Mark Beyer

ANALYSIS: Another day, another front-page headline about sexual harassment in mining. It’s clearly a major issue but where is the balance? What about industries with a bigger problem?

BHP has stepped up its pursuit of future-facing metals by launching a takeover proposal for Adelaide-based copper and nickel miner OZ Minerals.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss interest rates, house prices, office vacancies, McGowan and Palmer's spat, Diggers & Dealers, Lynas expansion, Stirling mandate, local government reform, apartment developments and tourism.

Mining sector leaders Jake Klein and Sharon Warburton said today the sector as a whole needed to recognise more action was needed to achieve respectful workplaces.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss mining cost pressures, house prices, Auditor General, Micromine, Thiess and MACA and Bourby Webster.

A mining software company established 36 years ago by Perth geologist Graeme Tuder has been sold to a US company for $900 million, setting a new record for WA's tech sector.

Simone Grogan and Mark Beyer go over the highlights of their goldminers feature, including how price fluctuations are affecting local players and Northern Star Resources' dominance in the market.

A private equity-backed software group has bought Osborne Park company Omnitronics, marking its second WA acquisition this year and its fifth deal nationally.

Spacecubed is aiming to expand WA’s innovation sector through new research, collaboration and grants program after signing a three-year funding agreement with Lotterywest.