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.
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.
An east coast investment firm has bought Brighton Village for $25.3 million, marking Colliers' second Perth neighbourhood shopping centre transaction within 12 months.
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.
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.
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.
Andrew Forrest's private mining vehicle is now the operator of a half-built rare earths project, having cemented its controlling stake in the deal with Hastings Technology Metals.
The competition watchdog has cleared BGC Australia's sale of its cementitious division, with the business carved up between Cement Australia and Adbri.
Japanese investors Mitsui and Itochu have each acquired a stake in BHP's Ministers North iron ore deposit in the Pilbara, keeping with their investments in the Big Australian's assets.
Perth-founded share registry Automic Group is set to be acquired by US-based private equity investor Advent for $725 million, with several local shareholders sharing in the spoils.
Perth-founded law firm Wrays has merged with international intellectual property services business Rouse, making the latter's entry into Australian and New Zealand legal markets.
Mineral Resources has been cleared to take control of Chris Ellison's brother's collapsed Resource Development Group, acquiring its subsidiaries in exchange for forgiving $160 million in debt.
Mining-focused contractor NRW Holdings will be chasing work in the booming data centre industry after striking a debt-funded deal to buy Sydney-based contractor Fredon.