Blake Wilshaw

GOLD exports from Western Australia last year totalled $13.65 billion, down on the $16.5 billion a year earlier, as a rising Australian dollar wiped off some of the gains of higher production.

WA is having a gold renaissance, with exciting new areas in the far reaches of the state being opened up to exploration.

Navigator Resources has resumed mining from the Central Pit at its Bronzewing gold project, after a pit wall failure last week.

Bill Withers established a software company in Perth that now employs more than 120 staff. Blake Wilshaw reports.

Grain storage, handling and marketing co-operative CBH Group is exploring new corporate structures that may require it to pay tax, despite a long battle with the government to protect its tax-exempt status.

Fortescue Metals Group has upgraded the resource estimates at its Solomon project in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

HANDLEY Surveys, a family-owned business from Karratha, has come a long way since it was established in 1976 and worked on residential sub-divisions.