Simone Grogan

BHP remains on track to meet production guidance for the financial year despite pandemic-induced labour constraints, but has flagged further headwinds as Omicron enters the state.

The Australian Hydrogen Conference will come to Perth in November 2022, with hydrogen minister Alannah MacTiernan flagging the state’s significant potential in the budding industry.

BHP has brought on one of CIMIC Group’s subsidiaries to oversee a debottlenecking project at the miner’s Nelson Point iron ore port in Port Hedland.

Zuleika Gold shares have surged 90 per cent on the back of a sizeable cornerstone investment from prominent Western Australian mining investor Mark Creasy.

Belmont-based recruitment business The GO2 People may have to pay more than $3.1 million to the Australian Taxation Office after failing to pay superannuation on time.

BHP plans to acquire and trial four battery electric locomotives for its iron ore rail network in WA, following suit from fellow mining giants.

South32 has unveiled initial analysis for a potential $US1.7bn multi-decade metals development at its Hermosa project in Arizona.

A Williams-based ag business is growing its case for cultivating clean WA produce.

Aboriginal business Kimberley Civil and Drainage has been appointed to start work on an 11-kilometre wastewater pipeline as part of an infrastructure upgrade in Broome.

Hancock Prospecting has lodged documents with the Environmental Protection Authority for a 20 million tonnes per annum iron ore project at Mulga Downs.

The 60,000-seat venue was also voted Best AFL venue in Austadiums’ Stadium Awards after hosting the 2021 Grand Final.

Shares in Subiaco-based Atlas Pearls reached a four year high after announcing promising revenue expectations driven by a new online auction model.

Perth-based rentals site rent.com.au has looked towards institutional investors to raise $2.5 million to lift the profile of its portable payments and planning app, RentPay.

Global Lithium Resources has recruited two seasoned mining executives in a bid to elevate its budding Marble Bar project into a world-class operation.

Liontown has found its first binding offtake partner in South Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution, who is lined up to acquire one third of Kathleen Valley’s start-up production capacity.

GWR shares were up some 13 per cent on the news that mining operations would recommence at the C4 project in Wiluna after being put on hold in September last year.

After selling seafood in the state for more than half a century, Catalano’s is looking to use capital from a planned ASX listing to fund an expansion into the east coast.

Rio Tinto has joined fellow Pilbara miners Fortescue Metals Group and Roy Hill Holdings in acquiring battery-electric locomotives as part of plans to curb carbon emissions.

New vehicle sales in Western Australia are up 18.7 per cent for 2021 with SUVs taking a majority chunk of the market.

Established WA funeral services provider Bowra & O’Dea has been fined by the ACCC for allegedly failing to disclose hidden cremation and burial fees to customers.

East Perth-based Lycopodium has won a $36 million contract to oversee construction and engineering at one of the largest copper-gold mines in Indonesia.

Maylands meal kit business My Foodie Box closed its first day on the ASX up 25 per cent on its initial public offer price.

Shares in West Perth-based junior Fin Resources were up nearly 26 per cent after being granted a key additional licence for the Sol Mar project in the Pilbara.

Former ABC journalist and Santos executive Tom Baddeley will replace the late Russell Woolf as ABC Radio Perth’s breakfast presenter.

The Golden Oldies festival is expected to attract about 2,000 visitors to WA and inject $5.7 million into the economy.

Fortescue Metals Group has bought two new electric locomotives in a bid to trim emissions across its mine sites.

South32 and Alcoa will restart production at the Brazil Aluminium operation, with first output slated for the June quarter after a six-year hiatus.

Shares in Fremantle-based agribusiness Wellard were up as much as 37 per cent on news it could receive up to $16.5 million following a three-year contract dispute.

Decmil and NRW Holdings have been awarded contracts under the state and federal government’s estimated $216 million infrastructure spend on the busy travel route.

MMA Offshore has won several contracts to start the new year including two long-term vessel arrangements as part of ongoing work with Woodside Petroleum.

Perth broking firm Euroz Hartleys Group is set to merge two of its investment companies with fellow ASX-lister and Geoff Wilson-led WAM Capital.

Major Focus Minerals shareholder Shandong Gold has raised its stake in the WA explorer to some 63 per cent, squeezing out Theta Gold Mines as a potential buyer.