Simone Grogan

Analysis into ASX200 companies and their ESG reporting standards yielded encouraging headway, but PwC says the top end of town needs to keep pace with informed stakeholders.

The federal government has given the environmental all clear for Hastings Technology Metals to build a rare earths processing plant in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region.

A $7 million state of the art drill research facility in Perth and a partnership with CRC ORE have been unveiled by Australia’s national science agency in a nod of support for mining research.

Pilbara Minerals has emerged out of a 24-hour trading halt with finalised plans to build a $1 billion lithium hydroxide plant in South Korea.

Perth ABC journalist Russell Woolf has died overnight at the age of 56.

West Perth-based Firefinch is looking to raise more capital to develop its Mali gold and lithium projects in the company’s second round of fundraising activity this calendar year.

Heather Zampatti, Jennifer Morris and Amber Banfield are set to take up new board positions with three ASX-listed mining companies respectively.

Mineral Resources and NYSE-listed Albemarle Corporation plan to restart production at their dormant Wodgina lithium mine in a show of confidence for the commodity’s long term outlook.

Shares in Lynas Rare Earths took a knock after it was revealed production and sales had been hindered by COVID-19 induced staff shortages.

The Australian singer-songwriter’s Byron Bay “piece of paradise” will join the likes of RM Williams and Cooee in the Forrest's lifestyle investment portfolios.

Perth-based online gaming company VGW Holdings raked in $2.2 billion in revenue and $295 million profit in FY21, financial statements lodged with ASIC this week reveal.

A Perth research institute focused on battery industries has signed up a consortium of companies, government agencies and universities to build a cathode precursor production pilot plant.

A Mandurah-based training services firm is suing drilling contractor DDH1 over claims it breached copyright by handing over the firm's materials to a rival company.

Procurement work for Woodside Petroleum's Pluto LNG Train 2 has started, ahead of a final investment decision within weeks, as the company posted a 19 per cent lift in sales.

Gold Road Resources has stepped in to counter Ramelius Resources’ proposed takeover bid for Apollo Consolidated, tabling an all-cash unconditional offer.

Rio Tinto plans a huge investment in wind and solar power to help reduce its direct and indirect carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, more than triple its previous target.

Sun Cable has hired a suite of global companies including PwC, Bechtel and SMEC to deliver a $30 billion solar project designed to supply renewable energy to Australia and Singapore.

De Grey Mining is looking to institutional investors to fund the development of what it believes may become one of the largest producing gold mines in Australia.

Colonial First State has been ordered to pay a substantial penalty by the Federal Court after misleading nearly 13,000 of its members about their superannuation.

Mercedes car dealers are taking legal action against Mercedes-Benz to fight a new business model they say could decimate their industry.

Gold miner Northern Star Resources has assured it is on track to meet full year guidance despite a costlier and less productive start to the financial year.

A collaboration between Woodside Petroleum and Bill Gates-backed Heliogen to build an AI solar energy system has progressed to the procurement stage.

Sophisticated investors in Podium Minerals have pledged $4.5 million towards exploration at the company's Parks Reef platinum group metals project in the Mid-West region of Western Australia.

Apollo Consolidated shares ascended after receiving an off-market takeover offer from WA gold player Ramelius Resources as the company ramps up pursuits for feasible gold assets.

Superior Lake Resources intends to undertake an $8 million capital raising after outlining plans to acquire a company developing a 105 megawatt solar farm in Collie.

Iron ore production at Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations dropped by four per cent over the September quarter as the resources giant continued to feel the pinch of a strained labour market in the state.

A charter flight departing from the Busselton-Margaret River airport to Fortescue Metals Group's Pilbara operations marked the first of its kind for the company’s regional fly-in, fly-out workers.

Kingwest Resources plans to spend funds committed by sophisticated and institutional investors to accelerate ongoing exploration activities across its Western Australian projects.

BHP could invest up to $25 million to secure a majority stake in Encounter Resources' developing Elliott copper project after the junior upped its tenure in the area.

South32 is set to acquire a 45 per cent stake in the Sierra Gorda copper mine in Chile in a deal valued at up to $2.8 billion.

Demand for trades and labour for major infrastructure projects in Western Australia could more than double by 2022, Infrastructure Australia has warned, with a likely shortfall of skilled workers.

The state opposition has criticised Ports Minister Rita Saffioti for delaying action against an ongoing strike at Fremantle Port which has resulted in millions of dollars’ worth of imports being diverted to the eastern states.