Isabel Vieira

A collapsed contractor has been ordered to pay $60,000 in fines and compensation for building offences in addition to another hefty penalty handed down six months ago.

The competition watchdog has flagged concerns around the potential for higher premiums if insurer IAG's $1.35 billion acquisition of RAC's insurance business is completed.

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.

Construction of Finbar Group's $115 million Riverbank Residences project in Rivervale is set to commence next month, as records fall for the listed property developer.

DUG Technology shares climbed more than 25 per cent after the firm inked a $36 million deal with a Malaysian multinational oil and gas company.

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.

Fenix has secured the full mining rights over the Weld Range project from China's Sinosteel Midwest Corporation under a $60 million deal, bolstering its resource base in the Mid West.

Takeover target Austal's founder John Rothwell has resigned from the board of the shipbuilder he built after 38 years, as a call looms on Hanwha's pursuit of a major stake.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Viera discuss why players within the rare earths sector are seeking stability.

Shares in Perth-headquartered Pentanet are soaring after the telecommunications firm swung to its first positive EBITDA for a full-year.

The importance of rare earths has prompted Western governments to intervene in the market in an effort to shore up alternative supply chains.

Isabel Viera and Tom Zaunmayr discuss how four regional WA maltsters are doing their bit to reduce the reliance on global agribusinesses for WA craft brewers.

Mineral Resources has slid to an $896 million loss for the full year, driven by sizeable impairments against its mothballed Bald Hill mine and weak lithium and iron ore prices.

Mineral Resources' new chair Malcolm Bundey has offered no new clarity on Chris Ellison's planned succession, as the departure window continues to narrow.

IGO has swung to a loss of more than $950 million in a set of “disappointing” full-year financials after slashing the value of its share of the Kwinana lithium refinery to zero.

The value of Gina Rinehart's rare earths portfolio has more than tripled to about $2.69 billion on a share price rally since the sector was upended and governments intervened to break China's stronghold.

Isabel Viera and Tom Zaunmayr discuss Western Australia's ice cream industry.

Mineral Resources is prepared to forgive $160 million of debt as part of a deal to acquire the companies and assets of Chris Ellison's brother's collapsed Resource Development Group.

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue maintains hydrogen is critical to its future after recording major impairments on its scrapped green energy projects, as it full-year profit drops by 41 per cent.

Mining services and contracting firm Tasmea lifted its profit to $53 million in the last financial year, amid an aggressive acquisition strategy that saw four deals closed within a year.

Black Cat Syndicate has commenced underground mining at its Majestic project in the Goldfields after awarding a $55 million contract to Macmahon.

Pilgangoora operator PLS has posted a near $200 million loss for the last financial year as persistently weak prices for the battery metal continue to bite.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Viera discuss why insolvency experts are seeing challenges spread to mining services.

As market pressures persist in the heated construction sector, insolvency experts are seeing trouble spread to mining services.

Arafura Rare Earths is tapping investors for $85 million for the development of its rare earths asset amid heightened interest in shoring up local supply chains.

Tianqi Lithium chief Frank Ha says he's open to acquiring IGO's stake in the flailing Kwinana lithium refinery and has no plans of shutting down the underperforming asset.

Perth-based and ASX-listed stockbroking firm Euroz Hartleys has confirmed its in early stage talks within the national market amid Canadian deal rumours.

Listed contractors Monadelphous, Macmahon, and SRG have reported bullish full-year results, buoyed by multi-billion-dollar pipelines and key contract extensions.

Australia's second biggest internet services provider iiNet is investigating a cyber-attack that has exposed the email address of 280,000 customers.

A Perth startup backed by Woodside has unveiled a hydrogen technology pilot plant in Kwinana, aimed to aid project economics for developers amid the deflated green hydrogen dream.

Fenix Resources has shipped its first batch of iron ore from its Beebyn mine in the Mid West, pushing its combined production run rate across all operations to 4 million tonnes per annum.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss the recent Business News Wheatbelt magazine.