A Perth-based company has developed a new device it says cuts tradies' exposure to silica dust, which has been responsible for the rising incidence of silicosis among building and construction workers.
Fortescue Metals Group won a Supreme Court decision today over an exploration licence application that had been declined because it was processed seconds after the regulator's deadline.
A former building director and his Mount Hawthorn business, Turquoise Developments, has been fined a total $40,000 in the State Administrative Tribunal for threatening behaviour.
Perth and Shanghai have developed dramatically in recent decades, and former premier Colin Barnett says a strong relationship between WA and China has enabled the state's success.
Building surveying company Resolve Group and its two directors have been fined a total $35,000 for negligence after signing off on three buildings that failed to meet fire safety requirements.
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A new report from advisory firm BDO has predicted diesel machinery will be banned in all new Australian underground mines by 2023, which could pave the way for a rapid uptake of electric battery-based machinery in the industry.
Consumer Protection has warned Western Australians not to pay for flights and holiday deals through travel agencies using the Facebook platform after receiving more than 200 complaints from customers.
A resurgent iron ore price and a record $A gold price underpinned a $30 billion increase in Western Australia's mineral and petroleum sales for the 2019 fiscal year, according to the state government.
The state government has lifted a ban on fracking on existing petroleum titles, in a move planned since last year that protects all but 2 per cent of Western Australia from the contentious practice.
Business people could face up to 20 years in prison and their company fined up to $10 million under industrial manslaughter laws to be introduced by the state government.
Woodside Petroleum, Save the Children Foundation and Sandfire Resources were among those recognised for their renewable projects and community partnerships at last night's resources sector awards for excellence.
Two Perth businesses and their director must pay almost $90,000 in fines and costs after claiming to be authorised to undertake work for which they were not registered.
A Perth window company and its director have been fined a total of $66,000 for not complying with a building commissioner's order to fix incorrect glass installed at a Mandurah home.
Central Norseman Gold Corporation (CNGC) has been fined $150,000 in the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court today over the death of a worker two years ago at the company's processing plant at its Norseman gold mine.
A Perth building company has been found to be negligent and fined $5,000 by the Building Services Board for winning a contract to renovate a chocolate store in Fremantle, but then failing to carry out or supervise the work.
The state government has fined BGC Residential and nominated supervisor Thomas Edmund Starkey $22,000 and $10,000 for breaching building registration laws after roof defects were found in two Perth homes.
A Willetton-based nominee company associated with contractor Pascoe's Gas, Water & Electrical has been hit with an increased fine after refusing to provide documents to the state government, which is trying to clarify the precise links between the two entities.
Dyno Nobel has been fined $250,000 and ordered to pay costs of $30,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court, following the death of one of its employees at the Telfer gold mine in May 2015.
Western Australia's resources industry experienced record sales in 2018, up 16 per cent from the year prior, thanks largely to a rise in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.
Silver Lake Resources has been fined $58,000 in Perth Magistrates Court following an incident in 2014 that seriously injured a worker at its Murchison gold operation, located 25 kilometres south-east of Cue.
About 5,000 exploration, tenure and mining approvals were sitting in the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation And Safety's pipeline at the end of the September quarter last year, according to the department's latest approvals performance data.
Jason Burns Homes has been fined $20,000 by the State Administrative Tribunal after the father-and-son building partnership failed to rectify defects at three new homes.
A state government report released today on Fifo mental health has prompted an immediate response, with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA and mental health organisation Lifeline WA announcing a new partnership.
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The death of an electrician, who was crushed between a lift car and the shaft at an alumina refinery in the state's south, has led to South32 being fined $65,000.
West Perth-based oil hopeful Norwest Energy has said a delay in regulatory approvals has pushed back the targeted start of a seismic survey at its Xanadu prospect in the Perth Basin until at least March 2019.
Shares in lithium hopeful Kidman Resources dropped 15 per cent to be $1.08 each after the company acknowledged a Warden's Court ruling last week which recommended Kidman not be exempt from past minimum expenditure obligations on tenements at its Mt Holland project.
POZ Minerals, which operates the Blina diamond project in the Kimberley, has announced it will bid in the state government's tender to reopen the neighbouring Ellendale mine.
The Building Commission has issued a warning to consumers about the financial status of registered building contractor ArchiApps, after receiving information prompting concerns over the company's capacity to pay its debts.
Chevron's decision to build stage two of the Gorgon LNG project, announced on the weekend, takes the total value of petroleum industry investment committed or under construction in Western Australia to around $55 billion, according to state government data.
Employment in WA's resources sector hit a record level in 2017, while revenue lifted 16 per cent to $108 billion, according to the latest data from the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.
