WA Business
Integra secures finance for Randalls
BNP Paribas and Westpac to offer debt facilities worth $50 million for Randalls gold project.
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Fleetwood flags acquisition plan
Fleetwood chairman Michael Hardy has told shareholders the company will look at acquisition opportunities that are consistent with its core business.
November 20, 2009, 10:29 am -
Mirabela lower on equipment delay at Santa Rita
Shares in aspiring miner Mirabela Nickel were lower after the company reported a delay in the delivery of mining equipment had affected the ramp-up schedule for its flagship Santa Rita project in Brazil
November 20, 2009, 11:31 am -
Integra secures project finance for Randalls
Integra Mining has accepted an offer of project financing from BNP Paribas and Westpac for its Randalls gold project near Kalgoorlie.
November 20, 2009, 8:20 am -
Woodside warns of cost blow-out for Pluto
WA oil and gas producer Woodside says the costs of its Pluto LNG project have blown out by up to 10 per cent.
November 20, 2009, 7:35 am -
Port Bouvard scrambles to cover debt
Port Bouvard will consider selling its core property assets at Gidgegannup and Point Grey, and is trying to raise capital through equity markets as it scrambles to negotiate the roll-over of almost $70 million in debt by the new year.
November 20, 2009, 6:17 am -
Aspen investors rile against 'excessive' executive pay
Aspen shareholders have joined the wave of protest over executive pay at this year's annual meeting season, with more than 47 per cent of proxies voted against the property company's remuneration report yesterday.
November 20, 2009, 6:13 am -
FMG suspects 1 trillion tonne resource
Fortescue Metals Group says it believes it could be sitting on a trillion tonnes of iron ore in the Pilbara, more than 160 times its stated resource base.
November 20, 2009, 6:10 am -
Australasian wins approval for Balmoral South
Shares in the Clive Palmer-controlled Australasian Resources rose after it secured Federal environmental approval for its $2.7 billion Balmoral South iron ore project in the Pilbara.
November 19, 2009, 11:09 am -
Iluka brings SA project in under budget
Iluka says it has brought its Jacinth-Ambrosia mineral sands project in South Australia into production under budget.
November 19, 2009, 7:11 am -
Monadelphous wins $60m Gorgon contract
Monadelphous has won a $60 million facilities management services contract as part of the $50 billion Gorgon LNG Project on Barrow Island.
November 19, 2009, 6:38 am -
Troubled BBP continues talks over Alinta
Shares of troubled Alinta's parent company Babcock and Brown Power will remain suspended while the company continues talks with North West Shelf gas sellers and their banks over gas contract arbitration.
November 19, 2009, 6:13 am -
New $40m fund to help fledgling businesses
Fledgling WA ventures that have struggled to find backers in the global downturn will have a chance to get a slice of $40 million after a new Federal Government-backed fund is launched today.
November 19, 2009, 6:04 am -
Buckeridge blasts LandCorp over inaction
Building magnate Len Buckeridge has launched a blistering attack on LandCorp, accusing the taxpayer-owned agency of "having its foot on the throats" of WA home builders because its slow release of land was keeping suburban lot prices high.
November 19, 2009, 6:01 am -
BBP looks to name change as insolvency questions continue
Babcock & Brown Power, which is teetering on the brink of collapse, has asked shareholders to consider a name change to Alinta Energy to reflect the importance of its most valuable asset.
November 19, 2009, 5:58 am -
Gorgon boosts value of resources projects to record
The $43 billion Gorgon LNG project has helped provide a record boost in the value of minerals and energy projects in Australia.
November 18, 2009, 1:09 pm -
Peet cautiously optimistic, Vic focus to continue
Peet is cautiously optimistic on the WA property market telling shareholders at its annual general meeting this morning the wind down of the first home buyers grant would not affect property prices.
November 18, 2009, 12:29 pm -
Murchison acknowledges concerns over director options
Murchison Metals says it will address investor concern about granting options to non-executive directors after shareholders almost torpedoed an options issue to new director Rod Baxter.
November 18, 2009, 12:09 pm -
Rick Hart resigns as CEO of company he founded
Rick Hart has retired as chief executive of Rick Hart and as a director of its parent company Clive Peeters effective immediately.
November 18, 2009, 10:45 am -
Emeco sees profit at lower end of guidance
Shares in earthmoving equipment company Emeco were lower after departing managing director Laurie Freedman told shareholders full-year earnings were likely to be at the lower end of its previous guidance of between $46 million and $53 million.
November 18, 2009, 10:24 am -
Mega, Navigator sign sharing deal
Canada's Mega Uranium has signed a memorandum or understanding with Navigator Resources to share infrastructure and services as the two companies look to develop their respective projects in the Central Goldfields.
November 18, 2009, 9:01 am
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