Isabel Vieira

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Iluka Resources has withdrawn its synthetic rutile sales guidance after a key contract was thrown into uncertainty and amid persistent headwinds in the pigment industry.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

Renowned restaurateur Nic Trimboli and property magnate Adrian Fini have again joined forces to develop a new Italian-inspired boutique hotel in Fremantle's historic West End.

The mining sector paid more tax than all other sectors combined for a third consecutive year, led by iron ore heavyweights Rio Tinto and BHP with their multi-billion-dollar tax bills for 2023-24.

The state government is tipping $55.7 million into a new agriculture research and development facility in Jandakot, alongside leasing a 5-hectare site in Wanneroo for field research.

An east coast investment firm has bought Brighton Village for $25.3 million, marking Colliers' second Perth neighbourhood shopping centre transaction within 12 months.

Argonaut's full-year profit surged to $15.5 million, fueled by a sharp rise in corporate finance fees amid a busy year of gold sector capital raisings and transactions.

Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media have shaken hands on a merger under which Kerry Stokes would step down as chairman of the board by early next year.

Fortescue is buying 400 more zero-emission haul trucks for its Pilbara operations, amid a series of deals with Chinese green technology developers and an acquisition of a Spanish renewables firm.

Private mining services contractor Thiess has secured further mining and asset management work at Fortescue's Iron Bridge magnetite mine in the Pilbara.

Buyers from around the world have flown in for the third and final tender of Rio Tinto's highly coveted Argyle pink diamonds from WA, alongside flawless Canadian diamonds.

Liontown Resources has posted a $193 million loss in its first set of full-year results since bringing its Kathleen Valley lithium mine into production.

Woodside Energy has shaken hands with a state-owned Turkish oil and gas company for a long-term LNG supply deal from its under-construction US$17.5 billion Louisiana project in the US.

Kailis Hospitality Group is investing $12 million into acquiring and developing 1,000 square metres of beachfront hospitality real estate at Sorrento.

WA's largest Indigenous-owned contractor Warrikal has secured a significant maintenance package with Hancock Iron Ore, bolstering its relationship with the iron ore heavyweight.

Mineral Resources chair Malcolm Bundey has moved to reassure investors that Chris Ellison was "not involved" in deliberations to acquire his brother's collapsed Resource Development Group.