The agriculture minister has confirmed the Chinese customs agency will reinstate barley producers CBH and Emerald Grain to the approved list of exporters.
CBH Group continued to be WA's dominant grain exporter in 2020-21 with 55 per cent market share, but production from the state fell below the level of New South Wales.
Perth-based engineering groups Kerman Contracting and Monadelphous Group have announced contract wins collectively worth more than $300 million at CITIC Pacific Mining's Sino Iron development near Cape Preston.
Applecross-based Kerman Contracting has won a $67 million deal for the design and construction of a grain export facility for Quattro Ports, a joint venture between Qube Holdings, Noble Group, Cargill Australia and Emerald Grain.