Tom Zaunmayr

The federal government has funded a feasibility study into a common use critical minerals processing plant which the state government already budgeted $200 million build.

A north-west university hub will set up shop in Kununurra by mid-2025 under a federal government program to improve access to tertiary education in regional Australia.

The majority shareholder of Pilbara iron ore junior Red Hawk Mining has accepted Fortescue’s offer to take over the company hours before deadline.

Low-impact miners and explorers will be eligible for fast-tracked approvals under reforms hailed by the resources industry as “paper killing legislation”.

OPINION: The wild west was the centre of attention this week as Labor and the Nationals promised cash to solve two of Kalgoorlie’s biggest issues.

Mineral Resources remains upbeat about its financial position as market forces and the fallout from founder Chris Ellison’s tax affairs weigh on the business.

Rio Tinto will take its Pilbara arts exhibition across the seas to London for the first time to mark the 20th anniversary of the event.

Fortescue's ability to work around Port Hedland's congested export space and negate headwinds in the iron ore price were attractive to Red Hawk Mining's board.

A plan to pipe desalinated seawater from Esperance to Kalgoorlie would be revived by the Nationals WA to ease the outback city’s water woes, if elected in March.

Fortescue has lobbed a $254 million offer to snap up ASX-listed junior Red Hawk Mining, owner of a greenfields iron ore project neighbouring the Andrew Forrest-led miner's Solomon operations.

OPINION: It was a better week for the Liberal and National parties in WA, but Labor still looked much more polished as its charges rolled out a heap of fresh election commitments.

Heavy rain flooded a railcar dumper, cut off access roads, and stopped trains on Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore network.

OPINION: Curbs on power, leadership certainty and hard resets will be front-and-centre after the March state poll.

Backers of a proposed $4 billion Pilbara iron plant have warned approval delays would likely see the project built in another country.

A consumer lobby group wants to see a reinsurance pool’s cash reserves used to beef up mitigation and reduce insurance premiums in northern Australia.

BHP's efforts to bolster capacity at its Pilbara port operations are paying off, but the price paid for its ore has fallen sharply.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss Capel's push to become an agribusiness precinct.

The South West shire has hatched a plan to attract a wide range of agricultural industries to the district

Mining giant BHP has applied to demolish Port Hedland’s Pier Hotel and is weighing up how to pay homage to the notorious watering hole.

OPINION: On the campaign this week, Roger Cook became psychic-in-chief, Libby Mettam had a shocker, and Shane Love stood in a field. The policy debate focused on regional affairs.

WA’s grain king John Nicoletti is believed to have emerged with a large portion of his former Merredin Farms portfolio, which has been broken up among six buyers.

Genesis Minerals capped off a stellar quarter with record gold production, a hefty financial boost, and the early restart of its Laverton mill.

Business News understands Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company and PenAgri have offloaded the 80,000-hectare Merredin Farms to a host of Wheatbelt farmers.

Backers of a $35 million race track planned on Perth’s south-eastern fringe are a step closer to getting the long-mooted course off the ground.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s response to the latest abattoir closure in WA has gone down like a lead balloon with the sheep industry, according to Nationals senate hopeful Paul Brown.

WA Premier Roger Cook has promised to address the government’s exacerbation of regional rental market woes with a $104 million fund to build more government staff housing.

A sand miner constrained by port infrastructure woes in Kwinana last year has shipped its first cargo from Bunbury.

A US-backed Pilbara manganese company is on the cusp of tripling the capacity of its mine to process minerals destined for America’s largest vehicle maker.

The WA Nationals would move the state’s agriculture agency to Northam under a $320 million commitment should the country party win the March state election.

Civil engineering firm Ertech has won a $30 million contract to build a new industrial park in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

OPINION: Minerva Foods' handling of the closure of both of its WA abattoirs has left communities in the dark, shareholders none-the-wiser, and an industry with major headaches.