ore joint venture.
The Matt Birney-chaired Carbon Conscious says it has reached a substantial deal with an unnamed ASX top 50 company to plant "many millions" of Mallee Eucalypt trees in the Wheatbelt region.
The implementation of an exploration incentive scheme for the resources sector could create over 4,000 new jobs and add $114 million to gross domestic product, a report has found.
VDM Group, through its Queensland subsidiary Bellero Construction, has secured a $15.3 million construction contract for stage nine of the Torbay Retirement Villages project.
Nickel miner Western Areas is seeking new offtake deals for 2010 onwards after allowing BHP Billiton to take Norilsk Nickel's share of concentrate until the end of the year.
Perth-based Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust has unveiled plans to raise $120 million, which will be backed by Wesfarmers and fully underwritten by JP Morgan Australia.
The drop in Western Australia's jobless rate is not cause for celebration just yet with Premier Colin Barnett saying the state is not out of the woods while economists are treating it as a "rogue" number.
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THE Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation has found a recession-proof way to raise funds in an increasingly difficult economic environment - lottery.
REGIONAL Business Enterprise Centres will share in a $96,000 windfall after the state government's Small Business Development Corporation decided last week to pull funding from the Belmont BEC.
PERTH technology firm Antaria expects a licensing agreement with global pharmaceutical firm Merck will see its products make an impact on the international market.
