The state government has appointed a steering committee to evaluate the development of common user maritime infrastructure in the Pilbara, likely to be at either Anketell Point or Lumsden Point.
Plans for a $400m waste to energy plant at Kwinana have progressed to the next stage with John Holland agreeing to collaborate with project proponent Phoenix Energy.
Main Roads WA has reverted to using limestone for road base after asbestos fears prompted Transport Minister Troy Buswell to stop it using crushed construction and demolition waste.
A long-awaited report into the Varanus Island gas plant explosion has concluded that plant operator Apache Energy was ultimately responsible and questioned it’s staffing levels, systems and safety cul
The state government has moved to acquire the necessary land required to build the Pilbara’s next deepwater port, Anketell, 30 kilometres east of Karratha.
Premier Colin Barnett has revealed Perth’s $700 million major stadium will be the AFL’s second largest capacity home field, despite being shorter and wider than Patersons Stadium.
Industrial and mining infrastructure firm Tenix has been announced as the preferred contractor to complete a $200 million upgrade of wastewater services in the Pilbara.
The state government’s $130 million Pilbara Underground Power Project has run into more flak after electrical contractor O’Donnell Griffin halted work on the Karratha phase of the project.
The state government has awarded a $22 million contract for road and infrastructure works at the Riverside project in East Perth to Broad Construction.
Opposition leader Mark McGowan has committed a future Labor goverment to work with the private sector to develop a 20-year infrastructure strategy for the state but the proposal has been rubbished by
Perth-based renewable energy firm Solco has restructured its board, including the appointment of a new chief executive, as the company re-focuses its operations to reflect a solar market lacking gover
The resources sector has welcomed the state government's plan to underground a series of power lines between Perth and Newman, a move it says will reduce significant costs and delays in moving large m
The state’s economic watchdog says electricity retailer Synergy would need to hike residential electricity bills by 23 per cent on average, or $353 per year, to ensure taxpayers are not covering the g
Labor has accused the state government of secretly privatising Water Corporation services, after raising questions about a contracting deal that was announced by Transfield Services three months ago.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has awarded contracts collectively worth around $100 million to global power and automation technology group ABB, to construct 17 power distribution substations to support Rio’s
Western Australia’s business community has lashed out at the Barnett government’s plan to re-merge electricity utilities Verve and Synergy, calling it poor policy that would have a negative impact on
