Mark Beyer

Chris Ellison has no current plans to spin-off Mineral Resources' lithium business and remains keen to build a refinery at the company’s Wodgina mine in the Pilbara.

Sharon Warburton epitomises the rise of female company directors but the number of women chairing major WA companies remains very small.

OZ Minerals has placed its shares in a trading halt as it evaluates a “potential change of control transaction”.

Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses this year's changes to Data & Insights' accountants list and highlights some of the biggest issues affecting the sector.

The buoyant WA economy is creating plenty of opportunities for accounting firms, but their growth has been highly varied.

Development of a cotton gin in northern WA is set to proceed after ASX company Namoi Cotton, NSW wheat grower Ron Greentree and the federal government backed the project.

Safe Work Australia has reported a decline in workplace fatalities across the country, but highlighted road transport and farming as by far the most dangerous sectors to work in.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Clough, Mrs Macs, BGC, a film studio in Malaga, Alannah MacTiernan, industrial relations, Liberal Party WA, Sharon Warburton and WA’s biggest accountants.

Arafura Rare Earths says its Nolans project has the capacity to deliver strong financial returns after releasing a study with higher costs but increased revenue.

Rio Tinto has signed an updated agreement with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation that will result in a substantial increase in compensation payments and commercial opportunities.

Italian contractor Webuild has struck a deal to buy engineering company Clough with a cash payment of just $500,000 and cancellation of a big inter-company loan.

Fast-growing Perth business Wizard Pharmacy has engaged EY to find a private investor to support its expansion to 100 stores across Australia.

Perth dealmaker Michael Ashforth is making a return to investment banking, seven years after he retired from Macquarie Capital to work for ‘rich lister’ Angela Bennett.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss interest rates, stockmarket wobbles, house prices, biggest taxpayers, Lawson Apartments, Burgess Rawson and CBH Group.

Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses shifts atop Data & Insights' ranking of environmental services firms and offers highlights from his recent conversation with Ecocene.

Ecocene blends a traditional environmental consultancy with new technology.

Investor relations and communications firm Citadel-MAGNUS has closed a bumper $50 million sale to US company Morrow Sodali, with two Perth executives among the big winners.

A series of big mergers and acquisitions has reshaped the ranking of environmental consulting firms in WA, with WSP and GHD topping the sector.

Financials lodged by Wright Prospecting have divulged another solid profit for the iron ore royalties outfit, as well as the receipt of a $75 million legal settlement.

Senior editor Mark Beyer reports on the soon-to-be-reopened Liberty Theatre and Humich Group's vision for the 68-year-old venue.

IGO has substantially increased the scope and cost of its Cosmos nickel project while also reporting commissioning delays at the Kwinana lithium refinery.

STRUT Dance will be the first of many arts groups to use the long-shuttered Liberty Theatre in central Perth.

Rio Tinto and its Japanese partners have marked the 50-year anniversary of a joint venture that has seen the highs and lows of the iron ore industry.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss interest rates, IR changes, Tattarang, AusBiotech, WSP and environmental services, biggest exporters, Andrew Hastie and the purpose of a listed company.

Michael Chaney has led a chorus of criticism of the federal government’s proposed workplace laws, after plans for multi-employer bargaining and other changes were detailed this morning.

Perth Festival will return next year with a full line-up of interstate and overseas acts, a free opening event at Joondalup and expectations for a big increase in income.

Robotic technology company FBR has announced a $20 million capital raising that marks the first major ECM deal for investment bank Jarden in Western Australia.

Perth-based acQuire Technology Solutions has expanded its suite of information management tools for the resources sector with the acquisiton of South African company MTS.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest have opened the possibility of having separate CEOs for their investment company and their philanthropic foundation after appointing John Hartman to replace Andrew Hagger.

Senior editor Mark Beyer updates listeners on the last two months of project approvals and muses about what's next for the resources sector.

Business News has updated its listing of WA’s biggest resources projects to incorporate a spate of new developments and analysed which projects are next.

Dutch company Kiwa Group has added to its global network by purchasing Wembley-based CMW Geosciences, which has nearly 200 staff across Australia and New Zealand.