Fraser Beattie

Perth gold company Resolute Mining has announced a new 1.28 million ounce gold resource for its Buck Reef West deposit near the Ravenswood processing facility in Queensland.

Western Australian CEOs have raised over $1.2 million in the St Vincent de Paul Society’s CEO Sleepout this week.

GDF Suez and Santos have moved away from developing their Bonaparte joint venture project as a floating liquefied natural gas project, saying they will now consider other options, including helping expand Inpex’s Icthys LNG project.

Western Australia has maintained the country's fastest annual population growth rate of 2.9 per cent, however the rate of growth has slowed compared with last year’s figures.

Australia’s largest water heater and appliance manufacturer Rheem has announced redundancies and the closure of its Welshpool factory, while investing $60 million to upgrade its east coast manufacturing operations over the next two years.

The establishment of a Southern Ports Authority has been postponed after the state government confirmed that three new regional port authorities will commence operations from July 1.

Perth exploration firm Excelsior Gold has executed a binding term sheet that will provide a guaranteed long-term milling allocation at Norton Gold Fields’ Paddington Mill.

Law Central, a subsidiary of ASX-listed ILH Group, has formed a joint venture with PantherCorp for the provision of online legal services.

Nedlands-based explorer Bullabulling Gold has advised its shareholders to reject Norton Gold Fields’ increased takeover offer of 8 cents per share to obtain a 30 per cent interest in the company.