Simone Grogan

Gold aspirant Cavalier Resources has started trading on the local bourse after completing a $5 million initial public offering.

Dacian Gold will suspend mining at its flagship Mt Morgans operation in Laverton citing “significant” cost pressures, while ushering in a new chief executive to oversee a leaner operating model.

Wiluna Mining is on track to collect $63.4 million in much-needed capital from shareholders for its namesake gold project, around $20 million less than it had sought to raise.

Artrya shares continued to drop this morning after the US Food and Drug Administration knocked back its AI-based coronary diagnostic product for commercial use.

The largest coal mine in New South Wales will close by the turn of the decade after BHP was unable to strike a viable deal for the asset.

A male worker has died at a salt refinery in North Coogee this morning.

Western Australia’s jobless rate relaxed marginally to 3.1 per cent in May, though national unemployment remains at nearly a 50-year low.

Rio Tinto has delivered first ore from its Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in the Pilbara, though costs for the new project have run almost $US500 million over initial estimates.

BP will take the lead on what is touted to become one of the world's largest renewable energy hubs, after the oil and gas giant took a stake in the Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara.

The last remaining state-owned coal-fired power stations in WA will close by 2030, with the government also announcing a big investment in renewables and energy storage, including pumped hydro.

Lynas Rare Earths has firmed up a contract with the US Department of Defence to build a $US120 million heavy rare earths separation facility in Texas.

Pfizer and WA-founded med-tech business ResApp have agreed to an increased cash takeover offer following a reappraisal of the target’s share price.

A total of 80 Western Australians were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2022 including Carmen Lawrence, Murray McHenry, Amber Hasler and Geoffrey Stooke.

After nearly a decade on King Street, CHANEL has relocated its boutique to what has been marketed as the CBD’s new luxury precinct at Raine Square.

The state government is working to get what industry has described as a “substantial backlog” of mining and exploration applications back on track.

Fundraising activity among explorers has fallen from the lofty highs of 2021, but BDO’s global head of natural resources Sherif Andrawes says it’s too early to call time on the sector’s streak.

Locally established drilling contractor Eftech International has been acquired by a Netherlands oil and gas services business looking to secure a foothold in Australia.

Wangara-based Duratec has locked in new contracts with the Department of Defence to the tune of $25 million.

Moody’s has warned that rising interest rates and living costs could make it harder for some borrowers to meet mortgage repayments, as major banks begin passing on rate rises to customers.

Raleigh Finlayson-led Genesis Minerals has addressed media speculation regarding potential merger and acquisition activity with fellow ASX-listed gold play St Barbara.

Perth-based hydrogen aspirant Infinite Green Energy says it has received expressions of interest to the tune of $300 million from a UK government agency.

John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy has bought 3,500 hectares of farming land in the Three Springs Shire for a low carbon manufacturing precinct anchored by Project Haber.

Shares in Perth mining services business Perenti rose after announcing an on-market share buyback and one of the largest contracts in its history.

Pandemic-inspired interior design has embraced a lack of permanence by adopting flexibility and a blurring of work, home and leisure.

Journalist Jordan Murray discusses revived debate over the possibility of an Australian republic.

A subsidiary of Mineral Resources has put forward a proposal to the state’s environmental watchdog for its planned Lamb Creek iron ore project in WA’s East Pilbara.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has booked its largest purchase order in four years for a $14 million drill riser buoyancy system.

Meteoric Resources managing director Andrew Tunks will step down as managing director after overseeing the $30 million deal.

Perth will host the Super Netball League grand final at RAC Arena next month after the event was reportedly sold to the highest bidder.

Western Areas shareholders have voted largely in favour of a friendly takeover from IGO, drawing the $1.26 billion deal near to a close.

CPB Contractors has been tasked with building a two-kilometre-long fence at BHP’s iron ore operations in Port Hedland in a bid to ease dust emissions in the area.

BHP has pushed the button on a $50 million project to automate iron ore shiploading at its export operations at Port Hedland, lauding the move as a world-first.