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Mineral exploration in Western Australia grew to $633 million for the June quarter, while petroleum exploration dropped by more than 18 per cent.

Mineral Resources has sought to pluck Alita Resources' Bald Hill lithium mine out of the hands of administrators after the Foreign Investment Review Board blocked a bid from a foreign buyer.

Frontier Energy has inked its intention to takeover Waroona Energy under a deal to merge their renewable energy ventures in the South West.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the growth in popularity of truffles in Western Australia.

The local share market has gained 0.6 per cent following a US labour market report seen to reduce the odds of another rate hike.

Leo Lithium shares traded 50 per cent lower today after the company emerged from a trading suspension with clarification on issues at its lithium project in Mali.

Lawyers for Hancock Prospecting have doubled down on the risk it claimed to have shouldered in the decades taken to develop Pilbara tenements, during a court trial over billions of dollars of royalties.

Former Fortescue Metals Group and Mineral Resources senior staffer Paul Brown has secured the top job at Hastings Technology Metals.

The WA Nationals have called on state and federal governments to do more to push the case for WA cattle as a key deadline for Indonesian exports draws closer.

Workers' accommodation, a spruce up in South Hedland and new childcare facility headline a bold Town of Port Hedland pitch to breathe fresh life into Australia's export powerhouse.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has secured a $13 million order from Japan's Cosmos Shoji Co to supply a deepwater buoyancy system.

Western Australia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry has lashed the Federal Government's industrial relations reforms, claiming they will set back productivity in the state.

Shares in Tim Goyder's lithium developer Liontown Resources rally after revealing intentions to accept what will be the fourth disclosed takeover proposal from Albemarle Corporation.

BCI Minerals has secured a $150 million loan from two commercial banks to fund its Mardie salt project after notching the bulk of the funding support from the federal government last month.

During WA's resources boom the Pilbara was known for three things – mining, Red Dog and the beating sun. The remarkable landscape barely rated a mention.

A loophole allowing labour hire workers to be paid less than other employees is in the federal government's sights.

China is a major player in global grain markets and could become our most significant buyer of barley.

Fortescue to front investors over exits, FFI board doubts

Vietnam Airlines has announced it will offer non-stop flights between Perth and Ho Chi Minh by the end of the year.

Institutional and domestic shareholders have backed WA1 Resources to raise $15 million to fund drilling and development activities at its West Arunta project.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the big changes taking place at West Australian Ballet and Ingrid Puzey's plans for the organisation's future.

The local share market has finished 0.4 per cent lower, snapping its four-day winning streak on profit-taking ahead of an key monthly US jobs report.

Researchers have published a report on MH370, finding a possible location for the missing aircraft to be about 1,500 kilometres west of Perth.

Marine services supplier MMA Offshore has notched two contracts worth $12 million to provide liquefied natural gas field support.

NRW will be forced to fork out $25 million to cover the costs of a legal dispute it inherited as part of its acquisition of Primero Group in 2021.

A proposed enterprise agreement covering Chevron's Gorgon and Wheatstone gas plants has been emphatically rejected as the oil and gas giant's workers veer closer toward a strike.

A hotel, retail precinct and more than 300 dwellings could be on the cards for a 16-hectare waterfront site situated on the state's south coast.

The state's highest court has dismissed the corporate watchdog's bid to reverse payments made to insolvency experts Martin Jones and Andrew Smith.

Ingrid Puzey talks about the big changes at West Australian Ballet and her plans for its future.

ANALYSIS: This week's departure of three senior people from Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group highlights just how different the Perth company is from its ASX peers.