Isabel Vieira

Amanda Lacaze says it's vital that governments protect the existing rare earths supply chain, with Lynas Rare Earths at its core, as taxpayer funds flow to new developers

Mineral Resources has shipped 8.6 million tonnes from its Onslow Iron operation and pocketed a $41 million payment from Hancock Prospecting under its Perth Basin oil and gas deal.

Crown Resorts has swung back into the black with a $142 million profit and has declared its fully repaid its hefty penalty for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing breaches.

Lynas Rare Earths is investing $180 million in expanding its heavy rare earths production capacity and product range to meet heightened demand for the critical mineral outside of China's grasp.

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart will up her stake in Arafura Rare Earths, as it becomes the latest developer to rattle the tin off the back of a soaring share price.

Isabel Vieira and Elisha Newell discuss how a Perth business is cracking the escape room code.

Creditors owed money by collapsed gold play Wiluna Mining are set to be repaid in full after administrators stuck a deal with two major shareholders.

Mineral Resources will pocket the remaining $200 million from its sale of a 49 per cent stake in the trust for its troubled Onslow Iron haul road after notching a key shipping milestone.

Energy and Decarbonisation Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has argued the cost of doing nothing on coal-fired power could drive the state-owned utilities off a financial cliff.

Isabel Vieira speaks to Elisha Newell about Perth streetwear brand StreetX breaking into the US market.

StreetX has broken into the US market amid an ambitious expansion strategy.

Fortescue's iron ore shipments swelled to almost 50 million tonnes in a record for the first quarter of a financial year, as its green energy ambitions move left of stage.

Old Young's will be placed back in directors' hands after creditors of the award-winning Swan Valley distillery voted to approve a plan to pull the business out of administration.

Nicheliving's directors' bid to regain full control of the entities is in limbo after they missed a deadline to sell their Northbridge office - a crucial condition of their buy-back plan.

Perth-based but Northern Territory-focused PC Gold has become the latest gold developer to debut on the local stock market, closing its first day of trade up more than 15 per cent.

Multiple sclerosis support provider MSWA is set to acquire certain assets and the lottery operations of its struggling South Australian and Northern Territory counterparts from administrators.

Two Perth insurance players have been charged over a five-year failure to lodge financial statements after the corporate watchdog launched an investigation.

Iluka Resources has withdrawn its synthetic rutile sales guidance after a key contract was thrown into uncertainty and amid persistent headwinds in the pigment industry.

Mineral Resources chair Malcolm Bundey has vowed “best-in-class” governance practices as he rebuilds the board after a bruising 12 months for the miner, as a sixth director prepares to depart.

Kwinana-headquartered major private manufacturer Coogee Chemicals has had another solid year, lifting revenue, profit and assets, as it eyes an expansion of its operation in the US.

BHP's Australia President Geraldine Slattery has sought to dismiss speculation of a breakdown with China over iron ore prices, insisting the contract negotiations are business as usual.

Listed contractor GenusPlus Group has picked up an additional $50 million of work under its contract with Western Power to deliver a major power infrastructure upgrade project.

The directors behind Old Young's Distillery are proposing to sell the land for their ambitious ‘cathedral of gin' dream to clear the business' debts and exit administration.

Global mining services group Perenti has started the search for a new chief executive after Mark Norwell announced he would be stepping down next year.

Another director has resigned from Mineral Resources' diminished board, which chair Malcolm Bundey is rebuilding with two recruits ahead of Chris Ellison's planned exit.

State government–owned Synergy has revealed it accepted more than $40 million worth of erroneous payments into 170,000 closed customer accounts over a period of 16 years.

Administrators have taken control of one of the state's biggest disability therapy service providers and its 14 branches, as a sale of the business is urgently assessed.

Carmaker Ford has halved its spodumene order from Liontown Resources, with the lithium miner afforded another year before its $300 million loan repayments fall due.

Veteran mining entrepreneur Bill Beament's Develop Global has unveiled a revised $329 million plan to develop a 1.5 million tonne per annum zinc-copper operation in the Pilbara.

Eastern Goldfields miner Lynas Rare Earths has shaken hands with a US manufacturer to build a non-China supply chain for rare earth magnets, with defence customers to be given top priority.

Trading platform Cboe Australia has gained approval from the corporate watchdog to list new companies on its rival exchange, as the ASX faces a sharp slowdown in IPOs.

The state's environmental umpire is recommending approval for BHP's proposal to expand its Jimblebar Hub to sustain the major Pilbara iron ore operation.