Isabel Vieira

IGO has gutted the value of its troubled Kwinana refinery after a recording a significant $525 million impairment against the ailing joint venture asset.

Outgoing Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison says he won’t make a "very good ex-managing director" when questioned on whether he'll remain engaged with the company he founded.

Chris Ellison has insisted there was "no design fault" with the newly built haul road to MinRes Onslow Iron mine despite spending $230 million fixing the piece of private infrastructure.

Mineral Resources has posted a half-year loss of $807 million driven by a major impairment on its Bald Hill lithium mine as it prepares to resurface the entire cyclone-hampered Onslow Iron haul road.

Kalgoorlie contractor MLG Oz has secured $75 million worth of work from Westgold Resources for bulk haulage services between the miner's Goldfields operations.

Global Lithium Resources has chosen a new chairman and chief to redirect the lithium explorer’s focus following a turbulent six months largely defined by a public boardroom dispute.

Former Nicheliving customers have so far been paid out more than $30 million worth of taxpayer-underwritten insurance claims, as new builders take on the unfinished work.

Sam Jones speaks to Isabel Vieira about WA Space Port and the state's role in the global space industry.

Global Lithium director Dianmin Chen has rubbished Chinese control concerns he says were raised behind his back to the nation’s foreign ownership umpire, speaking after the AGM.

Chris Ellison has paid the $3.8 million penalty handed down in the fallout from his tax evasion scandal as Mineral Resources’ search for a new chairman draws out until June.

Isabel Vieira and Liv Declerck discuss the more than 120 breweries in Western Australia.

Two ex-bank bosses have taken up key roles with Fortescue and BHP, with the Big Australian appointing former National Australia Bank chief Ross McEwan as its new chairman.

Bayswater Mayor Filomena Piffaretti says she has zero confidence in the property developers moving on the Galleria Shopping Centre without imposed timelines on the delayed redevelopment.

Isabel Vieira and Liv Declerck discuss a WA foundation's free flights to support regional healthcare.

Green hydrogen hopefuls have hailed the passing of the federal government’s production tax breaks aimed at incentivising the stuttering industry.

Both WA Labor and the WA Liberals have pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars on significant healthcare upgrades in an effort to reduce emergency department pressure.

Shane Love launched the official start of the Nationals WA election campaign with a fiery prod at the ‘political duopoly dominating the state’, as the party prepares to contest metropolitan seats.

Contractors at BP’s now mothballed Kwinana biofuels facility have remained tight-lipped on the impact of the oil and gas giant’s decision which cost 200 jobs.

The takeovers umpire has likened Global Lithium Resources' boardroom brawl to shareholder activism rather than a covert attempt to take control of the critical minerals explorer.

A Perth jetski and quad bike dealership has stumbled in liquidation, calling in experts Greg Prout and David Hurt from WA Insolvency Solutions to sift through its affairs.

Isabel Vieira and Liv Declerck discuss recent moves in WA's corporate finance sector.

Marketing and communications agency Purple has appointed Fran Lawrence as its new chief executive taking over the reins from Annette Ellis.

Business News’ corporate finance survey shines a light on the top financial and legal advisers in WA amid a surge in gold sector activity.

Jack McGinn speaks to Isabel Vieira about studies proposed to ease the congestion squeeze in Rockingham.

The state’s major grain handler has called time on the latest harvest after 20.3 million tonnes of grain was delivered, marking the third largest haul in CBH’s history.

An extension of the Super Pit’s mine life has been waved through by the environmental watchdog but with strict noise and dust rules for the operation on the edge of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

An impending impairment against IGO’s ailing Kwinana refinery and end of mine life challenges at its last standing nickel asset took the shine off the critical minerals miner’s financials.

Corporate finance firm Euroz Hartleys is anticipating net profit of $6.25 million for the first half after capitalising on a “brief but strong” wave of equity capital market work.

Bill Beament-helmed Develop Global is mulling selling a 20 per cent stake in its Woodlawn project ahead of bringing the mothballed asset back into production.

Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss St John WA's innovative new strategy for healthcare delivery.

Pilbara Minerals recorded a small uptick in the price for the key battery material last quarter, which its chief says underscores confidence a price floor may have been found for the battered commodity.

Fortescue has lobbed a $254 million offer to snap up ASX-listed junior Red Hawk Mining, owner of a greenfields iron ore project neighbouring the Andrew Forrest-led miner's Solomon operations.