Tom Zaunmayr

Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest wants to see his company's proposed renewable energy assets in the Pilbara connected to a common user grid to provide power for the region.

Premier Roger Cook has given the strongest indication of any government to date that work could be undertaken to address Wittenoom's asbestos tailings.

Gnowangerup-based agribusiness Commodity Ag has gained a license to export bulk grain cargoes out of the Port of Esperance.

Development of the final superlot at the Exmouth Marina has begun, with Fowler Group and Celsius Property turning the sod on the $70 million Sundrift Estate.

Iron ore from BHP's Pilbara mines would be shipped to South Korea for POSCO to test its hydrogen-based green ironmaking technology under a preliminary deal struck this week.

A new website to crack down on black cladding has been launched by entrepreneur Gerry Matera and backed by former federal Indigenous affairs minister Ken Wyatt.

Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill has reported a near-halving of its profit for the 2024-25 financial year due to extreme weather and softening iron ore prices.

Record production and stronger sales have buoyed uranium miner Boss Energy as global sentiment for the energy material improves.

Perth biomedical firm Orthocell has gained a toehold in China for its nerve repair product via a deal with a Hong Kong-based medical products distributor.

Profit at Hancock Prospecting subsidiary Atlas Iron has fallen sharply due to weaker iron ore prices as it embarks on construction of its next major mine.

Mining giant BHP will scale back its Yandi iron ore mine after extracting years of extra life out of the 34-year-old deposit.

A Kimberley Kakadu plum producer hopes to establish a fruit processing plant to help local growers latch onto the lucrative global health foods market.

ANALYSIS: The state government beats around the bush when questioned about Wittenoom. Confidential reports show it can be remediated, but the tailings are spreading.

A manufacturing startup is luring South Australian winemakers to WA to package their produce before sending it overseas.

Mark Pownall and Tom Zaunmayr discuss critical minerals' in Trump deal; Perdaman's $3bn plan; Nicheliving; Brownes dairy; Koolan Island mine; Climate 200 donors; and MSWA's expansion.

The owners of one of Western Australia's oldest iron ore projects have decided to shut the mine down early, one week after a rockfall halted operations.

Perdaman has revealed plans to build a $3 billion, one-gigawatt solar and hydrogen project on the outskirts of Karratha to decarbonise its $6.4 billion urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula.

A group of resources-focused Indigenous businesses will be flown from WA to India this weekend to latch onto opportunities in the Asian giant's nascent mining sector.

OPINION: WA's tourism sector needs to promote what makes the state unique, not throw money at what everyone else does.

The Pilbara's shipping route to Asia is in the running to be the first global trading corridors to welcome ammonia-powered bulk carriers to its regular service schedule.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the recent acquisition of a Kimberley airport.

The boss of Yara's Australian ammonia operations has criticised a maritime industry call to delay the rollout of new rules incentivising the uptake of green shipping fuels.

BHP remains bullish on global demand for commodities as the company's latest figures show no signs of a rumoured trade impasse with its biggest customer, China.

Goldfields drilling company Topdrill has taken a stake in an ASX-listed explosives firm with the intention to form a new mining services company.

The state government is weighing up its response to an ultimatum from traditional owners to remediate Wittenoom's deadly asbestos tailings or face legal action.

Western Australia's 2025 grain harvest is looking increasingly likely to break records despite a lack of finishing rains hampering yield potential in the central agricultural region.

A court battle over Wittenoom's toxic legacy will begin imminently unless the WA government agrees to remediate the site.

Transport firm SCT Logistics has unveiled a $45 million logistics hub in Forrestfield it hopes will sandbag Western Australia against product shortages caused by freight network disruptions.

Australia's consumer watchdog will take a close look at how a proposed merger between Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media will impact competition in regional Western Australia.

A Kimberley traditional owner group is considering running campgrounds and eco-resorts following a government commitment to hand over more than 1.4 million hectares of land.

Water will be the single biggest reputational and economic risk facing industry and government in the Pilbara by 2030.

The first high grade ore from Rio Tinto's new African mine has been loaded onto rail ahead of the maiden shipment expected to set sail in November.