Isabel Vieira

Nickel has been placed on Australia’s critical minerals list in a bid to aid the flailing industry, which federal Resources Minister Madeleine King says faces substantial structural challenges.

South32 has hit go on its plan to build a $3.3 billion zinc mine in the US, with the aim to start producing critical minerals from the asset by 2027.

BHP has narrowly avoided strike action threatened by its iron ore train drivers after reaching an agreement with the Mining and Energy Union today.

Residential builder Opus Homes has been placed in the hands of liquidators after being hit with a wind-up call from disgruntled customers.

Wesfarmers is preparing to sell spodumene into the market but doesn’t expect to make a profit, as it continues to ramp up its Mt Holland lithium asset.

Delta Lithium boss James Croser says there’s some friendly tension in the lithium aspirant’s boardroom, as its major shareholders “keep each other in check”.

Jack McGinn and Isabel Vieira discuss the jobs lost in battery and materials processing in WA in January.

WA gold hopeful Horizon Minerals has reached a deal to acquire fellow explorer Greenstone Resources to consolidate the two companies’ assets in the Goldfields.

Azure Minerals boss Tony Rovira says it has been “incredibly humbling” to witness the growth of the company underpinned by its takeover offers and timely exploration discoveries in the past year.

Nadia Budihardjo and Isabel Vieira discuss a report in wage theft at WA universities.

Nutrien Ag Solutions is assessing the damage of the massive blaze that ripped through its bulk fertiliser site in Kwinana on Friday, of which a cause is still unknown.

Union members are preparing to grind BHP’s Pilbara iron ore trains to a halt on Friday after voting overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.

Mining industry executive Rebecca Tomkinson has taken on a new role as chair of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, replacing John Van Der Wielen.

Multiplex has won a $165 million contract to deliver the second stage of the St John of God Subiaco Hospital major expansion project to modernise and upgrade the ageing campus.

Nadia Budihardjo and Mark Pownall discuss five decades of business for the founders of CJD Equipment.

Southern Ports boss Keith Wilks has welcomed the state government’s investment to identify potential development opportunities around Albany’s waterfront precinct.

Telecommunications and power infrastructure contractor GenusPlus Group has notched $40 million worth of work on ACCIONA’s major solar farm project in Queensland.

Collapsed building company FTD Construction allegedly owes almost $9 million to creditors as its liquidator begins investigating the business.

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has quietly walked from its bid to secure a mass of exploration licences in the Gascoyne, in what is touted as prime renewables territory.

Bethesda Health Care’s $60 million mental health clinic in Cockburn will suspend its services for the foreseeable future, less than twelve months after the private centre opened.

WA fintech WeMoney has been selected to join Mastercard’s engagement program, an opportunity the startup hopes it can use to scale its operations.

Perth’s Euroz Hartleys has partnered with wealth management platform provider Mason Stevens in a bid to bolster its wealth management and investment services.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the positive aspects of activism.

The Department of Education has awarded an almost $23 million contract to PS Structures to construct a new music building at John Curtin College of the Arts.

Noongar entrepreneur Gerry Matera says a misalignment of ethics and values is the reason he walked from Aboriginal-owned construction company Marawar WA, which is now under administration.

Nadia Budihardjo and Liv Declerck discuss the experimental board structure adopted by CircusWA.

Perth law firm Dwyer Durack has been put in the hands of an administrator, as the 109-year-old practice prepares to shut its doors on Friday.

OreCorp’s board has backed Canadian miner Silvercorp Metals’ takeover offer, sticking to its recommendation for approval over rival bidder Perseus Mining.

Jack McGinn and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the career transition of Julie Bishop.

The state development panel has cleared the way for construction of a long-awaited hotel on Albany's Middleton Beach foreshore.

Mark Beyer and Isabel Vieira discuss the top corporate finance moves made in the past year.

The annual Business News corporate finance survey has highlighted the top advisers in the WA market and the emergence of a new style of strategic investor.