Chemical producer Coogee and corporate advisory firm Lisle Group have joined more than a dozen mining and engineering firms on a state government taskforce targeting future battery industries.
Western Australia will reopen its borders to all states and territories from November 14, but some restrictions will remain for people from NSW and Victoria.
The state government has insisted 14-day quarantine rules will be maintained, rebuffing a push by the mining industry for more flexible rules for interstate fly-in, fly-out workers.
The resource sector is forecast to take on 18,000 workers over the next 12 months as it seeks to make up for maintenance and other work postponed this year.
Chief executive of the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy, Paul Everingham, has ruled out nominating for the vacant senate position when Mathias Cormann quits politics later this year.
Engineering consultancy AIE is one of 273 Western Australian small business suppliers to have benefitted from BHP's local buying program since 2017, with the mining giant spending $38 million in WA through the initiative.
The resources sector has welcomed the federal government's decision to invest a further $125 million into an exploration program led by Geoscience Australia, which has now been expanded to cover exploration across the country.
An array of companies, from blue chip miners to SMEs, is pursuing downstream processing of WA's battery minerals, despite the sharp downturn in the lithium market.
Western Australia's planned new laws to accelerate major project approvals would be a good model for other states and should be passed through state parliament quickly, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today.
Eastern states-based fly-in, fly-out workers, who work and temporarily live in Western Australia due to COVID-19 border restrictions, are being offered incentives to permanently relocate and help boost the state's economy.
BHP has selected former iron ore boss Edgar Basto to lead its Australian mining operations, after he served as acting minerals president since the appointment of chief executive Mike Henry last year.
The state government has unveiled reform packages designed to improve procurement processes and environmental approvals, with the latter seen as an important step towards a keenly awaited bilateral approvals plan with the federal government.
The resources sector has enthusiastically embraced a new government-backed app designed to facilitate travel across Western Australia but the freight sector has been lukewarm in its response, despite being touted as a major beneficiary.
The Environmental Protection Authority has released its greenhouse gas guidance which maintains its goal of net zero emissions by 2050 but will be flexible in how it is applied, after receiving feedback on a draft it released in December.
Western Australian charities offering support services are gearing up for a surge in demand as restrictions introduced to stop the spread of COVID-19 start to strain people's finances and mental health.
Collaboration across the resources industry is one of the key changes Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA CEO Paul Everingham has witnessed as the sector has sought to overcome the challenges of COVID-19. Click through to see the video interview.
In an initiative led by the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA, the Western Australian resources sector has pledged $6.6 million to Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations, Foodbank WA and Lifeline WA.
UPDATED: Woodside Petroleum has dropped plans for a 14-week fly-in, fly-out roster after presenting the option to its staff, opting instead for a less radical change as the oil and gas giant, along with mining companies, seeks to reduce the amount of travel to its remote sites.
Fortescue Metals Group said today it expected to meet its annual shipments guidance, as the mining sector started adapting to travel restrictions that will crimp fly-in, fly-out operations.
Reg Howard-Smith has been appointed chair of the Building and Construction Industry Training Board, as the state government proceeds with changes to the Building and Construction Training Fund's operation and governance.
In celebration of International Women's Day, inductees of the WA Women's Hall of Fame and the winners of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA Women in Resources Awards were announced over the weekend.
The benchmark iron ore price has jumped to more than $US89 per tonne, continuing its month-long recovery, with the resources sector confirming that shipments to China are continuing as usual.&ld
Rio Tinto and Telstra have announced shorter payment terms for small and medium Australian businesses, whereby SMEs will be paid within 20 days of a valid invoice receipt.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA has celebrated the addition of 12,000 jobs to the state's resource sector in the 2018-19 financial year, bringing the overall number of workers employed in the sector to 124,010.
The Environmental Protection Authority has released a new draft greenhouse gas emissions guideline, which substantially softens the initial draft guideline announced earlier this year.
Rare earth producer Lynas Corporation intends to sublease an industrial zoned property from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, three months after signing an agreement with the mining town to review potential sites for its cracking and leaching plant.
The state government has today introduced harsher industrial manslaughter penalties, in an effort to bring WA's WHS laws in line with that of other states.
Rio Tinto has approved a $1 billion investment in its Pilbara iron ore operations, including the rollout of more autonomous trucks, on the same day the state government urged Canberra to support changes designed to fast track approvals for major resources projects.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA (CME) has welcomed the federal government's plan to deliver new deregulation measures for Australian businesses, saying it could save Western Australian resources projects more than $23 million each year.
The mining sector has welcomed an agreement signed by Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey to collaborate on developing critical minerals assets, which include commodities such as lithium and rare earths.
The incidence of worker fatalities across Australia has continued its trend decline over the past decade, with the number of deaths attributed to workplace incidents falling to 13 in WA and 144 nationally.
The state government has factored in lithium hydroxide and carbonate into its royalty arrangement for lithium producers, which it claims will encourage downstream processing and manufacturing.
Mining project approval delays will be the target of a one-year Productivity Commission review looking at how to streamline regulation across Australia's resources sector.
The Chamber of Minerals & Energy of Western Australia has welcomed a major environmental move by the state government today that will slash approval times for BHP's Pilbara iron ore developments by up to half.
