A bountiful lithium market has driven a 500 per cent increase in underlying earnings for Mineral Resources but founder Chris Ellison says short-staffed regulatory departments have held up a new iron ore operation.
Pilbara Minerals will reward shareholders with inaugural dividends to the tune of $330 million after riding the lithium boom to record a massive surge in half-year profit.
Omni Bridgeway chief executive and managing director Andrew Saker is stepping down after eight years at the helm of the ASX-listed litigation funding business.
Kimberley businesses affected by Western Australia's once-in-a-century-flooding in January will be eligible for more than $40 million in freight subsidies.
Western Australia has the largest gender pay gap in the country, with men earning an average $478.10 more per week than women in a state dominated by mining and construction.
Mineral Resources has agreed to invest about $1 billion in two lithium refineries in China and says it is still working on plans for a refinery in the Pilbara.
The state government is drafting a new bill to target a growing practice where cold-callers pressure crash victims into making insurance claims so they can sell on their personal information.
Another planning policy to boost infill in the housing market has been introduced with the state government set to implement quality controls for medium density developments.
University mergers could be on the table as an independent review of the state’s higher education system is set to canvass prospective changes to the sector’s structure.
Easing supply bottlenecks and a robust pipeline of work fed into a strong final quarter for investment activity in 2022, the Bureau of Statistics says.
Qantas has reported a first-half underlying pre-tax profit of $1.43 billion - turning around last year's loss - as strong demand helped offset high fuel costs.
Sky-high fuel and inflationary costs took a $US2.63 billion chunk out of Rio Tinto’s underlying earnings for 2022 against a backdrop of weaker commodity prices.
Drilling and equipment supplier Schramm Group has brought in voluntary administrators less than two weeks after an employee was fatally injured at the company's workshop in Welshpool.
Developers will face even fewer hurdles when seeking approval for multi-million dollar builds as a result of the state government’s latest overhaul of planning laws.
West Perth-based Cedar Woods Properties has reported a decline in both presales and revenue in its half-year results, but is still expecting a strong end to the year.
Leonora centrepiece St Barbara has copped a big loss ahead of its merger with Genesis Minerals, as new miner Red 5 pushes its case as a “logical” processing hub for players in the prominent gold province.
A proposal by Santa Maria College to build a $25 million performing arts centre at its Attadale campus was approved unanimously at a meeting this morning.
