Having survived algal blooms, urbanisation and vegetation clearing over the years, the Peel-Harvey Estuary is now the focus of a restoration effort involving international and local groups.
Alumina producer Alcoa of Australia has signed three supply deals with BHP Group, Woodside Petroleum and Chevron to provide about 23 petajoules of gas between them annually from 2020 for its Western Australian refineries.
Two major organisations have recently honoured successful Western Australians, with the Australian Institute of Company Directors presenting exellence awards to Wayne Osborn and Erica Smyth, while Curtin University has recognised the achievements of two former 40under40 winners.
Henderson-based Civmec will start a maintenance services contract with iron ore miner Roy Hill Holdings next month, building on work it is undertaking for major players Rio Tinto, Alcoa of Australia and Fortescue Metals Group.
Workers at Alcoa's alumina and bauxite operations in Western Australia have voted to reject a proposed workplace agreement and will continue industrial action, according to the Australian Workers Union.
About 1,500 Alcoa of Australia workers are striking across the company's Western Australian operations, with attempts to establish a new enterprise bargaining agreement with Australian Workers Union members so far failing.
Curtin University has received $10.3 million in funding as part of the latest round of grants from the federal government's Australian Research Council, with the University of Western Australia awarded $6.6 million.
Rio Tinto, Apple and Alcoa have invested $C188 million ($195.5 million) to commercialise a new aluminium smelting process that reduces carbon emissions.
Rio Tinto has co-hosted 21 of the state's major companies at Scitech to announce further details on its partnership with South Metropolitan Tafe, with high-tech courses in automation expected to be rolled out in 2019.
Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa executive Kim Horne.
Coinciding with the launch of Cottesloe's 14th Sculpture by the Sea, Rio Tinto has awarded its prestigious $50,000 Sculpture Award to NSW artist Harrie Fasher, with two Western Australian artists also claiming prizes for their seaside works.
Alcoa of Australia manager and Kwinana Industries Council president David Honey has been preselected as the Liberal candidate for a by-election in the seat of Cottesloe.
Lotterywest has increased funding for Fringe World Festival and Sculpture by the Sea, committing $1.9 million to the month-long arts festival and $77,000 across a three-year partnership with the co
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The state government has budgeted for a $169 million stamp duty windfall from a single ‘property' transaction, the latest in a string of large deals that have boosted its coffers.
Emerging printmaker and sculptor Aliesha Mafrici has attracted high-profile attention at home and abroad since undertaking a major in visual arts at Edith Cowan University.
Satterley Property Group has welcomed advice from the Environmental Protection Authority that confirmed there were no health risks over its landholdings in Mandogalup, but uncertainty still hangs over whether part of the southern suburb is appropriate for residential development.
Henderson-based Civmec has received $90 million worth of contracts for work on a number of projects nationwide, with the most significant being a construction job at Alcoa of Australia's Pinjarra alumina refinery.
The decision to sell his commercial business was the first of many steps into the unknown Johannes Pannekoek has taken in his pursuit of a career in art.
A $52 million impairment has been taken by Alcoa World Alumina Corporation on its share of the Warro gas project in the Perth Basin, after the company determined exploration results by project operator Transerv Energy did not support the existing carrying value.
Alcoa World Alumina Corporation has locked in a contract to directly export 400,000 tonnes of bauxite from the Huntly mine in Western Australia, as the company continues a move towards shipping of the commodity in unprocessed form.
A local company that produces fused zirconia, which is used to make nuclear fuel rods and furnace linings, is on the hunt for processing opportunities to utilise excess capacity at its Rockingham plant.
Iron ore producers have maintained their dominance over the BNiQ Search Engine Biggest Exporters list, as LNG producers are slow to start up. Click through to see the annual list of the state's biggest exporting companies.
Alcoa of Australia and Alumina have settled a dispute over their Western Australia-focused joint venture, which will pave the way for Alcoa to proceed with a split of its global operations.
Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline owner-operator DBP says pricing for the gas transmission line set by the Economic Regulation Authority today won't be enough to earn a rate of return suitable for prevailing market conditions.
State Development Minister Bill Marmion has told protestors outside parliament that the environmental watchdog would review the government's plan to extend the buffer zone around the Kwinana industrial area.
Kwinana's future as an important centre of value-added mineral processing is being threatened by a potential double closure of major projects – the BHP Billiton-run nickel refinery and the Alcoa of Australia-operated alumina refinery.
Iron ore miner Mineral Resources has added another string to its bow, taking a 19.3 per cent stake in domestic gas supplier Empire Oil & Gas, a week after the company increased its slice of the Mt Marion lithium project.
Chevron is the latest major resources player in the state to announce a change in leadership, after selecting a successor to current managing director (Australia) Roy Krzywosinski, who will hand over the reins in June.
Alumina giant Alcoa could be on the cusp of a strong growth period, yet significant challenges remain in its way in ensuring it can keep up with low-cost global competitors.
Global alumina producer Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals has announced contracts for more than $350 million in bauxite exports, but the ore will not be sourced from any of its Western Australian mines.
Alcoa of Australia has agreed to sell its stake in DBP, the owner and operator of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP), to DUET Group for $205 million.
As five women and one male champion were honoured at this year's Chamber of Minerals and Energy's women in resources awards, Premier Colin Barnett declared the resources industry to have reached a mature level of growth that will likely be eclipsed by advances in the state's other sectors.
