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.
Historic Perth building company Collier Homes has closed up shop after more than 60 years in business, with liquidators from McGrathNicol appointed to wind up its remaining operations.
West Perth-headquartered mineral sands explorer Base Resources has received a multi-million dollar takeover offer from US critical minerals and uranium producer Energy Fuels.
Battery metals miner Pilbara Minerals said it recorded an uptick in spodumene prices towards the end of the March quarter, while pricing adjustments dented its cash stockpile.
The number of Australian companies hitting the wall is expected to exceed 10,000 by the end of the financial year, underpinned by the collapse of construction firms.
Copper-gold explorer Titan Minerals has inked a joint venture partnership worth more than $185 million with a Hancock Prospecting subsidiary for one of its southern Ecuador projects.
Mining major Rio Tinto has recorded a slight drop in Pilbara iron ore shipments and production citing weather disruptions but has stuck by guidance forecasts.
Perth cyber security startup Sapien Cyber will be wound up after no bids were received to restructure or recapitalise the business, now in the hands of liquidators.
Rio Tinto iron ore chief Simon Trott has been appointed president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, succeeding BHP's Brandon Craig.
The Malaga Bus Depot is set to be the first existing site to be "substantially converted" to operate a fleet of locally built electric buses, arriving onsite by March 2025.
A new co-ordinated emergency and medical care operations centre will be established in the old Telstra Exchange tower, to be operational by the end of the year.
Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation is understood to be cutting up to 100 roles from the philanthropic entity following an “organisational redesign”.
ASX-listed contractor Macmahon Holdings has offloaded a substantial portion of its mobile equipment fleet for about $44 million from a project in Queensland.
UPDATED: Contractor Maali Group has amassed a $10 million tax bill, with creditors advised to vote to enter a restructuring proposal from a Perth civil engineering company.
Sandfire Resources will begin auctioning off assets at its DeGrussa mine this week, with sales to help pay down its $30 million rehabilitation bill for the mothballed copper operation.
Shareholders in takeover target and lithium hopeful Azure Minerals have overwhelmingly voted in favour of Hancock Prospecting and SQM’s $1.7 billion offer.
APM Human Services has received a “disappointing” cash offer from its second largest shareholder Madison Dearborn Partners, 80 cents below the previous bid.
The second largest shareholder in APM Human Services has been revealed as a potential buyer as the contractor requests an extension on its voluntary suspension.
Gascoyne lead and silver miner Abra Mining has tumbled into administration with KordaMentha partners pursuing a potential sale or recapitalisation deal for the company.