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Players in Australia's uranium industry have renewed calls for the federal government to take control of the future of the country's rich uranium deposits.

WESTERN Australia has moved closer to full grain export deregulation with the Economic Regulation Authority recommending the deregulation of barley, canola and lupin exports.

Mining engineers, scientists and technology entrepreneurs should collaborate with innovators in the arts sector to produce outcomes that benefit all sectors, the WA Business News boardroom forum was told.

The concerns of one of Australia's leading actuaries regarding the transfer from the state of about $330 million in assets may have stopped the mutualisation of $9 billion fund manager GESB, which claims about one quarter of Western Australia's workforce

The first in-depth assessment of Kevin Rudd's Australia 2020 Summit has been published.

Thinking beyond the boom, there is a much underestimated and poorly understood economic imperative for Western Australia's future.

Western Australian mining and mining service industries have experienced a huge rise in the demand for skills and equipment which, along with higher fuel costs, has driven up their costs of doing business.

A booming economy creating staff shortages while young people leave the state for more interesting places.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of Industry and Resour

An air of uncertainty still surrounds the $2 billion Oakajee Port project, despite the state government selecting Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd as the preferred developer.

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Although they are at the heart of Western Australia's resources boom, regional communities are only just starting to receive the downstream benefits from the state's strong economy.

Developers of the Gorgon gas project are looking to invest more than $1 billion on carbon capture and storage designed to reduce the project's emissions by up to 40 per cent.

Murchison Metals Ltd's equal joint venture partner for the Oakajee port development and Jack Hills iron ore mine in Western Australia, Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation, says it could be interested in taking a controlling stake in the ventures.

Western Australia has recorded a 6.5 per cent drop in building approvals for the month of June as approvals across the country slump to their weakest reading in over two years.

Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has cautioned that the development of the $2 billion Oakajee port and associated rail infrastructure is some time away, after today selecting Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd as the preferred bidder.

Embattled Structural Monitoring Systems plc said it is in ongoing talks with two global companies over a potential deal for its patented aircraft fuselage technology, two weeks after sacking staff and executives.

The Murchison Metals Ltd and Mitsubishi Corporation backed Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd has been selected as the preferred developer of the $2 billion Oakajee Port in the state's Mid West region.

Higher fuel prices and deteriorating economic conditions have forced Skywest Airlines to suspend its Kalgoorlie to Melbourne service, nearly one year after flights began.

Perth-based small-medium enterprise investor Greencap Ltd is set to bolster its reach in South Australia and the Northern Territory after agreeing to acquire Adelaide consultancy AEC Environmental Pty Ltd for $3.8 million.

While much of the state focus has been on the Varanus Island gas crisis, operator Apache Energy is forging ahead with its Devil Creek gas development project which is open for environmental submissions from the public.

Western Australia's mining sector will need an extra 47,700 workers over the next 12 years, a report has found.

Opposition leader Troy Buswell said a Liberal state government would provide additional funding to the Royal Flying Doctor Service under a five year, $68 million country health plan.

The availability of trades in the state may have marginally increased over the June quarter but the skills shortage in the sector persists even as housing activity falls, according to a recent report.

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd is among eight companies charged by WorkSafe WA over the death of two workers and serious injuries to others during a cyclone at a Pilbara construction camp last year.

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Western Australia's economic value will be reduced by $1.8 billion over the next five years as the Department of Treasury and Finance provide estimates of the economic disruption brought about by the gas crisis.

The state government has welcomed a $623 million federal government initiative to boost the number of affordable rental properties.

Western Australian small business owners are generally a positive bunch with the state revealed as having the most positive outlook over future revenue, according to the latest MYOB survey.

Rio Tinto Ltd has signed a landmark agreement to purchase iron ore from a Perth-based junior's Pilbara mine, paving the way for small companies to develop costly projects while allowing the industry majors to keep control of their rail infrastructure.

Perth-based Indian sandalwood grower TFS Corporation Ltd has realised its vision of becoming a vertically integrated producer after agreeing to acquire Albany-based essential oils business Mount Romance Australia.

High density development may be top of the state government's planning agenda, but the target for infill in Perth is overly ambitious and needs to be significantly downgraded, with the city likely to fall short 131,000 dwellings, according to a report fro