Simone Grogan

US lithium giant Albemarle has pushed the button on a major expansion at its Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant tipped to double its Australian output.

Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources has moved to a compulsory acquisition of its Perth Basin partner Norwest Energy after securing a more than 90 per cent stake in the company.

Multinational salt producer K+S Group has struck a native title agreement with Thalanyji traditional owners for its proposed $430 million salt project in the Exmouth Gulf.

The managing director of the WA conglomerate has told a forum in Sydney that Wesfarmers is open to more ‘bolt-on’ acquisitions following a string of expansion projects.

Journalists Simone Grogan and Liv Declerck discuss an emerging distillery in Margaret River. Plus: Perth house prices, 7-Eleven deal and social housing.

Holgate postal call Team Global Express chief executive Christine Holgate has called for Australia Post to open community post offices to third parties in a plan she says

Woodside Energy’s annual meeting was subject to a vocal cohort of discontented shareholders who aired grievances about the company’s climate policy by voting against the board.

A dispute over Mineral Resources' plans to build a 125-kilometre private haul road running through the Shire of Ashburton has been escalated to Western Australia's Supreme Court.

Northern Star has been forced to lift its cost guidance for the 2023 financial year following downtime for repairs at Kalgoorlie and Pogo during the March quarter.

Matt Mckenzie and Isabel Vieira talk Football West and RugbyWA. Plus: Perdaman, emergency targets and inflation.

Mineral Resources closed the day as the ASX 200's biggest loser after revealing guidance cuts, weaker lithium battery chemicals sales and another delay to an expansion at Mt Marion.

Jordan Murray speaks with senior journalist Claire Tyrrell about her recent coverage of the Perth City Link precinct.

The state budget will include $77 million for Indigenous organisations appointed under the new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act to ensure they are effectively resourced before July 1.

Western Australia’s resources industry has smashed another annual record, with weaker iron ore prices made up for by the state’s flourishing lithium sector and soaring oil and gas prices.

In her first update as chief executive, Fortescue Metals boss Fiona Hick has told analysts she sees continued cost and labour pressures ahead, as iron ore shipments soften over the quarter.

The City of Perth has been forced to close the car park underneath the Perth Concert Hall until Wednesday over safety concerns.

With a shadow of uncertainty over ramp up at Mt Weld, Lynas Rare Earths is preparing for a potential three-month shutdown at its Malaysian operations.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie and Jordan Murray discuss Philip Lowe's show of courage and Bill Johnston's openness to the possible sale of Gold Corporation.

BHP has delivered record iron ore production for a March quarter but will cut guidance for Nickel West, blaming bad weather and off-specification product from supplier Mincor Resources.

A contractor who lost a decade-long dispute over a $26 million contract on an iron ore project in the Mid West has launched legal action against the firm that represented it.

Matt Mckenzie and Liv Declerck discuss record grain crops and the fertiliser market. Plus: Woodside's Voice stance, WA Ballet leadership and Town of Cambridge opposition.

Investors have seemingly welcomed news that Decmil has settled legacy disputes and finished up loss-making projects, with shares in the contractor closing the day up more than 18 per cent.

A new public primary school set to be built at Queens Gardens car park marks the latest in a growing list of projects lined up for East Perth.

Latin Resources is on track to raise $37.1 million from institutional investors for its Salinas lithium project in Brazil.

Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O'Neill says the company backs an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, while also taking aim at a 'vocal minority' accused of trying to shut down the oil and gas industry.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie speaks with Jordan Murray about the future of the Liberal Party and the electoral consequences of shifting to the right.

ASX-listed property development company Ultima United has gone into liquidation less than a month after telling the market it would be seeking legal representation to stop the process.

Matt Mckenzie and Mark Pownall discuss payroll tax and GST distribution. Plus: Petroleum tax, R.M. Williams and record scams.

AVZ Minerals has launched arbitration proceedings against its project partner, a state-owned entity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the latest development of an ongoing ownership dispute.

Genesis Minerals shares have risen sharply on the back of a revised deal to acquire St Barbara’s Leonora assets without taking on the miner’s Canadian and Papua New Guinea operations.

Matt Mckenzie, Claire Tyrrell and Isabel Vieira discuss the rental crisis and whether profits are really driving inflation.

Mineral Resources has taken up a substantial stake in ASX-listed Essential Metals, a lithium explorer currently in the crosshairs of Tianqi Lithium and IGO.