Matt Mckenzie

It's the end of the beginning for what had been Western Australia’s only remaining major iron ore project under construction, Citic Pacific’s Sino Iron, according to chief executive Chen Zeng, as the final two of six magnetite ore processing lines enter production.

An increase to the minimum wage announced today will mean Western Australian businesses pay roughly $20 per week more for mimimum wage workers than their eastern states counterparts, while the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA warns it will have a flow-on effect on employment.

A timely dose of regulatory assistance is benefiting Australian financial technology startups, according to CrowdfundUP founder and managing director Jack Quigley.

Mineral Resources has upped its stake in the Mt Marion lithium project, one of the state’s few mining operations under construction, to see out a week that had a series of deals for the metal.

Shares in Rox Resources more than doubled today on the back of a strong zinc and lead drilling result at a project in the Northern Territory, while Dacian Gold was up 7 per cent following results in Western Australia.

Western Australian state final demand has contracted for the 10th consecutive quarter, while national GDP figures grew at their fastest rate for nearly four years

The state government-controlled Perth Mint has thwarted a security breach by one of its contractors.

Australia’s national LNG production capacity is nearing 50 million tonnes per annum, as Santos today brought Train 2 online at its Gladstone project.

WA has had nearly $170 billion redistributed to other states by the federal government during the past 10 years, with the GST only one tax with a problem.