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Monadelphous has been contracted for $200 million worth of construction work on Albemarle’s billion-dollar Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant expansion in WA’s South West.

Recent data from REIWA shows a record average sale time for houses of 10 days, as well as record rental yields and vacancy rates.

Industrial services firm Mader Group has smashed through its market guidance with a record $172.9 million June quarter revenue across its global operations to end the financial year.

Newcrest Mining missed its copper production guidance and faced higher production costs in the June quarter, a result one analyst calls "weak."

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has led Wall Street higher and notched its longest winning streak in six years as investors bet on sectors beyond technology in a week filled with earnings reports and a Federal Reserve meeting.

Perth’s planning landscape has evolved to capture greater nuance and emphasise community concerns, leaders at Taylor Burrell Barnett say.

Green metal blowouts surge to $6b

Fortescue Future Industries’ finance chief Felicity Gooding has resigned after more than 10 years climbing the ranks of the Forrest business empire.

Sulphate of potash developer Kalium Lakes has announced revisions to its services agreement with German engineering firm Ebtec GbR in relation to work on the Beyondie Mine.

Senior journalists Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss moves to foster an innovative startup environment in Western Australia.

An almost $2 billion write-down from cost blow outs on a North American project has soured the last quarter for South32.

The local share market has finished down 0.1 per cent ahead of crucial domestic inflation and retail sales readouts and a likely US rate hike.

Shell Australia’s Prelude project has caught the attention of the national offshore energy regulator, after a process was found to have put staff at risk of explosion or fire during an inspection in December.

First magnetite from Fortescue's delay-riddled Iron Bridge operation has been loaded and is bound for Vietnam, with CEO Fiona Hick indicating ramp up is still on track despite 'complexities'.

Balancing the competing needs of producers and the communities in which they operate is a growing challenge.

Dozens of lawyers have filled a courtroom for the start of a legal showdown between descendants of mining pioneers Lang Hancock and Peter Wright over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties.

WA Labor has committed to a $10 million upgrade at Rockingham’s Mike Barnett Sporting Complex, a week out from the by-election that will decide Mark McGowan’s replacement in state parliament.

Major works have begun to shunt Midland’s ageing rail terminus up the track to a new train station in a move the state government hopes will fulfil a longstanding ambition for transit-oriented residential and commercial development.

Iron ore producer Fenix Resources has finalised its acquisition of Mount Gibson Iron’s Mid West iron ore, port and rail assets.

Rio Tinto has entered a joint venture agreement with North American company Giampaolo Group to manufacture and market recycled aluminium products.

The building company is set to close its doors, following months of speculation about its potential collapse.

Seven Group Holdings chief executive Ryan Stokes has returned to the board of Beach Energy, replacing Margaret Hall as a designated director of the investment group.

WA’s startup ecosystem is growing, as a recent series of events for international visitors hosted in Perth attests.

Giving casual workers the right to become permanent employees will not affect business profits, the employment minister says, as the federal government seeks to shake up industrial relations laws.&

‘Adapt or die’ for office tower owners as big tenants bail out

Senior journalists Claire Tyrrell and Jack McGinn discuss the different opinions on changes and trends playing out in Perth's property market.

Descendants of two WA mining pioneers are gearing up for a legal battle more than a decade in the making over iron ore royalties believed to be worth billions of dollars.

Minderoo Generation One director Shelley Cable has called it quits after nearly four years with the Forrest family’s philanthropic foundation.

Perth-based EX Engineering has been acquired by Sydney-based electric goods firm IPD Group in a deal worth $10.2 million in cash and shares.

West Perth-based Chalice Mining is set to enter a joint venture agreement with Northam Resources to expand its West Yilgarn exploration, near its Gonneville deposit.

Traders have taken something off the table, sending the local bourse lower on Friday but up for the week ahead of key events next week.

It seems clear not all that glitters is gold when it comes to how the Fair Work Commission’s recent 15 per cent pay rise for aged care workers will be funded.