Isabel Vieira

BCI Minerals has notched an offtake agreement with an Indonesia chemical and infrastructure company for salt to be produced from its Mardie project.

Vacuum cleaner retailer Godfreys will shut its 13 stores in Western Australia among the mass of closures after no suitable buyers prevailed to save the troubled business.

Boutique Perth insolvency firm GTS Advisory has merged with national player Mackay Goodwin, marking the latter's expansion into the WA market.

The parent company of long-established Western Australian dairy company Brownes reported a profit of $3.2 million for 2023.

Nadia Budihardjo and Isabel Vieira discuss the WA education system's management of February's heat wave.

Troubled potash player Kalium Lakes is expected to collapse into liquidation after Reward Minerals failed to drum up the funds to buy its Beyondie potash project.

Poseidon Nickel’s boss has resigned a day after announcing a deal to sell off its nickel concentrator plant to Mineral Resources, amid more cost cuts for the business.

Multinational construction materials firm Boral has rejected Seven Group Holdings’ takeover bid claiming it undervalues the company.

Gaming tech firm VGW has posted a $207 million profit for the first half of the financial year, describing it as a pleasing result in a challenging environment with increased competition.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss recent moves made by Satterley Property Group.

Mineral Resources has inked a $15 million deal to acquire a nickel concentrator plant with plans to repurpose the site into a lithium processing hub in the Goldfields.

Mining services contractor NRW Holdings has bolstered its contract pipeline by $270 million after notching work on four mines in Queensland.

A dispute over a $54 million contract to build two conveyor belt systems for Roy Hill’s mine expansion has broken out between private companies Nepean Conveyors and Linkforce.

Local businesses are grappling with surging costs of doing business with one in five saying they’re at risk of closing or scaling back, according to a new survey.

A 24 year old Mandurah man has been charged with 11 counts of fraud over an alleged fraudulent investment scheme involving millions of dollars.

Jack McGinn and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the career to date of WA Energy Minister Reece Whitby.

Fremantle Ports has marked a unique milestone with the construction of a 40-metre-high cement clinker storage dome at Kwinana, a first of its kind for WA.

Backed by Western Australia’s richest person, Arafura Rare Earths has received a major $840 million finance package from the federal government for its Northern Territory project.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the issues WA junior miners face in developing overseas projects.

German multinational salt producer K+S Australia has defended its green credentials over its proposed Ashburton salt project as local protestors take their campaign international.

Boutique property developer Infill Property Group will deliver 16 social housing dwellings under an $8 million commitment from the federal government.

Liontown Resources has locked in a $550 million debt facility for its Kathleen Valley lithium venture after its previous loan package unravelled.

Indigenous contractor Maali Group, that was part owned by ASX-listed GenusPlus Group until two months ago, has been placed into the hands of administrators.

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has notched a new offtake agreement with a Chinese buyer for spodumene concentrate from its flagship Pilgangoora operation.

Civil engineering and construction group Decmil has dropped legal action against the Town of Port Hedland over a multi-million-dollar contract spat.

Trembling lithium producer Core Lithium’s boss Gareth Manderson will step down as chief executive as the miner continues to grapple with deflated commodity prices.

Nadia Budihardjo and Liv Declerck discuss moves in the aged care sector ahead of federal reforms.

Delta Lithium has signed farm-in deals with junior miners Voltaic Strategic Resources and Reach Resources over tenements near its Yinnetharra lithium project.

SRG Global has secured a $35 million contract from BlueScope Steel to upgrade the wharf at Port Kembla, building on its work in the marine infrastructure sector.

Independent member for Curtin Kate Chaney has announced she will run again in the next federal election, while firing a shot at the Liberal Party.

SQM boss Ricardo Ramos is robustly confident lithium prices will lift by the end of the year, speaking at the official opening of the Mt Holland lithium project.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the challenges and opportunities in the emerging oil and gas decommissioning industry.