Mark Mentiplay

Capital costs for Grange Resources Ltd’s dual Southdown iron ore project near Albany and Kemaman iron ore pellet operation in Malaysian have blown out from about $1 billion to more than $1.5 billion.

It is the little things that underline Andrew Forrest’s claims of an egalitarian, down-to-earth style.

Preliminary capital costs for Grange Resources Ltd's dual iron ore project near Albany and its Malaysian iron ore pellet operation have blown out from just over a billion dollars to more than $1.5 billion.

A small Perth company exploring for diamonds in South Africa’s fabled Kimberley region expects to be in production within a year of listing on the Perth stock exchange in April.

Advanced mobile mining equipment data transfer and communications specialist, International Mining Technologies Pty Ltd, is considering stock exchange listing to fund a major international expansion and develop new safety and maintenance minimisation syst

Tucked away in Alcoa’s Kwinana alumina refinery complex, just south of Perth, is the largest refining research and development group in the Western world.

Innovation and technology go hand in hand and the outlook for those in Western Australia’s information and computer technology sector is rosy, according to John Krokosz, general manager of recruitment specialist Candle ICT Perth.

This year, Western Australia will move closer to becoming a world leader in genetic research, underpinning its potential to become an international powerhouse in the wider field of medical research.

With the major iron ore miners lifting production to cash in on continuing strong demand from China, the growing number of small emerging producers shows no signs of slowing down.