RIO Tinto has formally opened a high-tech operations centre in Perth that remotely controls its network of iron ore mines, railways and port operations in the Pilbara.
Two Perth developers, Cedar Woods and Jaxon, are among nine developers to have successfully bid for land in the Pilbara Cities initiative at South Hedland.
The board of Dynasty Metals has accepted an offer from Chinese steel producer, Hebei XingHua Iron and Steel, to take a 34 per cent stake in the company.
West-Perth based Atlantic has announced plans for a $55 million capital raising to fund construction and commissioning of the Windimurra vanadium project in Western Australia.
Grain handler CBH Group is evaluating competing bids for hauling WA's grain crop after the current provider, Australian Railroad Group, and several other rail providers submitted tenders.
Fortescue Metals CEO Andrew Forrest has stepped up pressure on Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the resource super profits tax by releasing details of a compromise reached with her predecessor.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is urging the Federal Government not to step back from its budget announcement that it will gradually increase the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) to 12 percent.
Brisbane company Campbell Brothers' hostile $123 million takeover bid for Perth minerals testing group Ammtec finally appears to be making some headway, with institutional investor BT believed to have accepted the $3.35 per share offer.
Science and Innovation Minister Bill Marmion has announced $178,000 in interim funding to keep Gingin's Gravity Discovery Centre open until the end of the year and allow it to review its operations and find new long-term financial support.
Hawkley Oil & Gas has made its debut on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) after a reverse takeover of the former biotechnology company Incitive and a successful $5.5 million capital raising.
The state government has given $1 million to Foodbank WA, an organisation that distributes surplus food to needy families, to help fund upgrading its operations.
National Industry Skills Council for the resources and infrastructure industry, SkillsDMC, believes WA resources companies must focus on upskilling their existing workforce of over 65,000 to ensure the industry's future.
Iron Ore Holdings (IOH) and Rio Tinto are in dispute over their iron ore sales agreement on the terms of access for IOH to deliver ore to Rio's Yandicoogina site.
Shares in Bauxite Resources have dropped to a record low after litigation funder IMF Australia had indicated it would fund claims that current and former shareholders may have against Bauxite Resources.
Mineral exploration company Sirius Resources has announced the appointment of experienced geologist and mining executive, Terry Grammer, to its Board as a non-executive director.
A new study released by the Australian Institute of Company Directors has found the number of woman being appointed to ASX 200 boards has increased significantly.
