WA's peak business body, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA, estimates the state will need an extra 40,000 workers each year during the next 10 years to fulfil demand for jobs.

Takeovers and investor demand for mining shares have sent resources stock prices soaring of late, but for some the road to riches has been a long one.

Their clients have been enjoying the share market spoils for a few years now, but Alan and Kylie Brierty's decision to float the mining and civil contracting business they founded 26 years ago happened more by chance.

Applications for small bar licences are continuing to trickle through to the Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor, with the authority registering its 10th application.

Iron ore producer Midwest Corporation is staring down the barrel of $3.3 million in lost earnings if it fails to secure an extension for road haulage of its ore from the State Government, with its current extension expiring today.