The state government has introduced a science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills strategy, which aims to have 85 per cent of year 12 students completing two or more STEM courses.
Shares in NRW Holdings have closed trade up 10.65 per cent, after it secured an earthworks contract at Rio Tinto's $3.5 billion Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara.
Rio Tinto has agreed to buy a fleet of autonomous trucks and other mining equipment from Caterpillar for its new Koodaideri iron ore mine in Western Australia.
A joint venture between Perth-based Clough and Madrid-based Acciona has secured rail construction works at Rio Tinto's $3.5 billion Koodaideri iron ore project.
The Black Swan State Theatre Company is leading a push for comprehensive diversity, and connecting with corporate partners through these closely aligned aims.
BHP Group, the world's biggest miner, has joined rival Rio Tinto in cutting its forecast for iron ore output after a tropical cyclone, although analysts expect high prices to limit any impact on profits.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has reported a 14 per cent drop in quarterly iron ore shipments and cut its 2019 shipments estimate on disruption caused by a tropical cyclone which hit its export terminal in Western Australia last month.
Antipa Minerals has announced it completed a $5.1 million capital raising, with the funds set to further its exploration in the Paterson province of the Pilbara.
Rio Tinto will invest an extra $US302 million to develop its Resolution copper project in the US state of Arizona, as it looks to expands output to meet the lucrative market for new energy vehicles.
Global miner Rio Tinto has approved the $463 million construction of the Zulti South project in South Africa, a move it says will extend the presence of its majority-owned Richards Bay Minerals in the country.
Rio Tinto has revealed its full-year Pilbara iron ore shipments are expected to be at the lower end of its 338 million to 350 million tonnes guidance, after Tropical Cyclone Veronica damaged its Cape Lambert port.
The replacement of the logo at the top of Perth's second tallest skyscraper has commenced, after BHP Group changed its name from BHP Billiton in November.
Australia's biggest miner Rio Tinto says it will return billions to shareholders, after it recorded a 2 per cent rise in underlying earnings for 2018, to US$8.63 billion ($12.2 billion).
The curators and sponsors of the Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA are hopeful the more than 150 pieces on display will challenge and broaden the public's perception of Aboriginal art.
Big business has stepped up its campaign in favour of a constitutionally enshrined ‘voice' for indigenous Australians, with BHP Group chief executive Andrew Mackenzie using a speech in Perth this morning to endorse the proposal.
Rio Tinto has awarded its 100th work package to local businesses in the Pilbara, as part of its program designed to increase opportunities for businesses in Western Australia.
The descendants of iron ore pioneer Peter Wright have received total dividends of $702 million over the past three years, according to recently lodged financial statements that also reveal the big legal expenses they have paid.
Mining giant Rio Tinto expects to produce more iron ore this year, after it shipped 338.2 million tonnes of iron ore from its Pilbara operations in 2018, in line with full-year guidance.
BHP Group will be double-checking its advertising copy in future after publishing full-page advertisements that mistakenly claimed major international business CPB Contractors was based in Western Australia.
Rio Tinto has halted exports of iron ore to some of its customers, after a fire last Thursday engulfed parts of its Cape Lambert export facility, located 40 kilometres north of Karratha.
Indigenous contractor Gumala Enterprises has secured a $16 million contract at Rio Tinto's West Angelas mine, in what is the company's single biggest contract win in the past five years.
Woodside Petroleum's Browse and Scarborough LNG developments are the biggest of $95 billion of major projects under way or likely in Western Australia, with 96 ongoing and a further 68 probable.
Rio Tinto has approved a $3.5 billion investment to develop its Koodaideri iron ore mine in the Pilbara, lifting the total amount to be spent on new iron ore projects in Western Australia to $12 billion.
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Explosives manufacturer Incitec Pivot has reported a 34.8 per cent fall in profit for the year to September, including a $7 million hit from lost business in Western Australia.
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The money-making power of Gina Rinehart's mining business has been abundantly demonstrated in the group's latest financial results, with her private company Hancock Prospecting lifting annual net profit 28 per cent to $1.37 billion.
Indigenous contractor Gumala Enterprises has secured a series of new contracts, including with iron ore miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, worth a combined $15 million.
