ANALYSIS: Positive news on employment and among some key commodities appears to mark a positive trend for the state's economy, and Business News' BN30 stock index backs that up.
BHP Billiton has joined its peers in sharply lifting dividends as stronger prices for iron ore, coal and petroleum helped the global miner post a solid return to profitability.
Some of the North West Shelf Venture partners might either sell their stake in the operation or take an equity interest in potential projects such as Browse as one potential solution to find backfill liquids for Karratha gas plant in the next decade, according to a report by Wood Mackenzie.
About a third of the town of Port Hedland should be blocked from any new residential developments, the state government's dust management taskforce has recommended.
BHP Billiton has met full-year production targets in its main iron ore and petroleum businesses, with a record result achieved at its Western Australian operation, but fell just short in its troubled copper business due to an extended strike at a Chilean mine.
Berndnaut Smilde has spent years sculpting temporary clouds inside bare and evocative architectural spaces, but was inspired to replicate his artwork outdoors after encountering the sweeping landscapes of the Pilbara last year.
Former Wesfarmers boss Trevor Eastwood has stayed out of the limelight since exiting Perth's corporate scene, but has broken his silence to publicise his largest-ever philanthropic donation.
SPECIAL REPORT: Backdoor-listed technology businesses and mining hopefuls have joined the state's top performers in financial year 2016 in Business News's annual analysis of total shareholder returns.
Subiaco-based software company K2fly has made its first acquisition since listing on the ASX last year, announcing today the purchase of a local specialist data collaboration company that counts the state's three biggest iron ore miners as its clients.
Perth-based Whittens has locked-in its fifth major contract this year, winning a $58 million package of work at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance's Caval Ridge coal project in Queensland.
BHP has approved initial funding for its $3 billion-plus South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, and the company's top Australian executive said he wanted to hear from local suppliers who could add value to the development.
Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has admitted there are inaccuracies in her statement submitted to the State Administrative Tribunal, which is holding a hearing to determine her penalty for breaching local government laws.
Outgoing BHP Billiton chairman Jacques Nasser has been named a companion of the order of Australia, while Qantas boss Alan Joyce has also been honoured in the Queen's birthday honours.
The lobby group representing Australia's big businesses has called on the sector to sign up to its new voluntary payment term code in a bid to stave off regulatory changes.
BHP Billiton will begin dropping the "Billiton" from its name in a process beginning this week, and has signalled a further plan to eventually change its registered name, too.
ANALYSIS: With abundant supplies of energy and the raw materials growing Asian economies need, WA is set to ride out the economic headwinds facing the eastern states.
The Town of Port Hedland has voted to support BHP Billiton's ambition to ship out an extra 5 million tonnes of iron ore a year from the port, as the mining giant pushes for a licence to ship 290mtpa by the 2019 financial year.
BHP Billiton has cut its full-year copper production guidance and outlined plans to sell some of its US shale acreage, while also announcing record iron ore production and reaffirming plans for its South Flank development in the Pilbara.
OPINION: Corporate events such as takeovers and break-up proposals do not always have a political edge to them, but when they involve BHP Billiton, once Australia's biggest company, politics are not far away (and neither is Western Australia).
Mining giant BHP Billiton has rejected a proposal by hedge fund Elliott Advisors to restructure its business by shedding its dual Australia-UK listing and spinning-off its petroleum business.
An international hedge fund holding 4.1 per cent of the shares in BHP Billiton's UK-listed stock wants the global miner to scrap its dual listing in Australia and the UK and spin-off its US petroleum business for listing on the New York share market.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has been hit with an additional tax bill of $447 million over a dispute on transfer pricing of commodities to its Singapore marketing hub.
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Water is being pumped out of a disused iron ore mine on a Western Australian island after pit walls slumped, sparking fears it could collapse and contaminate the ocean on the other side.
Investment plans for BHP Billiton's South Flank project can proceed with greater certainty following the defeat of the Nationals WA's proposed iron ore levy hike at the ballot box earlier this month, according to the company's asset president of WA iron ore, Edgar Basto.
A lack of battery storage across the electricity network in Perth and surrounds is the most significant energy problem facing the state, according to recent research from the University of Western Australia.
