East Perth-based explorer Metals X has announced a restructuring of its board, with founding chairman Peter Newton to retire and managing director Peter Cook to step up to the chairman role.
South Perth-based explorer Central Petroleum has raised $31 million through a rights issue and placement which will fund a hydrocarbon exploration program in prospective basins in the middle of Australia.
Construction company Forge Group has upgraded its full-year earnings guidance by 54 per cent following revised forecasts to its projects and the inclusion of a tax credit.
Industrial software developer ISS Group has warned of continued subdued demand for its products for the rest of the calendar year as it forecasts an underlying loss of $2.1 million for this fiscal year.
Aviva Corporation and AES Corporation have submitted their wholesale power proposal in the tender phase of Synergy's 2009 energy supply procurement contract for the Mid West region.
Plans for a major resdential development at Belmont Park racecourse have moved a step closer after Planning Minister John Day today tabled amendments to the metropolitan region scheme.
Composites technology developer Quickstep Holdings has been awarded a $2.6 million grant under the federal government's $75 million climate ready program for the development and commercialisation of light-weight, low-emission vehicles.
Support for the state government's policies has risen in the past quarter, making WA the most supported government in Australia, according to the Sensis Business Index released today.
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THE Perth-based chairman and managing director of UK-listed CustomVis plc have been challenged by a group of shareholders who want to gain control of the technology company.
A CAP on export volumes through Geraldton port is of little concern for Mid West iron ore hopefuls Gindalbie Metals and Asia Iron, which say the limit only comes into place once the nearby Oakajee port is ready.
CLIVE Jones has boosted his shareholding in Bannerman Resources, exercising more than 4 million options at less than a fifth of the current share price.
THE insurance industry is going through a "hard market" where rates are rising and insurers become more selective in the types of risks they are prepared to write.
SUPPORTING Western Australia's arts sector is part and parcel of being a resources company, according to Oakajee Port and Rail (OPR) chief executive Christopher Eves.
RECENTLY appointed Department of Mines and Petroleum director general Richard Sellers might be new to the job but he's already singing from the same song sheet as his minister, Norman Moore.
THE federal Workplace Ombudsman has finalised the recovery almost $500,000 in back pay for hundreds of Western Australian workers during the past year.
IT requires plenty of upfront capital, has high ongoing costs and, if it fails, the owner is almost certain to be forced into exile in a bid to escape out-of-pocket members.
