The WA resources sector reassured the wider industry it was taking the coronavirus threat extremely seriously but operations and production would not be affected, as WA recorded its third case of the infection on Thursday.

WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy chief executive Paul Everingham said the state's resources sector would hold a roundtable discussion on the coronavirus on Friday to further discuss best practice and share business continuity plans, but stressed the virus currently posed no risk to the state's lucrative operations.

The WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy believed operations and production would not be affected by the coronavirus. Credit:Glenn Hunt

"I have no fears for the mining sector slowing, putting off workers or anything like that ... there is no negative workforce impact ... it's business as usual," Mr Everingham said at a press conference on Thursday afternoon.

"That's an important message to get out there because I think [Thursday's] headline wrongly implies that there will be workforce issues.