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Shares in Hastings Technology rose to a high of 72 cents on Friday, after the rare earths developer announced it had signed a binding term sheet with China-based Baotou Sky Rock Rare Earth New Material, which included integrated tolling and offtake agreements.

Geopolitics isn’t the only arena where US and Chinese interests are clashing, with the battle for e-commerce supremacy heating up.

Infill means more neighbours, so it pays to make nice.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss updates in the nickel and iron ore sectors, Wally Edwards' Holman Industries, Liberal party preselections, Minderoo Foundation, and grain harvest results.

Welding technology company K-TIG has confirmed it will not proceed with the acquisition of UK-based advance manufacturing company Graham Engineering, citing multiple factors.

A real estate agency and its director have been fined after failing to lodge more than $30,000 in tenancy bonds within the 14-day deadline.

Nickel has been placed on Australia’s critical minerals list in a bid to aid the flailing industry, which federal Resources Minister Madeleine King says faces substantial structural challenges.

Talks to develop a residential precinct around Perth’s first American-style shopping centre have been ongoing for almost a decade.

Exploration aspirant Megado Minerals is on the hunt for a new managing director and chief executive officer, following the resignation of Ben Pearson.

US chemicals giant Albemarle has warned that low lithium prices could stifle investment decision-making but has faith in the long-term vision of the business.

A Perth invention which could improve the success rate of one of the medical sector’s most common procedures has received a $1.7 million windfall to help bring the product to market.

US stocks have closed buoyed by hopes that a large fall in retail sales data may point to an earlier cut to interest rates.

BHP hit in $5.4b nickel wipeout

Valor Resources has capped off a big week by securing an 80 per stake in the Hook Lake uranium project, located in Canada.

A leading national economist says demand for WA apartments is significantly behind the eastern states.

The ASX200 has finished 0.8 per cent higher with Altium soaring on a takeover deal and Wesfarmers and Goodman Group also rising sharply.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the career progression of newly appointed Pilbara Minerals chairman Kathleen Conlon.

South32 has hit go on its plan to build a $3.3 billion zinc mine in the US, with the aim to start producing critical minerals from the asset by 2027.

The scheduled mediation between Senator Linda Reynolds, Brittany Higgins and her partner could be delayed amid a looming judgment in Bruce Lehrmann's Federal Court trial.

NRW Holdings' revenue hit $1.43 billion during the first half of the 2024 financial year, up 6.7 per cent from the previous corresponding period.

Rio Tinto has accused the country’s biggest privately-owned workforce business of breaching a contract relating to a fatal truck crash at its Channar iron ore mine.

BHP has narrowly avoided strike action threatened by its iron ore train drivers after reaching an agreement with the Mining and Energy Union today.

Woodside Energy has flagged $US1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) worth of non-cash impairments for the 2023 calendar year, including a write-down on its share of output from the Wheatstone project.

The WA public sector is well off track in meeting its workforce diversity target for people with disabilities, with the needle barely moving in the past six years.

The nickel sectors in Australia and Indonesia are on different trajectories, and it’s all about cost.

Construction and engineering provider Civmec Limited increased its revenue by 17.5 per cent during the first half of the 2024 financial year.

Chris Ellison-chaired Delta Lithium has provided updates on its Yinnetharra and Mt Ida lithium projects, located in the Gascoyne and Goldfields regions.

Australian Vanadium Limited has flagged a 2025 start for the construction of its $450 million processing plant in Geraldton.

Premier Roger Cook will continue talks with federal government around nickel royalty relief today, after the revelation that BHP was considering placing its Nickel West assets on care and maintenance.

Residential builder Opus Homes has been placed in the hands of liquidators after being hit with a wind-up call from disgruntled customers.

Property Council has highlighted the difficulties Western Australians are experiencing when it comes to residential property.

Iron ore producer CITIC Pacific Mining plans to slash output by 33 per cent and flagged the possibility of suspending operations, blaming a legal standoff with Clive Palmer.