News Articles for Andrew Forrest

Support for constitutional change is firming in business and political circles despite hesitancy in some quarters to take a stance on the issue.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest-owned boot retailer RM Williams will open a flagship store in the OneNinety building as a $10 million redevelopment of the precinct nears completion.

Minderoo Foundation has continued its support of war-stricken Ukraine by delivering $3.2 million worth of generators for civillians to access emergency power.

Our annual update of WA's 50 most influential people analyses those using their role and profile to make a difference.

Takeover target Mincor Resources has withdrawn its full-year nickel production guidance after customer BHP refused to alter its contract to accept lower quality ore.

Fortescue Metals Group has again pushed back first production from its Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara.

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has urged Australia to take bold steps to transform its energy sector after the latest United Nations report on global warming.

Senior editor Mark Beyer talks to Jordan Murray about why some charities are grappling with whether to pay fees to their non-executive directors.

Andrew Forrest's Wyloo Metals has lobbed a $760 million cash takeover for restarting nickel player Mincor Resources, using the target's ailing share price in a bid to sway investors.

FTI Consulting says parties beyond Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes have expressed interest in buying the mammoth solar project known as Sun Cable.

More than 100 employees within Fortescue Metals Group are set to be laid off as the group looks to get boots on the ground at a planned mine in Gabon and shift focus to new projects in America.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest-led Tattarang has acquired prime Sydney land for more than $500 million, with plans to construct Australia's first Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Federal Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has been drawn into the public spat between Perth billionaires Andrew Forrest and Kerry Stokes.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Andrew Forrest's feud with Kerry Stokes, plus the latest on cost blowouts, the Perth Parking Levy and car imports.

Andrew Forrest says the ebbs and flows of headcount across Fortescue Metals Group is just business as usual and has firmly denied there are any "wanton" job cuts to come.

Andrew Forrest has told Fortescue staff that a decision to pick German giant Liebherr over WesTrac for a major contract has caused a rift with billionaire Kerry Stokes' empire.

Mining royalties paid to all Aboriginal groups in WA are less than half the amount paid to four wealthy families, new research has found.

Our updated ranking of WA's largest and most profitable private companies has a mix of familiar and little-known names.

Fortescue Metals Group has inked a mining agreement with the Republic of Gabon for the Belinga iron ore project with ambitions to break first ground by the second half of 2023.

Federal Labor came to office with a ‘Powering Australia' plan, promising to boost renewable energy, reduce Australia's emissions by 43 per cent by 2030, and cut family power bills by $275 a year by 2025.

The voluntary administrators to Sun Cable say the sale process has commenced for the $30 billion solar project, with binding proposals due by the end of April.

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group broke its iron ore shipping record in the December quarter while plans to progress its green energy projects faced a setback.

Exporters will not be assessed on their indirect carbon emissions under WA's proposed net zero by 2050 legislation.

Political intervention in energy markets has a way of going off track.

Liv Declerck talks about her recent conversation with fashion designer and artist Aurelio Costarella, who graces the cover of the latest edition of Business News.

Plans to export electricity from Australia to Singapore via a subsea cable are no longer commercially viable and need to be amended, Andrew Forrest's top executive said today.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Andrew Forrest, Cape Mentelle Vineyards, Julian Walter, CBH Group, Westpork and preview the next edition of Business News.

Billionaires Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes have declared their support for Sun Cable's ambitious $35 billion renewable energy project but its clear they won't be investing together.

Matt Mckenzie with today's top headlines including Sun Cable, the Forrestfield-Airport Rail Link and data on inflation and job vacancies.

Ambitious plans to develop the world's largest solar energy network in the NT have gone awry after a disagreement between billionaire backers Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes.

Fortescue Metals Group chief financial officer Ian Wells will step down from his role at the end of this month, after four years in the position and more than a decade with the company.

Minderoo Foundation has set new donation target of $1 million to support the build of WA's first children's hospice.

Business News values the assets of WA's richest people, and explores how they've used that wealth in 2022.

Limitless: Business News visits the warehouse where Fortescue hopes to reshape the future of energy.

Andrew Forrest's CWP Renewables buy propels Squadron Energy to the biggest renewable energy developer in the country and supports the billionaire's dream for a ‘green energy ecosystem'.

Washington's top diplomat in Perth is adamant the Australia-US relationship is stronger than any political strife.

Fortescue Metals Group has poached one of Woodside Energy's top executives, Fiona Hick, as the new chief executive of its mining business.

A research centre launched by Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation will use advance DNA sequencing technology to find major breakthroughs in ocean conservation.

Fortescue Future Industries chief financial officer Guy Debelle is stepping down less than six months into his new posting to recover from a serious cycling incident.

Fortescue executives will have their bonuses tied to emissions reduction targets under a new albeit vague incentive structure tabled by chairman Andrew Forrest at the group's AGM this morning.