Ausdrill-Barminco joint venture African Underground Mining Services has won a US$375 million underground mining services contract at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi project in Ghana.
Indigenous contractor Gumala Enterprises has secured a series of new contracts, including with iron ore miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, worth a combined $15 million.
The Takeovers Panel has ordered the sale of a $60.1 million stake in gold miner Tribune Resources, along with updated disclosure from some of the company's major shareholders.
Bellevue Gold (formerly Draig Resources) has boosted its coffers with a $15 million share placement to fund exploration work at the company's Bellevue project near Leinster.
WBHO Infrastructure has secured two contracts worth a combined $50 million for upgrade works to Geraldton Airport and road maintenance work north-east of Perth.
International designer clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger has today opened its first full-price store in Western Australia, with a new outlet located in the Claremont Quarter.
A pool of more than $30 million will be spent across the state to build new truck rest stops and upgrade existing roads to improve safety for heavy vehicles.
Mineral Resources has suffered a minor delay in the construction of its $610 million lithium concentrate processing plant at the Wodgina project in the Pilbara.
Kidman Resources has announced plans to integrate the studies for its proposed Kwinana lithium refinery and Mt Holland mine near Southern Cross into a singular project, while also securing a $US100 million ($140 million) debt facility for the project.
Two women and an 11-year-old boy have been injured as a jetty collapsed while they were fishing on Rottnest Island, with the state government set to launch an investigation into the incident.
Black Rock Mining has detailed a capital expenditure of $US115 million ($162 million) for the first phase of its Mahenge graphite project in Tanzania, with plans to begin construction next year.
Telstra launched its 5G mobile network in Perth today, while also confirming multinational telco Ericsson as its partner in a national rollout of the technology.
Cassini Resources and OZ Minerals have appointed GR Engineering Services to complete an engineering study for their joint venture West Musgrave copper-nickel project in Western Australia.
Tokyo-based Inpex has achieved a significant milestone, with the first shipment of LNG departing the company's $46 billion Ichthys project at its onshore plant in Darwin.
Litigation funder IMF Bentham has announced plans to raise up to $84.5 million to establish two new funds and pursue growth opportunities in Europe and Asia.
Zenith Energy will incorporate a solar facility in its existing diesel power station at Independence Group's Nova operation in the Fraser Range, taking capacity to 26 megawatts.
GR Engineering Services has secured a $US17.6 million contract ($25 million) to design and build a processing plant for Strandline Resources' Fungoni mineral sands project in Tanzania.
Nickel producer Western Areas has given the green light to develop its Odysseus project following completion of a definitive feasibility study, which detailed a capital cost of $299 million.
The Environmental Protection Authority will receive a $3.3 million funding boost to deal with a recent spike in proposals in Western Australia, with the government also announcing plans for a scheme to allow the outsourcing of some assessments.
