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.
Gold producer Perseus Mining has delayed making a final investment decision on its Meyas Sand Gold project in Sudan following ongoing conflict in the country.
Beach Energy has plugged and abandoned its Trigg 1 gas exploration well, making it the second target in the Perth Basin to record disappointing results in the past three months.
Residential builder Pride Homes & Developments has entered liquidation after joining the list of collapsed construction companies hit by cost and labour pressures.
Mining services group Perenti has marginally increased its 2023 financial year revenue expectations and has shaved $40 million off its capital expenditure targets.
A property developer has launched legal action against the Public Transport Authority over a block of land in Midland that was compulsorily acquired for use in the Metronet project.
The cost to build Hastings Technology Metals’ Yangibana rare earths project has blown out by 44 per cent to $948 million, with the aspiring miner now opting to stage its development to reduce costs.
The Slatter Group WA is the latest builder to collapse after appointing EY to liquidate the 20-year-old company, which specialised in the education sector.
Mark McGowan will resign as the premier of Western Australia by the end of the week, after revealing he does not have the energy and drive to continue in the role.
Bioenergy company Delorean Corporation has suspended trading in its shares after disclosing it needed to raise more than $2 million to pay a debt owed to the Clean Energy Regulator.
Green ammonia producers Kinara Power and Blue Diamond have progressed lease negotiations for land in the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area in the Mid West.
Multinational human services provider APM has won a $720 million contract to provide its services in the UK but declared its earnings growth was expected to take a hit.
As regulators scrutinise Perth Mint and the state government reviews its ownership, the business has continued to lose market share to rival ABC Refinery.
Bellevue Gold has inked a deal to refine its gold with independent ABC Refinery alongside an agreement with Zenith Energy to build a hybrid power station at its namesake project.
Solar tech company ClearVue Technologies is set to receive a $2 million grant through the state government’s Investment Attraction Fund to advance its manufacturing operations.
Mobile crane and telehandler supplier MCT Equipment has officially opened its new facility in Henderson to expand its support operations to the construction and mining industries.
Battery minerals explorer Galan Lithium has raised $31.5 million through an institutional placement to advance its projects in the south-west and Argentina.