The Rick Hart-chaired Renaissance Minerals is set to open its $6 million initial public offer this week, with plans to list on the local stock exchange at the end of the month.
OM Holdings says it will run the ruler over Consolidated Minerals' Woodie Woodie manganese mine in the Pilbara, which could unlock synergies between both companies.
Shares in West Perth-based Continental Coal were higher after it entered another offtake deal and secured $US47 million ($A51 million) for the Vlakplaats coal project in South Africa.
Western Australia's economic comeback is taking place faster than first predicted with growth expected to rise steadily over the next few years, reaching 6.25 per cent in 2012-13, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA.
Two Western Australian innovators have been awarded a combined $131,257 in the first round of federal government grants under the Commercialisation Australia scheme.
West Perth-based Liontown Resources has struck a $7 million farm-in arrangement with Ramelius Resources for its Mt Windsor gold project in north Queensland.
Australia is expected to benefit from China's continuing economic growth, which grew at its fastest rate in almost three years during the March quarter.
The WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy has cemented an alliance with the Minerals Council of Australia to create a consortium that will lobby certain issues that face the resources sector.
WA Mines Minister Norman Moore says the government aims to raise around $35 million a year for the state's new safety system, predominately from levies charged for each worker in the resources sector.
State Treasurer Troy Buswell has cited potential costs of up to $467 million as a key reason for killing off the privatisation of government employees' superannuation administrator GESB, ending two years of speculation about its future.
Shares in Eneabba Gas were higher after the energy outfit today entered a joint venture deal with Melbourne-based Cougar Energy for the development of its Mid West coal resources into an underground coal gasification project.
Po Valley Energy says it will bring its Bezzacca gas field in northern Italy on line in 2012, making it the Perth-based company's fourth production field in the country.
Property researcher RP Data says Perth's house prices are cause for concern as Armadale, Parmelia and Brookdale are found to be the cheapest suburbs in the metropolitan area.
WITH Perth on the cusp of a population boom, the city's urban planners are mindful it is not just the central business district that is required to grow.
REGARDED by purists as the true ‘sport of kings', polo has undergone something of a resurgence in Western Australia in recent years, with five significant events in six months entertaining the sport's local supporters.
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THE Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia has welcomed the strengthening of Western Australia's occupational health and safety laws aimed at ensuring only licensed workers with the proper skills can remove asbestos.
THE Hyatt Regency Perth has launched its most extensive redevelopment program in 20 years, with the hotel's owners investing $9 million for renovations.
LARGE organisations eager to contribute to the not-for-profit sector often lack the time to adequately research where funds or workplace volunteers can be best directed.
A FRESH poll by business leadership group Executive Connection has found that 80 per cent of Western Australian chief executives believe that a looming skilled labour shortage is the priority issue faced by WA companies.
The transfer of the petroleum sector's tax model to the minerals sector could provide advantages to the mining industry, but without adaptation it would risk future investment.
