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SPECIAL REPORT: Despite a host of deals in the Perth Basin during the past year, proponents are battling issues with red tape.

SPECIAL REPORT: With shipments at Shell's Prelude FLNG facility still to get under way, one Perth businessman is hoping to reignite use of the technology for stranded gas fields.

SPECIAL REPORT: Chevron's $5 billion Gorgon phase two project announced in April might be the first in a wave of new oil and gas investments.

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PM pressured to dump tax cuts

Wall Street's major indexes have closed lower as weak earnings reports from major technology companies led to a big drop for the sector.

The Australian share market has closed stronger, with gains almost across the board and miners buoyed by BHP's deal to sell its troublesome US shale oil assets.

Junior explorer PolarX has boosted its coffers with a $3.9 million capital raising, with the proceeds to fund the company's exploration program at its Alaska Range project.

Mineral Resources and Brockman Mining have announced plans to jointly develop a major iron ore mine that will underpin construction of a new rail line and port facilities at Port Hedland.

Northern Minerals has today officially opened its Browns Range heavy rare earths project in the Kimberley, the first of its kind outside of China.

Western Australia registered its largest net population loss from interstate migration on record in the 2016-17 financial year, after nearly 14,000 departed to other parts of the country.

Henderson-based contractor EC&M has been awarded a series of contracts in Western Australia and the eastern states with a combined value of about $60 million.

Bentley-based Spookfish has struck a takeover deal with its largest shareholder, US-based EagleView Technologies, which values the local tech company at $121.6 million.

Podcast: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss lithium's $2 billion plus expansion, iron ore revival continues, Charlie Bass, digital health, Brendan Gore, and our oil and gas features reveals 15 projects.

BHP shareholders are set for a windfall after the global miner agreed to sell its onshore US oil and gas assets for $US10.8 billion ($A14.6 billion).

A Perth expo has showcased the technology innovations local and national companies are bringing to WA's health sector, but nothing like Mercy Virtual, a four-storey hospital in the US with 700 doctors and nurses and no patients.

Despite his non-linear career pathway, Brendan Gore's resources sector roles have provided invaluable experience for his leadership at Peet.

While Bob Carr's new book may be criticised by some within Labor ranks, it contains some timely advice for politicians of all hues.

Fortescue close on $2bn iron ore project

The Nasdaq Composite fell on Thursday as Facebook led a selloff in technology stocks, but the Dow gained as fears of a transatlantic trade war eased after the European Union and the United States agreed to negotiate on tariffs.

Three Perth entrepreneurs in the fields of solar energy, defence technology and engineering services are heading to the EY national finals.

With more than $1.2 billion in funds under management, IDS Super is carving out a fast-growing niche in the self-managed superannuation fund sector.

Investors have committed $5 million towards the planned IPO of Norwest Gold, a gold and base metal spin-off from Australian Mines.

Two Perth companies have announced board moves with political connections, with Austal director Jim McDowell leaving to take a powerful job with the South Australian government and IT company Cirrus Networks appointing Paul Everingham as a non-executive director.

Resource Development Group has made its first major purchase since the sale of three subsidiaries in 2015, buying a majority stake in mining services business Mineral Solutions Australia for $2.8 million.

The Australian share market has closed flat on Thursday, despite gains for local energy and gold stocks and a positive overnight lead from Wall Street.

A new mercury waste treatment plant in the state's north-west is aiming to process a large share of the local oil and gas industry's waste.

Design firm HASSELL has been appointed as the architects for the new $17.8 million South Regional Tafe Esperance campus, with planning and design works now under way.

Newcrest Mining's fourth-quarter gold output has risen 15 per cent as a timely uptick in production at its flagship Cadia mine enabled it to meet production targets.

Fortescue Metals Group has reported record quarterly iron ore shipments.

Australia's biggest investment bank, Macquarie Group, has its first female CEO.

Nedlands-based NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals, which has been bankrolled by the Clough family, is set to begin trading on the ASX tomorrow, after raising $6 million via an initial public offering.