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.
Fortescue is on the cusp of marking a major milestone of exporting its first iron ore from a port outside of its home soil at its Belinga project in Africa.
WA-based contractor GR Engineering Services has won a $US81 million contract with Canadian miner K92 Mining for work on its goldmine in Papua New Guinea.
Rio Tinto’s inaugural diamond tender attracted buyers from the Kimberley through to Japan seeking to get their hands on the miner’s legacy inventory of pink and red Argyle diamonds.
Kathleen Valley developer Liontown Resources has locked in a long-term port services and access agreement with the Mid West Ports Authority for its lithium project
Contractor Georgiou Group has been chosen to design and deliver the second Mandurah Estuary Bridge, which is expected to reduce congestion in the coastal city.
Chris Ellison-chaired Delta Lithium has struck a deal to buy lithium rights in the Gascoyne, while Mineral Resources has contracted Develop Global for work in the Goldfields.
Simsai Construction Group’s directors may have breached their duties by withdrawing funds when the troubled residential builder owed significant debts and was operating at a loss, according to an administrators' report.
MSWA and the state government have both committed additional funds to meet significantly increased construction costs for the long-awaited 24-hour care facility in Shenton Park.
BGC is concerned its employees could be targeted by abusive behaviour on social media after an aggrieved customer uploaded a parody video about building delays.
A cattle station in the Kimberley has been acquired by a Canadian buyer under a deal with Chinese property mogul Hui Wing Mau believed to be $300 million.
More than 100 homes under construction by financially troubled Simsai Construction Group will be handed over to new builders as administrators begin notifying customers.
Perseus Mining has inserted itself in the middle of Silvercorp’s proposed acquisition of OreCorp, acquiring a major stake and declaring its intention to vote against the takeover.
Fortescue Future Industries’ South and Southeast Asia president Allard Nooy has joined the migration of senior staffers departing the company in recent months.
Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources has continued its acquisitive streak of lithium interests, securing more shares in Develop Global and Delta Lithium.