The challenges of COVID-19 and the City of Perth inquiry make the city's upcoming election a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reposition Perth, writes Brodie McCulloch.
Subiaco-based explorer Titan Minerals has agreed to sell its non-core assets in Peru for $US6.4 million ($A8.9 million) to focus on developing its gold and copper projects in Ecuador.
Rare earths producer Northern Minerals will receive a $9.9 million refund from the ATO after settling a long-running tax dispute related to earlier research and development claims.
The shutdown of Shell’s Prelude FLNG since February and planned phased shutdowns at Chevron’s Gorgon could hit LNG exports by about $2 billion this year.
Mining and industrial services provider MACA has disclosed a $17.4 million loss for the 2020 financial year after recognising one-off impairments and foreign exchange costs.
Subiaco-based mining services provider WestStar Industrial has secured $7 million worth of contracts in Western Australia through subsidiary Alltype Engineering.
The Australian economy will take a "substantial and heartbreaking" hit from the coronavirus pandemic when official figures are released next week, the prime minister says.
Local media personality Gary Mitchell will run in the City of Perth’s upcoming council election, becoming the fourth candidate to back Basil Zempilas’s lord mayoral campaign.
Fortescue Metals Group has substantially increased its final dividend after posting a record annual profit, with company founder and chairman Andrew Forrest getting nearly $2 billion in dividends.
Rio Tinto will cut the bonuses of three senior executives but none will lose their job after a board review of the company's destruction of two heritage sites.
Chevron is planning a phased shutdown of the production trains at its Gorgon LNG plant after striking an agreement with state government safety regulators.
Austal has struck an agreement to buy additional land near its shipyard in the US and foreshadowed plans to expand its shipbuilding and repair operations.
The WA Football Commission has flagged the potential for a higher draft age for AFL players, along with giving control over the state’s colts competition back to WAFL clubs.
In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss COVID restrictions, Nev Power, gas developments, downstream processing, infrastructure winners, MinRes and other results, plus vacancy rates and a sneak preview of what's in next week's magazine.
Perth-based developer Okeland Communities has launched an expressions of interest campaign for the sale of its 700-hectare masterplanned community in Queensland.
Lynas Corporation has moved closer to building its onshore rare earth processing facility, announcing it will lease 135 hectares of industrial-zoned land from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Creating flight corridors with COVID-safe countries and attracting financial services to Perth from Hong Kong are on the agenda for COVID recovery chair Nev Power.
Giving students the opportunity to use their problem-solving skills in real world settings has been the foundation of All Saints’ College’s initiative ‘The Agency’, which allows students to undertake work opportunities within the school.
Tesla’s remarkable 290 per cent share price rise over the past four months has been dismissed as speculative overkill, but even if that’s true it is hard to ignore the pace at which its electric-powered cars are selling - and the amount of battery metals they’re consuming.
