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.
Records show the newly appointed supervisor for Nicheliving's building arm had a run-in with the Building Commissioner eight years ago over negligent and misleading conduct.
Job cuts across Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue empire will be split across both the energy and metals divisions globally, but the miner says it's not pulling back from green hydrogen ambitions.
Nicheliving has temporarily lost its ability to build homes or enter into new contracts after the supervisor nominated for its building contractor division left the role.
The state government has awarded a major $1.6 billion contract to upgrade Perth’s rail network to eventually increase train services to every three minutes.
Alcoa’s proposed takeover of its joint venture partner Alumina Limited has cleared another hurdle after its stockholders voted to support the $3.4 billion deal.
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and its joint venture partners have put a $5 billion price tag on developing a major magnetite mine in the Yilgarn.
Perdaman, Programmed Facility Management and Pact Construction are among the donors who have chipped into the Liberal Party WA’s war chest ahead of the 2025 state election.
IGO is preparing to write down the value of two of its nickel exploration assets by up to $295 million, marking another blow for the miner amid depressed market conditions.
Kathleen Valley developer Liontown Resources has secured a short-term offtake deal with a Chinese lithium refiner to sell initial volumes during the ramp-up period.
A non-stop flight from Perth to Paris will take to the skies tonight, with the new route to operate four days a week during the Olympics and European summer.
Chemicals and fertilisers manufacturer CSBP has notched a $7.5 million grant from the federal government to help curb emissions from its plant in Kwinana.
The fallout from BHP mothballing its Nickel West operations has had a ripple effect through engineering and haulage contractors, fellow miners, airlines and power suppliers.
Rare earths aspirant Hastings Technology Metals is considering Saudi Arabia as a potential site to process materials from it Yangibana project in the Gascoyne.
Rare earths aspirant Hastings Technology Metals has attracted a $7 million investment from Hong Kong producer JL Mag Rare-Earth Co to advance its flagship project.
The environmental watchdog is recommending approving South32’s expansion of its bauxite mine and refinery with strict conditions after a rigorous consultation period.
The unions representing maritime workers have criticised WorkSafe for not prosecuting the oil and gas companies involved in a “potentially deadly incident” in 2021.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns about the proposed $1.3 billion acquisition of a dozen residential projects, including two in Perth.