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Mandurah’s 62-year-old traffic bridge will be replaced with a new four-lane bridge over the estuary, with the state government having secured the $51.8 million it needs to fund the project.

Venturex Resources has signed a conditional term sheet to sell its Pilbara copper-zinc project to a mining-focused investment group for $14 million in cash.

Perth business leaders are using a challenging yacht race to test their ability to control risk and get the best out of their team.

Perth has hosted a UK-based incubator’s first pitch night for social entrepreneurs in Australia.

Western Australia has developed a strong edge in resources technology but must continue to invest in innovation as it faces competition from other regional players and beyond, according to the Western Australian Energy Research Alliance.

Complaints against builder Capital Works Constructions, which collapsed this month owing $8.5 million, date back to at least 2013, with the first of dozens of formal grievances lodged with the indu

Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest says Brazilian iron ore giant Vale is a responsible producer, on the same day that Roy Hill Holdings chief executive Barry Fitzgerald warned about the impact of Vale’s rapid expansion.

Buzzy is an online marketplace that allows people to outsource their ‘to do’ list to trusted and skilled members of their community.

Perth-based gold and base metals miners Metallum and Paradigm Metals have announced plans to raise a combined $3.7 million to fund ongoing work at their respective tenements, while Dynasty Resources announced its intention to raise $2.2 million but then later withdrew its proposal.

The prime minister is being urged to repair the damage after the federal government let speculation linger on the possibility of an iron ore inquiry.

The share market has opened higher, driven by the mining and energy sectors.

After a horror budget, Colin Barnett is eager to get on the front foot and talk about his positive plans for WA.

Gold fell as the US dollar cut losses on economic data that showed growing economic momentum, but support came from signs the Federal Reserve was unlikely to raise interest rates in June.

The S&P 500 has finished at a new record following strong earnings from Best Buy and news that CVS Health would acquire senior pharmacy services company Omnicare for $US12.7 billion ($A16.13 billion).

The Australian dollar is relatively steady after a quiet night of trade on currency markets.

Western Australian universities have featured prominently in an expanded research funding program announced by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne, with three resources-related centres scoring nearly $15 million between them.

Treasurer Joe Hockey has ruled out the federal government initiating an inquiry into iron ore, just one week after Prime Minister Tony Abbott backed the idea.

The Australian share market has closed higher as bargain hunters piled into most of the major banks, and the big miners found support from investors betting on further economic stimulus measures in China.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has been voted as Western Australia’s most attractive employer at the annual Randstad Awards, a title it has won twice in three years.

Neale Fong-chaired Chrysalis Resources has announced its intention to enter the tech market by acquiring a Philippines-based company which operates a mobile banking, payments and remittance platform.

It should be clear by now to Andrew Forrest that his campaign for a political inquiry into the iron ore industry has done the company he runs, Fortescue Metals Group, more harm than good – and might even have stirred up trouble for another local billionaire, Gina Rinehart.

UK-based Bushveld Minerals has launched its second takeover bid for local coal explorer Lemur Resources in two years, this time proposing to acquire all the shares it doesn't own in the business for about $10.9 million.

Local IT firm ASG Group has won an $18 million contract to provide its cloud platform to the federal government under a five-year term.

Woodside Petroleum has provided some telling insights into how it plans to achieve $800 million in productivity gains by the end of next year; as well as chopping 600 jobs, it has slashed the number of vendors supplying its Australian business from 3,000 to 800.

Former Perth Wildcats chief executive and owner Andrew Vlahov has been flagged as the new head of thermal energy company Enerji, as the company announces a board shake-up.

A tunnel could be an easy alternative to save dozens of homes from being demolished to make way for the Perth Freight Link, the premier says.

Digital CC has completed a $3.5 million capital raising to fund the roll out of its remittance product AirPocket to Latin America and Caribbean markets.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has been hit with a $US25 million fine for violating a bribery law by treating foreign officials to trips to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Film and TV streaming service Quickflix has raised $775,000 from investors as it strives to compete with new competitors like Netflix.

The share market has opened higher due to strength in the healthcare and industrial sectors.

Gold prices are higher, briefly climbing to a new session high as the US dollar pared its gains after Federal Reserve minutes showed policy makers believed it would be premature to raise interest rates in June.

The Australian dollar is lower after hitting a three week low ahead of the release of details from the US central bank's latest policy meeting.