Isabel Vieira

Suitors have entered the data room for more than a dozen property developments of embattled builder Nicheliving, as administrators look to sell-off assets.

Perth contractor K19 Mining has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars after a worker was injured during a road train tyre explosion near the Beyondie potash project.

The self-enriching actions and disclosure omissions of billionaire mining boss Chris Ellison have divided shareholders, leading to a protest vote against the remuneration report.

Mineral Resources insists its stake in a Bullsbrook industrial park was not a related-party transaction, while Chris Ellison has agreed to sell properties leased to the company.

Besieged mining boss Chris Ellison says his offshore tax evasion affairs and corporate governance failures have been a “dark cloud" in his life.

Poseidon Nickel chair Peter Harold has reflected on the torrid time for local nickel producers and the axed Mineral Resources deal that ultimately led to the Horizon Minerals merger.

Nadia Budihardjo and Isabel Vieira discuss retail trading hours.

Stakeholders remain split over any changes to the hours big retailers can open for business.

Creditor claims of more than $740 million have piled up against the taxpayer-backed East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant, including from Acciona and National Australia Bank.

The head of BHP’s mothballed Nickel West division Jess Farrell has notched a new role as vice president innovation within the miner’s technical leadership team.

Prominent businessman Ian Dorrington has been remembered as a highly respected member of the Perth broking community following his sudden death.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s private investment vehicle Wyloo has sounded the alarm over Hastings Technology Metals’ solvency and ability to repay its multi-million-dollar loan.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has grown its stake in Las Vegas-headquartered producer MP Materials, building on the mining magnate’s rare earths portfolio.

Nicheliving directors have fronted a $200,000 indemnity to cover operating costs and ensure the administrators get paid in the "likely" event the construction entities are too strapped for cash.

A $10,000 incentive to attract eastern states construction workers to Western Australia has been described as a shot in the arm for the industry amid the state’s crippling housing crisis.

Embattled miner Mineral Resources is set to shutter its Bald Hill lithium mine in the Goldfields in a move that will put the jobs of 300 workers in limbo.

Mineral Resources’ board says its historical management of related party deals was “not as robust” as it could have been in the fallout of Chris Ellison’s offshore tax affairs.

Liv Declerck speaks to Isabel Vieira about Prospero Productions, Western Australia's biggest screen production company.

Perron Group is selling out of the expansive Vasse Estate, a master-planned community on the outskirts of Busselton, with its stake tipped to be worth tens of millions of dollars.

The federal government has stumped up an $80 million lifeline for troubled regional airline Rex, as the competition watchdog warns of soaring airfares in the fallout of its administration.

Lendlease’s almost $1.3 billion sale of a dozen master-planned projects, including two in Perth, has cleared the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Newly minted lithium miner Liontown Resources is paring back production and focusing on tapping higher margin ore in a bid to realise about $100 million in cost cuts.

Isabel Vieira and Liv Declerck discuss Perth's worryingly low tree canopy rate.

Critical minerals project developer Global Lithium Resources is seeking to delay its annual general meeting citing foreign control concerns, amid an ongoing boardroom brawl.

Regis Resources is seeking a judicial review of Tanya Plibersek’s contentious ruling against a tailings dam at its McPhillamys asset, reiterating the call rendered the project unviable.

KordaMentha administrators have taken control of Nicheliving’s construction division, less than a month after the company's directors agreed to a decade-long ban on building homes.

Strike Energy’s plan to build an 85-megawatt peaking gas power plant has inched forward, with the multi-million-dollar proposal set to go before the planning authority.

Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss the future of WA's waste-to-energy sector.

Delays and disputes have characterised the development of waste-to-energy plants in Western Australia.

Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison is set to depart the iron ore and lithium miner within 18 months and pay millions of dollars in financial penalties.

Jack McGinn and Isabel Vieira discuss the significant investment in Collie.

Renowned prospector Mark Creasy’s private investment vehicle more than doubled its full year profit, aided by the sale of its lucrative stake in Azure Minerals.