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NRW Holdings has secured the crushing plant contract for Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak operation while Pacific Energy is building a battery storage system for the Pilbara miner.

Strandline Resources has contracted Primero Group, now a wholly owned subsidiary of NRW Holdings, to build processing facilities for the $260 million Coburn mineral sands project in WA.

Newcrest Mining has reported a six per cent jump in gold output from its Telfer operations in the Pilbara, despite heavy rainfall during the March quarter.

Rumble Resources is set to fast-tack exploration across its Earaheedy zinc-lead discovery in WA, using $40.2 million raised from a share placement.

The federal government will today announce Fulton Hogan Industries has won a $7.7 million maintenance works contract for the RAAF Base at Gingin.

Strandline Resources has confirmed a 10-year LNG supply agreement to power its $260 million Coburn mineral sands development in WA.

Perenti is expecting to grow its presence in North America, after being approached by Newcrest Mining to work on a Canadian project.

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Perth-based Harvest Technology Group is set to acquire US-owned software business SnapSupport, with $2.6 million worth of shares to be issued to the vendors.

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ASX-listed Vysarn’s drilling business has secured work on a $208 million potash development near Laverton.

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Santos and Pilbara mining giant Rio Tinto have entered a new gas supply agreement, which will take effect later this year.

Woolworths Group has invested a further $223 million in Sydney-based Quantium, taking its stake in the data firm to 75 per cent.

Scott Morrison has pledged to protect industry on the road to net zero and shows no signs of increasing Australia's emissions reduction targets for 2030.

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Shares in explorers Rumble Resources and Zenith Minerals have risen sharply after the joint venture announced a major discovery at the Earaheedy zinc-lead project in WA.

Grower Group Alliance will lead a drought resilience adoption and innovation hub in Merredin to help farmers and communities prepare for drought.

Listed software developer K2fly is raising $7.25 million from a share placement, primarily to strengthen its balance sheet and pursue potential acquisitions.

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Perth-based Prospect Resources is using $6.5 million raised from a share placement to buy a further stake in its flagship lithium project in Zimbabwe.

Rio Tinto has settled out of court with Perth-based engineering group Monadelphous over a fire at a Western Australian iron ore site in 2019.

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Uranium business 92 Energy has closed up 40 per cent on its first day of trading, after raising $7 million under its IPO.

Perth-based Lycopodium has been contracted by Newmont Corporation for work on the goldminer’s Ahafo North project in Ghana.

Australia’s major airlines have taken precarious steps towards ramping up operations, with Virgin targeting a return to 80 per cent of its pre-pandemic domestic capacity by June.

WA has outperformed other states with a huge drop in its unemployment rate in March, to 4.8 per cent.

Shares in Galaxy Resources closed up by more than 8 per cent on Wednesday when the company released an updated development plan for its Sal de Vida lithium project in Argentina.