Alcoa has slashed alumina production following a big disruption to the state's gas supply, but Energy Minister Bill Johnston is confident the power grid will keep running.
Perenti Global will exit from two Burkina Faso operations following an ambush on its employees last month, but will continue operating three other mines in the country. The contractor also announced today several new contracts in Australia and Africa.
Australia outperformed most other jurisdictions as a destination for Chinese direct investment in 2017 despite a fall in flows and declining confidence in the country as a safe location for capital, according to KPMG.
Perth business executive Peter Fogarty is leading two innovative water supply projects designed to underpin major agricultural and industrial projects in regional WA.
The state government has agreed to increase the price it pays Premier Coal for its coal supplies, as uncertainty continues over the fate of fellow Collie producer Griffin Coal.
SPECIAL REPORT: Former Verve Energy CEO Shirley In't Veld says when it comes to government-owned businesses, politics often wins out over commercial imperatives.
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers has had an interim victory in its Supreme Court battle with Indian energy giant Lanco Infratech and its subsidiary Griffin Coal, with the court granting a freezin
The foreign ownership of Western Australia's two coal miners raises concerns about the long-term security of the state's power supplies, Premier Colin Barnett says.
The state government has reacted critically to the sale of Wesfarmers' Premier Coal business, with premier Colin Barnett expressing concern over the state's two coal mines being in&n
