Rio Tinto has highlighted the importance of its giant Rhodes Ridge project in the Pilbara by approving a pre-feasibility study and outlining plans to spend $400 million on exploration.
The complex litigation over iron ore royalties resumed in court with Hancock Prospecting’s lawyer coming out swinging against claims made by Gina Rinehart’s children.
WA-based contractor GR Engineering Services has won a $US81 million contract with Canadian miner K92 Mining for work on its goldmine in Papua New Guinea.
The University of Notre Dame Australia has received federal government funding to support a proposed medical school at its Broome campus, which could accommodate 20 students a year.
A report into the rural road network has revealed frustrations at the onerous conditions imposed by funding parties to be credited for their ‘benevolence’
Rio Tinto’s inaugural diamond tender attracted buyers from the Kimberley through to Japan seeking to get their hands on the miner’s legacy inventory of pink and red Argyle diamonds.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has just released its revised economic outlook, following this month's rate hike that lifted the cash rate to 4.35 per cent.
Rottnest Foundation has appointed UK-based investment banker Sandy Barblett as an ambassador as it ramps up fund-raising for an ambitious project list totalling $13 million.
Kathleen Valley developer Liontown Resources has locked in a long-term port services and access agreement with the Mid West Ports Authority for its lithium project
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has refreshed its push for payroll tax reform, but Premier Roger Cook has played down the prospect of major change.
Retail magnate Jim Kidd’s passing at the age of 70 leaves a 44-year-old sporting goods chain that has survived some of the toughest challenges the sector has faced.
Traditional owners of two Mid West cultural sites, which were destroyed and not reported for five years by a copper miner, have welcomed Roger Cook’s intervention.
Medical research could be worth more than $2.1 billion per year to the WA economy by 2045, according to fresh research crunching the industry’s numbers for the first time.
A joint venture between infrastructure provider GenusPlus Group and ACCIONA has been awarded a $1.4 billion contract to deliver a transmission project.
Kate Holsgrove’s year as acting chief executive of Perth Airport came at a critical juncture for the institution, as it sought to bounce back from the pandemic’s effects.
The treasurer will host roundtables with banks, investors and philanthropists to try and secure private sector investment for energy, defence and social issues.
The state government has committed $500,000 in support for West Tech Fest which opened last night, effectively underwriting the startup convention for another two years.
