Isabel Vieira

SRG Global has won $65 million worth of work after its Bugarrba Aboriginal joint venture secured a contract from BHP and it won two contracts in Queensland.

BCI Minerals has signed an offtake deal with Japanese investment firm Itochu Corporation to supply salt from its flagship Mardie project, which is facing a $700 million cost creep.

Northern Star Resources is set to pay $67 million for an exploration project to feed its Jundee operation while notching a long-term power deal with Zenith Energy.

Former Perth financial adviser John Talbot Wertheimer has been permanently banned from providing financial services or engaging in any credit activities.

Wesfarmers' health and beauty division has upped its offer to $180 million to acquire SILK Laser Clinics after previously walking away from negotiations.

Crown Perth employees have received back pay up to $55,000 to correct the resort and casino operator's underpayment of more than $1 million to staff in WA and Melbourne over a six-year period.

Virgin Australia's Perth pilots have undergone flight simulator training on their home turf for first time after realising a deal with global aviation trainer CAE.

Civil engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group says it's ready to enter a new phase of profitable revenue growth as it taps investors for $26.3 million.

Junior explorer Australian Critical Minerals is preparing to debut on the ASX after raising $5 million through an initial public offering.

Bankwest will close its Subiaco branch after more than 60 years in what is another blow to the bank's locations across the county.

Troubled builder Modco Residential is facing a court action lodged by a recruitment firm seeking to wind-up the company.

Accommodation developer Fleetwood Australia will provide Rio Tinto with up to $120 million worth of additional rooms at its accommodation village in Karratha.

Jack McGinn and Simone Grogan discuss the state of play for Asian engagement in Western Australia.

A call centre and debt collection company says it has been forced to make 440 employees redundant after losing a contract with a federal government agency.

Car servicing retailer mycar Tyre & Auto, which has 25 shops in Perth, has been fined $1 million by the communications watchdog after the company breached Australian spam laws.

WA's mining sector employees experienced the largest drop in pay in April following a round of bonuses in the previous month despite the state leading annual wages growth.

Rio Tinto has given the green light on a $733 million investment to bump production at its copper mine in the United States.

Jack McGinn and Liv Declerck discuss an arts program making a difference for at-risk youth.

Perth contractor SRG Global has won a $50 million contract from the Water Corporation to provide specialist infrastructure works.

The nation's investor landscape is increasingly being made up of women and young people while less Australians are investing in residential property, according to the ASX's latest report.

The state government has eased the controversial demersal fishing ban for charter businesses operating in the West Coast region, but only if they eat their catches on-board.

Henderson shipbuilder Austal has added a $104 million contract from the United States Navy to its US-division's order book.

Leading lithium producer Albemarle Corporation has expanded its footprint in the South West after acquiring a neighboring Greenbushes tenement under a $30 million deal.

Hanson Construction Materials has been fined $130,000 after a worker died driving a haul truck that fell off the edge of a quarry pit road in 2019.

Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has secured a pipeline of contracts valued at $120 million from Rio Tinto, BHP and South32.

Lithium miner Allkem has put a $115 million price tag on the mine life expansion project for its Mt Cattlin lithium operation after lifting its ore reserve expectations by 34 per cent.

SRG Global has notched a $40 million contract to engineer wall façades for a luxury hotel and apartment project on Sydney Harbour purchased by Andrew Forrest.

An advisory firm led by mining veteran Michael Fotios has been engaged by lithium hopeful GreenTech Metals, one week after Mr Fotios was appointed chief executive of Scorpion Minerals.

Renewable energy hopeful Infinite Green Energy and Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group have recruited a third partner to develop a proposed hydrogen project in Northam.

Speculation of a tie-up between two companies in an emerging lithium province scoped by Hancock Prospecting has surfaced after the pair entered a trading halt flagging a joint venture announcement.

Seafarms Group says it is committed to developing Project Sea Dragon after it regained control of the collapsed prawn farm from administrators in March.

Security provider Intelligent Monitoring Group has furthered plans to expand its footprint with the $45 million purchase of sector peer Tyco Australia.