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TSA Riley Group global chief executive officer Andrew Tompson is hopeful its Western Australia-based team will grow further, following a busy start to 2024 for the global project consulting firm.

The state government has drafted amendments to the Mining Act to offer security of tenure over exploration tenements, following a 2017 High Court judgment which cast doubt on the system.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Tianqi’s lithium hydroxide refinery in the Kwinana industrial area next week, as part of the first visit to Australia by a Chinese premier since 2017.

Henderson-based marketing and consultancy Dilate Digital has acquired Aligned Agency, amid plans to expand its Western Australian footprint.

Beachside holiday shacks in the shadow of Cockburn’s industrial estate have been given a lease extension as owners learn Westport is unlikely to force their removal.

Six of the nine startups selected for the inaugural National Energy Transition Accelerator program are from WA.

Jules Pemberton-led NRW Holdings has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Golding Contractors has executed a deal to acquire a range of assets at Stanmore Resources’ South Walker Creek mine site in Queensland.

The grandson of Alan Bond is set to acquire the Fremantle icon and adjacent carpark for $116.5m from Centuria, with plans to revitalise the asset.

Private iron ore miner Gold Valley has won a three-year battle to move export 1.5 million tonnes of ore per year from its Goldfields mine from Geraldton to Esperance.

Nationals leader David Littleproud has come out against emissions reduction targets by the end of the decade, saying they would destroy the economy.

Driven by hungry investment banks and 160 years of trade history, Japan’s cultural and financial muscle is embedded in many WA industries.

Green power winners may not happen

The Minderoo Foundation will invest in Fortescue-developed security gates to help deliver aid into Gaza, according to founder and chair Andrew Forrest.

Andrew Forrest-backed Swoop Holdings has entered into a binding sale agreement in order to divest its wholesale voice call termination business to Pivotel Group for $9 million.

Mark Beyer and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the Murchison Green Energy project among other hydrogen developments in the state.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has retrospectively allowed Diploma Construction liquidators to enter a deed of settlement, to avoid a pile up of legal costs.

The Australian share market has suffered its worst session in seven weeks, slumping badly after a blowout US jobs report pushed back expectations for when interest rate cuts would begin.

Cosmo Metals defied a challenging day on the Australian Securities Exchange, closing trade up 13 per cent to 5.2 cents per share.

The syndicator has sold four development sites to three separate buyers adjacent to a proposed business park for $3.47 million.

Bain Capital has offered to acquire Autobarn parent company Bapcor, which operates in 840 locations across the country, for about $1.83 billion.

Resources and Northern Australia Minister Madeleine King has told an audience in Perth that the world’s path to net zero begins in WA, while praising the decisions of former Liberal premiers.

Aurora Energy Metals has continued its push into the US, following the appointment of Troy Blackledge as its new Oregon-based project manager.

By shifting ground to support resources, federal Labor has pragmatically claimed the central political ground.

A development assessment panel was unable to decide on a $31.5 million apartment plan in Nedlands, despite holding a meeting that spanned for more than three hours.

Alex Dorsch-led Chalice Mining says it's heartened by preliminary pre-feasibility study metallurgical testwork at the company’s Gonneville project near Toodyay.

The property giant has added to its stable of regional accommodation assets, with the $6.45m purchase of Newman’s Seasons Hotel from Ascot Capital.

Woodside Energy has achieved first oil at its Sangomar field in Senegal, an offshore project with an estimated cost of up to $US 5.2 billion or $A7.9 billion.

Companies that don't comply with a ban on gamblers using credit cards for online betting face hefty fines, but the new rules don't apply to online lotteries.

A pastoral station just north of Kalbarri could be home to Australia’s first giga-scale hydrogen development after its backers introduced major changes.

Alarm over return to climate wars

Liv Declerck speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about social enterprises that are investing in the community.

Workers at Cockburn Cement, one of the state’s largest concrete manufacturers, have voted in favour of strike action as enterprise negotiations between the company and unions escalate.