Takeover target Bonaparte Diamond Mines has recommended shareholders reject a bid by Union Resources, deemed fair and reasonable by independent experts, in favour of the Minemakers offer.
A merger between generator Verve Energy and retailer Synergy is still on the cards with Premier Colin Barnett expected to make an announcement in the next couple of months.
The state government has settled outstanding costs over the Perth to Mandurah rail line at a substantially lower amount than what contractors had sought.
Shares in Nedlands-based explorer Reward Minerals have slumped after the National Native Title Tribunal ruled the company cannot access its Lake Disappointment potash project.
The state government will prosecute oil and gas producer Apache Corporation for failing to maintain and repair a gas pipeline at its Varanus Island facility that exploded last year.
The state's housing market is expected to make a modest recovery over the next two years but will still fall short of underlying demand, a new report shows.
The state government has opened a second geothermal acreage release in the south-eastern region of WA following the success of the first round last year.
Minemakers has entered into a port access agreement with the Darwin Port Corporation for its $100 million Wonarah phosphate project in the Northern Territory.
Less than four months after raising over $14 million, Platinum Australia has raised a further $61.2 million to be applied to its Smokey Hills project in South Africa and acquisition opportunities.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group has secured a $170 million contract for major works on Woodside Petroleum's $12 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
The federal government has defended stimulus payments to 16,000 dead people and 25,000 expats, worth a collective $40 million, saying it was "unavoidable".
Fortescue Metals Group will make an upfront payment of $32 million and restructure a shipping arrangement as part of a settlement to a dispute with a shipping company.
ELIZABETH and Ken Frankish have been Heart Foundation of WA donors for many years, but it wasn't until Elizabeth suffered a stroke at the age of 49 that they decided they wanted to do more for the charity through a bequest.
KEN Bowron (pictured) has been appointed as the new statutory head of EnergySafety WA. Mr Bowron was previously the general manager of regional businesses at Western Power.
FORMER senior deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Western Australia, Professor Margaret Seares, has joined the National Research Infrastructure Committee.
A STUDY investigating the impact of the resources sector on the Pilbara's road transport network has labelled the state government's planning "inadequate", and concluded that the lack of a Pilbara freight transport strategy could put future mini
Frankland River Olive Company director Paul Letari has significantly boosted his shareholding, spending more than $1 million in the rights issue to take his interest to just over 19 per cent.
