Kensington-based Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has added two new recruits to its board as well as a strategic adviser in a bid to propel the scale of the business.
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.
Stedman Ellis has been picked as interim chief executive for the proposed Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre to be headquartered in Western Australia, and will leave oil and gas lobbyists APPEA on Friday.
The new chair of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Institute says scientists and researchers need to deliver tangible results to their industry partners.
With up to $17 trillion of resources investment likely to be needed by 2030, Western Australia has an opportunity to capitalise on its strengths as a resources sector hub, according to a report from the International Mining for Development Centre.
WA Super has appointed Tim Shanahan to replace retiring chairman Nick Catania, with effect from July 1.Fellow long-serving directors Alex Bajada and David James will also retire.
Former federal resources minister Martin Ferguson has joined the board of trustees of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Institute.
The ongoing issue of skill shortages in Western Australian industry is to be addressed with the announcement of a new multi-campus $8 million technical college to service the resources sector and the Pilbara community.
Western Australia's miners have warned that the State may not be able to meet future demand for its resources unless approval processes, particularly environmental approvals, are streamlined.