Mark Beyer

Senior editor Mark Beyer talks to Jordan Murray about why some charities are grappling with whether to pay fees to their non-executive directors.

Western Australia’s population grew by a strong 1.8 per cent in the year to September 2022, helped by an unusually large increase in overseas migration into the state.

More than $1.6 billion is being invested in waste treatment projects in WA, but it may not be enough to improve the state’s poor track record.

Chinese company CITIC Pacific Mining could be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to Clive Palmer to gain access to additional land for its Sino Iron project after being strongly criticised in a Supreme Court ruling.

Rio Tinto has agreed to pay a $US15 million ($A21.5 million) penalty to settle a long-running dispute over alleged bribery relating to the Simandou iron ore project in Africa.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss BGC, CoreLogic, Real Estate Institute of WA, Silverleaf Investments, MTi Group, BDO, ASIC and changes to superannuation.

Pilbara Minerals and its partner POSCO have secured backing from two government-owned banks for their lithium hydroxide refinery being built in South Korea at a cost of $1.1 billion.

Pilbara Minerals will reward shareholders with inaugural dividends to the tune of $330 million after riding the lithium boom to record a massive surge in half-year profit.

Carnarvon Energy has agreed to sell a 10 per cent stake in the Dorado gas field and neighbouring fields in a deal worth up to $US146 million.