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A tailings storage facility which plagued recent operations at Newmont Mining’s Telfer goldmine has been remediated, the project’s aspiring owner Greatland Gold has told the London market.

Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has started the next stage of its $1.4 billion Mardie salt and potash project in the state's Pilbara region.

Mark Beyer and Isabel Vieira discuss the challenges and opportunities in WA’s Indigenous business sector.

Delta Lithium has brought in financial adviser Bell Potter to undertake a strategic review to assess precious metal prospects at its Mt Ida project.

The local stock exchange has finished about one per cent higher, with every sector except energy in the green as the rotation from banks to miners continued.

Western Australia’s decrease in job vacancies during August 2024 quarter was less than the national average, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found.

Early work will begin on a $100 million-plus facility for high-risk-youth detainees in Canning Vale before the end of the year, according to Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia.

Anthony Albanese has ruled out taking negative gearing tax reforms to the next election, despite reports the federal government had asked treasury to investigate an overhaul of the system.

Allegations of ‘black cladding’ are never far from the surface in the Indigenous business sector.

Chamber of Arts and Culture Western Australia has revealed several board changes, including Anthony Hasluck’s appointment as chair to replace outgoing June Moorhouse.

Stockland will build more than 150 dwellings north of Perth as part of a recently approved $75 million residential project.

WA’s Indigenous business sector has nearly tripled in size in the past four years, research by Business News has found.

REVIEW: A taste of Frankland River grenache provides compelling evidence of just how good the variety can be when the planets align.

An ASX-listed shareholder in Panoramic Resources has lobbed a rescue bid to potentially pull the shuttered nickel miner out of administration.

RAC has reported a bumper $105 million profit for the 2023/24 financial year, more than doubling its profit from the previous year.

BHP will test a new energy system designed by Caterpillar which can power up haul trucks on the move at its Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara.

The Silvestro family-led company has almost doubled its volume of home starts in the past 12 months, in a shake-up of the state’s residential building industry.

Tourism identity Paul King is set to develop a $5 million, 24-bed tourist facility at Frenchman Bay.

The national competition watchdog has supported Stockland’s $1.3 billion acquisition of a dozen Lendlease projects, including two in Perth, despite initial concerns.

A small Yangebup-based food producer could soon hit national supermarket shelves three years after being scouted at a food and beverage trade show.

A new Property Council survey shows a slight uptick in national confidence, but a significant decline in WA.

ASX-listed First Graphene has signed a two-year deal with New South Wales-based Halocell Energy, which the junior believes could lead to more commercial opportunities.

US stocks have closed mostly lower as investors waited for the release of more economic data.

One of WA’s most established research institutes is reinventing itself and the way it does business.

PM unsure on housing tax changes

Qantas Engineers’ Alliance has announced a series of rolling strikes that will start on Thursday, to support the union’s call for increased wages.

Perth engineering firm Aerison is suing its competitor Innovent Engineering Group and seven of its former employees who have been linked to divulging trade secrets.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ longstanding commitment to rugby league in Western Australia has continued, with the foundation club heading west again next season.

South Korean company Hanwha Ocean has walked away from its $1 billion pursuit of shipbuilder Austal, accusing the target of not engaging constructively in a due diligence process.

The ASX200 dropped 0.2 per cent, while miners gained and the local currency hit its highest level in 19 months on China's aggressive stimulus measures.

Nine Entertainment’s Perth director of news Gareth Parker will become the latest senior WA media figure to leave the state, taking up a Sydney-based role with the organisation.