Mark Beyer

Shares in Perth-based Delorean Corporation closed 33 per cent higher today after the company struck a $200 million funding deal with Palisade Impact for its bioenergy projects.

Rio Tinto and Wright Prospecting have paved the way for development of a major new, high-grade iron ore mine that will be pivotal to the future of both companies.

Tributes have poured in for late mining veteran Peter Bradford, who has been praised by his peers as an inspiring leader and a visionary of the state’s mining community.

Mark Beyer and Jordan Murray discuss Qantas, workplace deaths, urban infill and Mineral Resources, as well as previewing next week's edition of Business News.

Mineral Resources has told analysts it can build a lithium refinery in the Pilbara at a much cheaper price than equivalent refineries in WA’s South West.

Mark Beyer and Jordan Murray provide a market update and discuss interest rates, house prices, resources sales figures, Chevron, VGW Holdings and Kevin Brown.

Chevron’s long-running sponsorship of the Perth Festival will end next year, with the festival expected to seek new corporate backers while continuing to ramp up its philanthropic income.

Law firm Allen & Overy has recruited Matthew Johnson from the rapidly shrinking Perth office of Hogan Lovells, ahead of the planned retirement of A&O’s top Perth partner Geoff Simpson.

The state government has provided an initial round of funding for six disability enterprises to help them take on employees from Activ Foundation.