The state government will team up with Woodside Petroleum and Curtin University to develop two new specialist training facilities in the Pilbara as it encourages more people to live and work in the region.
Fertiliser producer Yara Pilbara has committed more than $50 million towards housing its growing workforce in Karratha as it works towards opening an $800 million ammonium nitrate plant.
Western Australia’s gold sector is rallying against a potential increase in royalty rates, saying such a move would significantly hurt country towns as well as local producers of the precious metal.
Toro Energy has received approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board for its $37 million acquisition of the Lake Maitland uranium project in central Western Australia.
Norton Gold Fields has cashed in on the state government's new mining rehabilitation fund scheme, securing $21.8 million in environmental bond refunds to date.
BHP Billiton has withdrawn from a farm-in agreement with St George Mining over nickel rights attached to the East Laverton project just months after agreeing to proceed with the deal.
Premier Colin Barnett says Rio Tinto's new port expansion in the Pilbara is a sign of confidence in the resources sector which will allow Western Australia to boost its iron ore exports.
MZI Resources has secured $US41.5 million in funding from international private equity group Resource Capital Funds for the development of its Keysbrook mineral sands project.
Paladin Energy is set to slash its costs by $US23 million over the 2014 financial year and suspend all non-essential exploration activity as it looks to stem losses from a weakening uranium price.
Chevron has signed binding long-term sales and purchase agreements with Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power Company for gas supplied from the $29 billion Wheatstone LNG project.
Transport and logistics group K&S Corporation has warned investors of a significant fall in half-year net profit, due to a significant slowdown in the company’s Western Australian operations.
Aphrodite Gold's former chief executive and former managing director have each resigned as directors of the company ahead of a planned shareholder meeting today.
West Perth-based Chalice Gold Mines has made an offer to merge with Canadian gold developer Coventry Resources as it seeks to find assets to boost its cash flow.
Saracen Mineral Holdings has bolstered its board with the appointment of Samantha Tough and Geoffrey Clifford as non-executive directors, four months after launching a major cost-cutting drive on the
Programmed Maintenance Services has won a $100 million contract to provide support for work on the Ichthys liqueified natural gas project off the coast of Western Australia.
