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Luerssen Australia executive Matt Moran will seek Liberal candidacy in the newly formed federal seat of Bullwinkel, after losing the battle for preselection in the Curtin electorate.

Kathleen Valley developer Liontown Resources has secured a short-term offtake deal with a Chinese lithium refiner to sell initial volumes during the ramp-up period.

A host of new equity partners have come on board at Kalgoorlie’s Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum, including industry luminaries and conference veterans.

The prime minister says peaceful democratic processes can't be taken for granted, following the attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump.

Banks target vulnerable: watchdog

The WA-based land surveying company has joined forces with the Queensland company.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss Indigenous engagement in the property industry.

A non-stop flight from Perth to Paris will take to the skies tonight, with the new route to operate four days a week during the Olympics and European summer.

The local share market has closed at its highest level ever after a bigger-than-expected inflation drop in the United States firmed bets the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September.

Chemicals and fertilisers manufacturer CSBP has notched a $7.5 million grant from the federal government to help curb emissions from its plant in Kwinana.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss BHP's Nickel West operations; the resources sector fallout; South32 project approval; new Wildcats owner; the West Coast Eagles; and Perth's retail market.

Ian Armstrong has stepped off the board of major private conglomerate Perron Group, to be replaced after 35 years as a director by Victorian Ken Marshman.

Leinster's fortunes are joined at the hip to BHP and nickel. As the company town nears its 50th anniversary, its future is more uncertain than ever.

ATCO has doubled down on its calls for accelerated depreciation across its WA gas pipeline network, despite an earlier knock back from the Economic Regulation Authority.

Resilience and an unwavering commitment to justice and equality are among the themes of this year’s Naidoc Week.

Recent rainfall has given Western Australian farmers some reprieve for the start of the crop season but an industry body says more was needed to hit a potential 16 million tonne yield.

An ammonium nitrate plant north of Perth which has been gathering cobwebs for three years has been fired back up as demand grows for explosives.

The Building Services Board has knocked back Consbuild Development’s registration renewal over inadequate financial requirements.

The fallout from BHP mothballing its Nickel West operations has had a ripple effect through engineering and haulage contractors, fellow miners, airlines and power suppliers.

A gym and a bowling alley have sold for a combined $8.2 million to local and eastern states investors.

An aspiring Goldfields alumina producer has revealed it will shift its proposed processing plant from Kalgoorlie to Kwinana to reduce costs.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles will head to the UK following a key NATO security summit in the first ministerial visit since Labour swept to power there.

Indigenous engagement is increasingly manifesting in the way buildings are designed.

Losses force BHP’s nickel shutdown

BHP's Geraldine Slattery outlines why Nickel West is being mothballed, what needs to happen to fire it back up, and what will happen in the interim

Shutdowns and cutbacks in Western Australia’s nickel, iron ore, alumina and lithium sectors have led to the loss of about 6,300 jobs this year.

Expansion of a Kwinana cyanide plant first mooted two years ago has gained funding approval from its major industrial backers.

WA Labor has received almost $140,000 worth of donations since the state’s new disclosure laws kicked off on July 1, with Perdaman the latest business to give to the party.

Rare earths aspirant Hastings Technology Metals is considering Saudi Arabia as a potential site to process materials from it Yangibana project in the Gascoyne.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss Pivotree, a Perth firm developing an innovative solution to unlock stranded oil.

The ASX200 has finished up 0.9 per cent to nudge an all-time high following further dovish testimony by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.

Woodside has signed a deal with CPC Corporation over the supply of liquefied natural gas to Taiwan, the first time the company will deliver to the country.