Western Australia's 2011-12 harvest has officially broken the record for most grain produced, with deliveries yesterday pushing the season's total over 14.7 million tonnes, CBH Group says. The previous record of 14,695,321 tonnes was set in 2003-04.

 LogiCamms has been awarded two design contracts worth $8.3 million as the intitial phase for the upgrade of electrical infrastructure at Rio Tinto's iron ore ports in Western Australia.

Grain handler CBH Group has reported a late surge in grain deliveries, pushing the state's total harvest to an unexpectedly large total in excess of 14 million tonnes.

A bid to mine coal in Western Australia's sensitive southwest tourism and wine-producing region has been rejected by the state government after the proponent appealed the original Environmental Protection Authority decision.

Legacy Iron Ore has appointed three senior Indian business figures to its board, following shareholder approval of India's National Mineral Development Corporation's (NMDC) purchase of a 50 per cent interest in the company at Friday's extraordinary general meeting.