Gold junior Musgrave Minerals has knocked back Westgold Resources’ $177 million merger proposal, telling shareholders to reject what it has called an ‘opportunistic’ offer from the mid-tier explorer and miner.
The final stage of Bunbury’s major waterfront redevelopment project has progressed after the state government awarded three contracts to local businesses.
Most of Australia’s universities have moved substantially higher on a major global ranking, with three into the top 20 but one dropping down the list after a change in criteria.
The state government is aiming to open a $6.3 million training facility at the South Regional TAFE in Collie by 2025, to mitigate the impact from the impending closure of coal-fired power stations.
Perth-founded Advanced Navigation and The University of Western Australia will receive a share of $40 million funding ahead of NASA’s planned return of astronauts to the moon in 2025.
Industry watchdog Building and Energy says it has been investigating concerns regarding residential builder Flexible Homes, which went into liquidation this week.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 5.6 per cent in the 12 months to May, its smallest increase since April 2022, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Still paying the reputational price for blowing up sacred caves, Rio Tinto has told a global mining forum it is driving cultural change across the business.
The local share market has gained 0.56 per cent, led by miners and the big banks to snap a four-day losing streak despite a poor lead from Wall Street.
SRG Global has won $65 million worth of work after its Bugarrba Aboriginal joint venture secured a contract from BHP and it won two contracts in Queensland.
Synergy has struck an agreement with the Economic Regulation Authority to pay a sum of $30 million back to residential customers for contraventions of electricity pricing over more than a year.
Former NOPSEMA chief Stuart Smith has been appointed as director general of a state government department and will oversee the Rottnest Island and Zoological Parks authorities.
BCI Minerals has signed an offtake deal with Japanese investment firm Itochu Corporation to supply salt from its flagship Mardie project, which is facing a $700 million cost creep.
The Committee for Perth has hung out the ‘under new management’ sign and is now seeking the kind of strategic reset that occurs naturally from a changing of the guard.
BHP boss Mike Henry says the federal government made the right choice to not provide a ‘sugar hit’ subsidy towards critical minerals but has been less complimentary regarding industrial relations changes.
The WA Supreme Court has dismissed claims that the voting process on the Gloucester Park land sale was breached but the trial has caused months of delay on the project.
Black Cat Syndicate and PKKP Aboriginal Corporation have modernised native title and heritage protection agreements at the Paulsens gold project ahead of the implementation of new laws in WA.
