Isabel Vieira

The head of BHP’s mothballed Nickel West division Jess Farrell has notched a new role as vice president innovation within the miner’s technical leadership team.

Prominent businessman Ian Dorrington has been remembered as a highly respected member of the Perth broking community following his sudden death.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s private investment vehicle Wyloo has sounded the alarm over Hastings Technology Metals’ solvency and ability to repay its multi-million-dollar loan.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has grown its stake in Las Vegas-headquartered producer MP Materials, building on the mining magnate’s rare earths portfolio.

Nicheliving directors have fronted a $200,000 indemnity to cover operating costs and ensure the administrators get paid in the "likely" event the construction entities are too strapped for cash.

A $10,000 incentive to attract eastern states construction workers to Western Australia has been described as a shot in the arm for the industry amid the state’s crippling housing crisis.

Embattled miner Mineral Resources is set to shutter its Bald Hill lithium mine in the Goldfields in a move that will put the jobs of 300 workers in limbo.

Mineral Resources’ board says its historical management of related party deals was “not as robust” as it could have been in the fallout of Chris Ellison’s offshore tax affairs.

Liv Declerck speaks to Isabel Vieira about Prospero Productions, Western Australia's biggest screen production company.

Perron Group is selling out of the expansive Vasse Estate, a master-planned community on the outskirts of Busselton, with its stake tipped to be worth tens of millions of dollars.

The federal government has stumped up an $80 million lifeline for troubled regional airline Rex, as the competition watchdog warns of soaring airfares in the fallout of its administration.

Lendlease’s almost $1.3 billion sale of a dozen master-planned projects, including two in Perth, has cleared the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Newly minted lithium miner Liontown Resources is paring back production and focusing on tapping higher margin ore in a bid to realise about $100 million in cost cuts.

Isabel Vieira and Liv Declerck discuss Perth's worryingly low tree canopy rate.

Critical minerals project developer Global Lithium Resources is seeking to delay its annual general meeting citing foreign control concerns, amid an ongoing boardroom brawl.

Regis Resources is seeking a judicial review of Tanya Plibersek’s contentious ruling against a tailings dam at its McPhillamys asset, reiterating the call rendered the project unviable.

KordaMentha administrators have taken control of Nicheliving’s construction division, less than a month after the company's directors agreed to a decade-long ban on building homes.

Strike Energy’s plan to build an 85-megawatt peaking gas power plant has inched forward, with the multi-million-dollar proposal set to go before the planning authority.

Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss the future of WA's waste-to-energy sector.

Delays and disputes have characterised the development of waste-to-energy plants in Western Australia.

Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison is set to depart the iron ore and lithium miner within 18 months and pay millions of dollars in financial penalties.

Jack McGinn and Isabel Vieira discuss the significant investment in Collie.

Renowned prospector Mark Creasy’s private investment vehicle more than doubled its full year profit, aided by the sale of its lucrative stake in Azure Minerals.

Republic of Fremantle has called in administrators to restructure the urban distillery and bar business, after grappling with pandemic-induced delays and industry challenges.

Argonaut lifted its full year operating profit to $5.7 million after taking a lead role on 18 equity capital markets deals, headlined by De Grey Mining’s mammoth $600 million raise.

Profit is not a dirty word, says Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney, who also called for more kudos from political leaders for the economic contributions of big companies.

The cost of building the third chemical grade processing plant designed to lift production capacity from the Greenbushes lithium mine has again blown out to $880 million.

Embattled miner Mineral Resources has paused underground development at its Mt Marion asset and revealed the scale of its job cuts amid challenging market conditions.

Pilbara Minerals will mothball one of its processing plants and pause the construction of a mid-stream project as it tightens its belt amid languish lithium market conditions.

Acciona has lambasted the decision to place a waste-to-energy plant in administration, launched a $200 million lawsuit and revealed it attempted to buy out the other investors.

The East Rockingham Waste to Energy plant has been handed over to administrators and receivers with an eye to sell the nearly completed project, which remains embroiled in a legal dispute.

Mineral Resources started an investigation into founder Chris Ellison’s tax affairs more than two years, but decided the matter did not need to be disclosed.