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.
Chinese goldminer Zhaojin Mining has expressed its “disappointment” in its takeover target Tietto Minerals’ recommendation that shareholders vote against its bid.
Merger hopeful Australian Vanadium Limited has finished construction of its vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility north of Perth, amid its pursuit of Technology Metals Australia.
Uranium explorer Bannerman Energy has awarded early work program contracts for its flagship Etango project in Namibia after notching its mining license.
Iluka Resources has revealed a 50 per cent cost blowout for its Eneabba rare earths refinery and has pushed back its start date, blaming a challenging project environment in the state.
Mineral sands producer Sierra Rutile has again lowered its production guidance and has pushed back any investment decision on one of its assets in West Africa.
Genesis Minerals has paid $53 million for two gold projects under a deal with Kin Mining, adding to the mid-tier goldminer’s consolidation of assets in Leonora.
About 500 clients of Perth Pregnancy Centre will be forced to find alternative care services after the company collapsed with liquidators from WA Insolvency Solutions appointed.
Troubled nickel miner Panoramic Resources has been placed in the hands of administrators from FTI Consulting after an unsuccessful bid to obtain funding or attract buyers.
Woodside Energy has struck a five-year deal with three maritime unions for Australian crew to staff its liquefied natural gas vessel, building on a long-term relationship.
Prominent mining executive David Flanagan will become managing director of Arrow Minerals in what will be his first board move since being ousted as chairman of Delta Lithium.
Battery metals miner IGO has halted construction on part of its troubled Cosmos nickel mine, in a move that comes just days after its new chief executive Ivan Vella has taken the helm.
International agribusiness ARYZTA has commenced construction on its first Western Australian bakery with a price tag of $66 million in the Peel Business Park.
Fremantle Dockers legend and former midfielder David Mundy has quietly joined the ranks of Andrew Forrest’s charity Minderoo Foundation as head of engagement and gender equality.
A lithium development subsidiary formed by EV Metals Group is the subject of a wind-up application lodged by Perth Airport-based business SGS Australia.
Engineering services company Lycopodium has locked in a $19 million contract from Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corporation for work on its copper mine in Zambia.
Department of Justice director general Adam Tomison has resigned from what Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia has described as a challenging role with many responsibilities.
Pilbara Minerals chairman Tony Kiernan will retire from the board in the new year, paving the way for former Lynas Rare Earths chair Kathleen Conlon to steer the lithium miner.
Childcare centre Unicare based at the University of Western Australia's Crawley campus has been placed into the hands of administrators with the intention to sell or restructure the organisation.
Australian Vanadium and Technology Metals Australia chiefs have described their proposed merger as the most logical consolidation imaginable despite a block of shareholder against the deal.
Contractor Multiplex has secured the tender for the long-delayed Geraldton Health Campus redevelopment, with work to begin two years after the initial completion date.
Listed seniors accommodation provider Eureka Group has cemented a $44 million acquisition for a portfolio of six rental villages across Western Australia.
Boutique Busselton builder Odan Design & Build has gone into liquidation after its director resolved to wind-up the company, marking the second builder to collapse in just over 24 hours.
The buyer circling Tietto Minerals has slammed its takeover target for downgrading its production guidance and not providing further cost details for its flagship project in West Africa.