Tom Zaunmayr

Live export baron Jonathan Emanuel has added Kalyeeda Station to his property portfolio in a deal rumoured to be worth about $30 million.

OPINION: As regional newspapers close and coverage of local government falls, it's no wonder voter participation is declining.

Driven by decades of loss, the Banjima people are taking action to force accountability for those responsible for Australia's worst industrial disaster.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss why a leading advocacy group is calling for regulation changes in WA relating to the disposal of used tyres.

It may not generate the kind of wealth that comes out of mining, property, or selling a big business, but the attractiveness of agricultural investments for wealthy Sandgropers is plain to see.

The $55 million sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company out of administration to a Canadian super fund has finally been completed, more than one year after the bid was made.

A lengthy dispute over plans to build river weirs on Minderoo Station has taken a fresh turn, with lawyers for the Forrests arguing the project will benefit industrial development.

French-owned industrials company CSR is the prime target for stakeholders involved in a renewed push to clean-up Wittenoom's deadly asbestos tailings.

Harvest Road has returned to profit as it prepares to spend more than $50 million boosting its oyster and beef processing capacity.

Another north-west oyster project appears to have fallen over, with its backers putting the remote Shark Bay property it was to be established at on the market.

Confidence in the state government's ability to effectively manage water has collapsed as it faces pressure on multiple fronts over industrial use, climate change, and a growing population.

The state government is spending $1 million on an advertising campaign defending WA's GST share, which the Prime Minister has already guaranteed will not be axed.

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.