Tom Zaunmayr

A Perdaman-backed solar farm looks set to become the foundation tenant of a traditional owner-backed green energy park near Karratha.

Another hopeful Pilbara ore processor has entered the fray, this time in the form of a Japanese-backed British pelletising firm.

OPINION: There's an alarming lack of knowledge about recreational anglers' impact on fish stocks.

A solar farm proposed alongside the Forrest Highway south of Perth has been waived through by federal regulators.

The Pilbara town at the heart of WA's iron ore industry is running out of lots for companies wanting to move in to service new mining and green energy projects.

A processing facility built in Shark Bay will establish a new export avenue for Western Australia's oldest trade, sea cucumbers.

WA's first tiny home village could be built on private land near Bunbury after being backed in by councillors despite neighbours' objections.

Outages at a Kwinana lithium refinery are hampering IGO's ability to make the most of recovering battery metal prices as production climbs from the Greenbushes mine.

The Fisheries Minister is not onboard with a plan to trawl WA coast to check fish numbers.

Tom Zaunmayr and Sam Jones discuss Aaron Morey's new role as chief executive of the CME.

The chief flagbearer for WA's resources sector faces tricky geopolitics abroad and policy and perception tests at home.

Australia's largest brewers have lifted the wholesale price of their draught beers as wages and material costs pressure margins.

Sam Jones speaks to Tom Zaunmayr about US president Donald Trump's recent comments that caused a stir in the cybersecurity community.

Mark Pownall and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the news of the week, including the City of Perth; property developments; the gold price; Pilbara water; and more.

The state government has put feelers out for extra water supply to Port Hedland as the town's existing sources crack under pressure from industrial growth and climate change.

The use of artificial intelligence to count sheep has improved accuracy at one of Western Australia's largest abattoirs.

Mid West miner Fenix Resources is planning to more than double its output as it toasts record iron ore shipments.

Fortescue is doubling down efforts to get its African iron ore project up and running as it ships record volumes of the red rocks out of its Pilbara heartland.

OPINION: Labor's alteration of its regional airfares policy has left any remaining goodwill the party had in the bush in tatters.

A strong finish to the year has help Rio Tinto notch record iron ore production from its Pilbara mines and reach its annual guidance.

English investor Guy Hands has agreed to buy Madura Plains Station three months after purchasing the nearby Rawlinna lease.

The farming family wants to work with apple growers in WA to stabilise prices as they invest in orchards in the southern forests.

Tom Zaunmayr speaks to Justin Fris about Henderson-based company, First Graphene.

Fortescue has started building the Pilbara's first wind farm, and the first of its own turbines among 5 gigawatts of green energy plants it has mooted for the region.

As Messina Gelato opens its third WA store, one of its founders is tipping a dessert sector consolidation after years of rampant growth in Perth.

Anthony Heslewood opened a fish processor in Augusta. A few days later, the state government banned commercial demersal fishing off the west coast.

BHP and Rio Tinto are working on a deal to mine a wedge of land separating two of their ageing iron ore projects in the Pilbara.

Industry representatives will lobby Jackie Jarvis for an independent fish biomass study and pause to the ban on demersal fishing off the west coast.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss how the Wandel family's independent grain export business is thinking big.

One of the Perth developers behind Norup + Wilson want to build residential apartments and a commercial building on Augusta's main street.

The Wandel family's independent grain export business is thinking big to overcome a transport problem.

Plans for a $500m canola crushing plant by US agribusiness Cargill in Kwinana have been lodged with the state development authority.