Land developer Cedar Woods Properties has cut its financial year profit forecast due to construction delays it claims are showing signs of stabilising.
Efforts to revive manufacturing in WA have been boosted by a $150 million deal between Gemco Rail and Rio Tinto to build 100 iron ore wagons and certain components locally.
The proposed union of two of the country’s biggest cash logistics companies has received approval, with the merged entity expected to start operating in September.
Rare earths hopeful Hastings Technology Metals has secured a potential offtake agreement with a Canadian magnet manufacturer for its Yangbiana project in the Gascoyne.
Battery metals miner IGO has found a new chief executive in Ivan Vella, a long-serving Rio Tinto executive whose career includes a stint as iron ore boss in the aftermath of Juukan Gorge.
Australia will need to break new ground in order for the economy to not go backwards amid high inflation, the prime minister will say in a major speech.
Costs at global salt producer K+S Group’s Ashburton project near Onslow have blown out by more than $400 million following revised costs and inflationary pressures.
The state government will push ahead with plans to implement the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act from July 1, with or without a key pillar of the reform’s proposed permitting structure.
IGO acting chief executive Matt Dusci will receive a tidy $400,000-plus pay bump for leading the miner on an interim basis, with his permanent replacement due to be named soon.
Rio Tinto has struck an agreement with the world’s biggest steelmaker, China Baowu, to collaborate on projects aimed to reduce carbon emissions in the industry.
Former premier Colin Barnett, scientists Carol Bower and David Blacker and mining executive Philip Crabb are among the 112 Western Australians recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for 2023.
Perth-linked online shopping business Checkmate has raised $US15 million from sources as widely dispersed as Paris Hilton and Google Ventures to fund its consumer technology.