Shares in West Perth-based junior Fin Resources were up nearly 26 per cent after being granted a key additional licence for the Sol Mar project in the Pilbara.
The mask mandate implemented in the wake of the latest COVID-19 outbreak will be partially lifted from tonight, after Western Australia recorded no new local cases overnight.
Woolworths Group has withdrawn its bid for Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API), leaving Wesfarmers as the only suitor for the Priceline Pharmacy owner.
The surging number of omicron cases is causing unprecedented disruption to businesses, as industries from retail to hospitality are forced to shut down or scale back operations.
Making headlines, Western Australia records one new local case of COVID-19, plea to pubgoers to respect hospitality staff amid abuse spike, and Harold Clough passes away.
British racing executive James Oldring has been appointed chief executive of Perth Racing, as the organisation seeks to put upheaval last year behind it.
Premier Mark McGowan and the hotel industry are urging pubgoers to respect hospitality staff after venues reported an increase in abuse directed at workers about COVID-19 rules.
One of Western Australia's most successful engineers, business leaders and philanthropists has passed away at the age of 95. True to form, he was at his desk just two days ago.
Western Australia has recorded one new local case of COVID-19 overnight, a close contact of a hotel security guard believed to have contracted the virus at the Hyatt Hotel.
Australia and Japan are set to ink a security treaty that Prime Minister Scott Morrison describes as "historic" during a virtual summit with his Japanese counterpart.
Scott Morrison says Australians have no choice but to ride out the current COVID wave with case numbers expected to spiral past 100,000 a day by the end of the week.
Making headlines, WA records five new local cases of COVID-19, a $40 million expansion of Coogee's chlori-alkali plant approved and Troy Resources undertakes a recapitalisation in a bid to save the company.
The state government has refused Tada Group Holding's application for $6 million seven-storey apartments in Scarborough, despite the project being flagged for approval.
Investors tempered their new year enthusiasm and lowered the ASX on the second day of 2022 trade as the latest wave of coronavirus infections dominated the economic agenda in many countries.
Shares in Fremantle-based agribusiness Wellard were up as much as 37 per cent on news it could receive up to $16.5 million following a three-year contract dispute.
ASX-listed Mineral Commodities and Alterra have made changes to their boards, while new leaders have been appointed at Good Sammy Enterprises and Pan Pacific Perth.
ASX-listed Troy Resources is undertaking a $26 million recapitalisation in a bid to save the company, after conceding it had found itself in a precarious financial position.
Decmil and NRW Holdings have been awarded contracts under the state and federal government's estimated $216 million infrastructure spend on the busy travel route.
MMA Offshore has won several contracts to start the new year including two long-term vessel arrangements as part of ongoing work with Woodside Petroleum.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has challenged the prime minister to make rapid antigen tests free, backing calls for them to be available for all Australians.
The Australian share market has climbed to its highest level in more than four months as investors looked past surging local coronavirus cases to track gains on the US bourses.
