Tom Zaunmayr

Fuel retailers are setting prices based on the cost to restock, rather than the cost paid for current supplies, according to data collected by the nation's competition watchdog.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss fuel furor, mining moves, property purchases and other big stories of the week.

Salt harvester Leichardt has applied to double the size of the Lake MacLeod operation near Carnarvon which it bought from Rio Tinto.

OPINION: US bauxite miner's contributions to WA can't hide the fact it's at odds with community expectations.

Operators of a Kimberley island's mothballed iron ore mine are preparing to go underground in their quest to bring the high-grade project back to life.

The nation's major fuel suppliers are being investigated over alleged anti-competitive conduct which has left regional Australia short of diesel.

The price of diesel has climbed above $3-per-litre at one Perth retailer as politicians scramble to shore up supply into regional WA.

The incoming boss of BHP says he is committed to Australia but has warned local investment was at risk as other nations cut red tape in pursuit of mining money.

Farmers are facing the prospect of needing another bumper crop to turn a profit should the rising costs of diesel and fertiliser not be brought under control.

Australia's corporate regulator has told the nation's fuel retailers to explain why petrol price hikes are outstripping increases in the global oil price.

Claire Tyrrell and Tom Zaunmayr discuss fuel prices, Satterley land deals, council amalgamations, and Business News' new special publication.

WA's Indigenous business sector is eager to diversify into defence to latch onto job opportunities coming through the AUKUS partnership.

One of Western Australia's most remote bowsers is now also its cheapest, offering diesel at a discount of more than 50 cents per litre compared to Perth outlets.

Farmers, truckers, airlines, and fuel distributors have descended on Dumas House to iron out a plan to ease pressure on Western Australia's fuel supply.

Corporate pressure and communication can impact community trust in renewable energy, according to two of the sector's regional proponents.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss how an innovative building practice could solve housing issues in the Pilbara.

A country service station's fuel order backlog has surpassed one million litres as war in the Middle East hampers the global oil trade.

Loans of up to $15 million will be made available by the state government to businesses wanting to decarbonise.

Several prefabricated housing and workforce projects are injecting sorely-needed housing and accommodation stock into Karratha.

Strong profits from Civeo's Australian workforce camps have offset a soft year back home in north America for the global facility services provider.

OPINION: The daily Perth to Kalgoorlie passenger train service has potential as a delivery service for the Wheatbelt.

Fortescue has broken ground on what will become Western Australia's largest solar farm at its Solomon mining hub in the Pilbara.

A Pilbara traditional owner group is hoping to foster relationships with users of Pilbara iron ore to gain better involvement in decision-making.

Mark Pownall and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the Middle East conflict, business acquisitions, new hotels, Perdaman developments, Rio Tinto's desal plant, and a St Georges Terrace brewery.

Jack McGinn speaks to Tom Zaunmayr about the planned return of an historic WA mine.

Norwegian fertiliser giant Yara has joined a group of industry and government stakeholders pushing plans for an ammonia ship refuelling hub in the Pilbara.

The state government will fund half of a $1.1 billion Rio Tinto desalination plant in Dampier built to reduce pressure on groundwater sources.

Margaret River's Cheeky Monkey Brewery will open a new venue on St Georges Terrace in July.

An outback ode to the automobile will be front-and-centre of this year's Revealed Aboriginal art exhibition in Perth.

A monitor has been appointed to the Town of Port Hedland one month before an election is held to reinstate a council at the trouble-plagued jurisdiction.

A former executive bureaucrat has been found to have been unfairly dismissed from a Pilbara local government by the state's employment arbiter.