Isabel Vieira joined Business News in 2022, co-leading breaking news and covering resources (critical minerals), insolvencies and corporate finance.
She was project editor on the 2024 edition of Business News' Power 500 publication and regularly features on the At Close of Business podcast. Ms Vieira won an Alliance Area of Business Publishers award in 2024.
Ms Vieira previously spent two years in the Great Southern, first at the independent Great Southern Weekender and then at Seven West Media'sNarrogin Observer and Albany Advertiser newspapers.
She studied at Curtin University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
The $500 million East Rockingham Waste to Energy facility currently under construction will power part of the Greenbushes lithium operation under a deal with Talison Lithium.
Millions have been piled on top of collapsed barramundi farm owner Marine Produce Australia’s alleged debt to creditors as liquidators continue to assess the company.
Amazon has officially opened its $70 million Perth inventory and delivery centre, which is about the same size as the WACA Ground, featuring a raft of autonomous technology.
The founder and two associates of the Sterling Income Trust are facing criminal charges over the collapsed property investment and management group’s schemes.
Lithium aspirant Wildcat Resources has welcomed Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources as a major shareholder after it acquired a 19.85 per cent stake in the Pilbara explorer.
Roy Hill and manufacturer Wabtec Corporation have unveiled the industry’s first battery-powered heavy-haul freight locomotives in Gina Rinehart’s signature pink livery.
Ongoing technical issues continue to plague battery metals miner IGO’s Kwinana operation as falling lithium prices impact spodumene sales from its stake in the Greenbushes operation.
Ora Banda Mining has struck a $26 million joint venture and farm-in agreement with conglomerate Wesfarmers for its lithium mining rights at its Goldfields foothold.
National union SDA has lodged a $150 million class action lawsuit against supermarket giant Aldi, potentially impacting about 1,800 workers in Western Australia.
The Australian government has backed Vulcan Energy Resources’ zero carbon lithium project in Germany after offering up to $200 million in conditional financing.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Group has appointed a new chairman as it lines up $50 million worth of contracts from companies such as BHP, Multiplex and Teck Global.
Administrators have been appointed to diamond dealer Macabi Diamonds owned by Yoni Levy who saved prominent jewellery store Rosendorff from receivership in 2019.
Lynas Rare Earths’ shares are surging after it secured a variation allowing it to continue importing and processing lanthanide concentrate from its Malaysian facility.
Established Perth builder Simsai Construction Group allegedly owes almost $3.5 million to the tax office which is pursuing legal action to wind up the company.
Lithium hopeful Latin Resources has received firm commitments to raise $35 million through an institutional placement to bolster its exploration efforts in Brazil.