Jack McGinn

Perth remote telecommunications specialist Titan ICT has been acquired by BAI Communications, in a commercial-in-confidence deal.

Bellevue Gold management says it is confident in the company’s future, after recording improved financial and production performance in the June quarter.

Balcatta-based mining services firm Imdex will spend $26 million to buy 80 per cent of a Norwegian geoscience technology developer, in a move to boost its AI capabilities.

A strategic reset, new investment and job cuts are on the agenda for the new Chevron Australia boss.

BP has formally walked away from its lead stake in a $55 billion green hydrogen project in the Pilbara, in a third major blow for the nascent sector this week.

Goldminer Capricorn Metals aims to boost its holdings near the Mt Gibson gold project by buying Warriedar Resources, in an all-scrip deal which values the explorer at $188 million.

Development efficiency and cost increases weighed on Northern Star Resources last financial year, with the goldminer conceding it will not hit a 2 million ounce per annum target.

Decommissioning Chevron’s oilfields on Barrow Island is expected cost more than $2.3 billion, with state and federal governments thought to be on the hook for at least $500 million of the bill.

Woodside Energy’s revenue fell last quarter despite an output uptick, as it pushed ahead with negotiations over its North West Shelf extension and left a proposed US hydrogen project.

Graphic designer Neil Turner, whose agency designed the Boxing Kangaroo flag for Bond Corporation and put the purple in the Fremantle Dockers, has died at age 74.

Solara Minerals has moved to acquire a series of gold-copper tenements near Meekatharra from private hands, in an all-scrip deal which gives it a landholding in an active development region.

The City of Perth has started consultation on a bid by Gina Rinehart to build a helipad, as part of a planned multi-million-dollar development of Hancock Prospecting’s West Perth business hub.

Swan Districts Football Club has looked east in its bid to replace long-serving chief executive Jeff Dennis, appointing Victorian sports administrator Jarrad Wright to take the role.

Gas producer Santos increased its Western Australian domestic gas production in the second quarter of this year, while ending production at its Ningaloo Vision vessel off the state’s coast.

Financial risk has climbed to the top of KPMG’s annual survey of the factors worrying Australian mining company bosses, as inflationary pressures and financing challenges bite.

The world’s largest goldminer has boosted the proceeds from its sale of the Telfer asset to ASX-listed Greatland Resources, reporting a 230 per cent relative return on recently sold shares.

Global gold giant Newmont Corporation has sought to extend the life of the state’s largest goldmine, flagging the need for a new tailings dam to keep Boddington running past 2030.

ANALYSIS: A move by Fremantle Ports to hike its fees from October, and an angry response from industry, is the latest warning against rising supply chain costs at sea and on land.

The federal and state environment ministers have lauded the decision by UNESCO to grant World Heritage listing to the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in WA’s North West.

WSP has been appointed to carry out marine geotechnical work at the site of the state government’s Westport development in Cockburn Sound, under a $22 million contract.

Andrew Forrest has stressed the importance of the Sino-Australian economic relationship, ahead of a Prime Ministerial visit to the nation’s largest trading partner in the coming days.

The state government will tap the collective knowledge of unions and industry groups as it formulates a plan for the future of the state’s strategic industrial area near Rockingham.

The United States Department of Defense will join Gina Rinehart on the share registry of US-listed rare earths producer MP Materials, in a bid to secure its critical supply chains.

A plan by concrete multinational Holcim to spend $15 million to rebuild its batching plant at Carlisle and triple the facility’s production capacity has been put to the public for comment.

ASX minnow Bryah Resources has called for Takeovers Panel intervention, claiming a group of allegedly associated shareholders is attempting to topple its board.

Mineral Resources chair Malcolm Bundey will review the planned departure of Chris Ellison from the company, in a move which gives a glimmer of hope to the founder's supporter base.

Union figures have warned a decision against BHP in Queensland will have ramifications for Australian mining, after a win which will cost the miner millions in wages.

GOLD WRAP: Northern Star Resources’ flagship Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines missed its revised full-year sales target, while Ramelius Resources hit a major milestone for the first time.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn take an in-depth look at the recent state budget.

The Fremantle Herald has accused West Australian Newspapers of refusing to print the weekend edition of its newspaper, after a contract negotiation went sour.

Engineering firm Monadelphous has extended its recent run of contract wins within the energy sector.

Economic diversification has been a priority for the WA government, but questions linger over the state’s capacity to support its desired growth.