A mining lobby group has outlined its election wishlist for the next state government in a bid to restore Western Australia's mining policy reputation.
West Perth-based Azure Minerals Ltd has fallen short of its targeted $3 million capital raising with shareholders subscribing up to $1.3 million worth of shares through a share purchase plan.
Perth-based CO2 Group Ltd will shortly move to acquire the remaining shares in private eucalyptus planting firm The Oil Mallee Company of Australia Ltd, just a month after launching the takeover offer.
The geothermal industry in the state has been given a kick-start with the government awarding a private Guildford-based company the first exploration permits in Western Australia.
Perth-based CopperCo Ltd will move to acquire the remaining shares in investment house Mineral Securities Ltd after emerging with a 94.7 per cent stake following the close of its takeover offer.
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The Water Corporation today began evaluating the tenders of two consortia bidding to win the job of designing, building and operating Western Australia's second desalination plant in Binningup.
The North West Shelf Venture's fifth LNG processing train has been completed bringing total investments in the venture's assets to more than $25 billion.
Oil and gas explorer Buru Energy had a positive start to trading on the ASX today, with its stock rising as high as 34 cents before closing at 30 cents.
Just a few days after the Labor Party was forced to drop a web site attacking former Liberal leader Troy Buswell, the Liberals have lodged a complaint with the Electoral Commission over what it says are misleading Labor ads on uranium mining.
Fox Resources said today it remains optimistic despite announcing a $28.4 million full year loss, which was heavily affected by non-cash write downs from its suspended Radio Hill operations.
Perth based Amcom Telecommunications has cleared a major overhang from its share register after Futuris Corporation agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake to a range of institutional investors.
A strong all-round performance in supporting small business clients has seen ANZ Bank take out the first-ever best value national award for small business banking, given by premier financial services research company CANNEX.
Western Australian publishing company, Aspermont, has recorded a net profit of $2.3 million for the year ending June 2008 and anticipates further growth after its recent $21 million acquisition of Mining Communications Limited (MCL).
An expansion of Perth's public transport network, including a new rail line to Ellenbrook, was the centrepiece of the Labor Party's election campaign launch on Sunday.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia has expressed disappointment at the absence of a vision for the future, and detailed plans to achieve it, by the State's politicians during the election campaign.
Western Australia's state opposition is threatening to penalise BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto if they merge, saying that a Liberal government would wipe out vital royalty concessions now enjoyed by the mining giants, The Australian reported today.
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Earnings in Maddington-based engineering company Coote Industrial Ltd has skyrocketed 191 per cent to $23.8 million on the back of stronger revenues for the 2008 financial year.
State opposition leader Colin Barnett has accused Treasurer Eric Ripper of misleading the public over Japanese company Inpex Ltd's decision to build a $12 billion liquefied natural gas plant.
Como-based construction company Forge Group Ltd has posted a 121 per cent jump in net profit after tax of $6 million in its first full year as a listed entity.
Investor Duncan Saville's Ingot Entities has agreed to buy embattled ticketing company ERG Ltd which today posted a net loss of $103 million for the 2008 financial year.
Despite a volatile market in the second half of the 2008 financial year, the full year net profit in construction company Diploma Group Ltd has soared over 290 per cent, boosted by the early settlement of the Probuild joint venture agreement.
Welshpool-based mining services company NRW Holdings Ltd has forecast a profit growth of at least 15 per cent for the 2009 financial year, as it today reported a 137 per cent jump in full year net profit.
Western Australia has recorded the largest fall in new home sales for the July month as the property market across the country continues to struggle with high interest rates and a slowing economy.
Panoramic Resources Ltd has followed the trend of its fellow nickel miners, today posting a 40 per cent fall in full year net profit to $53.3 million on the back of lower commodity prices and higher operating costs.
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