Mark Beyer

Mining software supplier Micromine has promoted Claire Tuder to the role of director and chief executive while also establishing an advisory board with two industry veterans.

Heavy earthmoving equipment supplier Emeco Holdings has shrugged off a credit rating downgrade from Fitch Ratings, with managing director Ian Testrow saying the market should focus on the big picture of the company’s merger and restructuring plan.

The board of national mining equipment supplier Bradken has backed a $688 million cash takeover offer from Japan’s Hitachi Machinery Construction Co.

A Karratha-focused property developer that was jointly established by Boom Logistics director Terence (Jack) Hebiton has been placed into voluntary administration.

In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss city retail, Elizabeth Quay developments, ICT mergers and acquisitions and our special report on residential building.

Western Australia’s largest indigenous contractor has parted ways with chief executive Jeff McGlinn, less than a year after the former NRW Holdings boss was lured out of retirement.

Former footballer and insurance broker Andrew Donnelly has failed to overturn freezing orders that were imposed in January in relation to the alleged misuse of $5.1 million of trust funds from his old business.

Engineering business VEEM is forecasting strong growth in revenue in the current financial year but a fall in profit, the family owned company has disclosed in the prospectus for its $25 million initial public offering.

Lithium projects in Western Australia are set to inject almost $1 billion of new investment into the state's economy as the past year’s surge in commodity prices and stock valuations turn into tangible commercial benefits.

In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss state politics, lithium developments, financial failures and our special report brewing.

Family-owned Tribute Group has been placed in receivership, just two months after winning what appeared to be a company-making contract with BHP Billiton for its accommodation businesses in Newman.

Guildford-based BYAC Contracting has been placed into liquidation after losing a long-running contract at the Murrin Murrin nickel project and failing to establish itself as a training provider.

BHP Billiton’s top Australian executive has stepped up the company’s criticism of the WA Nationals' planned iron ore tax hike, two days after an opinion poll found high support for the proposal.

Interstate law firms are leading a wave of restructuring in the WA market, with big shifts in the ranking of lawyers in the BNiQ Search Engine.

The state government has muscled up for the renewal of legal battles over the $1.7 billion Bell Group dispute, appointing a US law firm that promotes itself as being tougher and scarier than its peers to handle the matter.

Victoria’s Labor government has reaped a bumper price of $9.7 billion from the sale of the Port of Melbourne, suggesting the WA government could potentially raise in excess of $2 billion from the sale of Fremantle Ports.

In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss newspapers merger, law firms growth, tourism down south and what’s happening in the gold sector.

Indigenous corporations in Western Australia have experienced a fall in average income for the first time in five years, though the state’s largest Aboriginal corporations, listed in the BNiQ Search Engine, have defied the downturn.

West Perth-based NWQ Capital Management has beaten off competition from rivals in Sydney and Melbourne to be named Australia’s best hedge fund investor.

Shares in HotCopper Holdings got off to a bright start today after the investor chat forum listed on the ASX, with the stock closing up at 26.5 cents.

Downer has announced major contract wins at the Boddington gold mine and Karara Mining, with the latter signalling that the loss-making iron ore project is likely to continue operating.

Rio Tinto has signed a five-year maintenance services and support agreement for its locomotive network in the Pilbara with global company GE.

Contractors Doug Grewar and John Silverthorne are planning to develop the Brightstar gold project near Laverton, after their private company signed an agreement with project owner Stone Resources A

Mineral exploration companies Explaurum and Black Rock Mining have completed capital raisings totalling $10.5 million to advance their gold and graphite projects respectively.

National law firm Mills Oakley has substantially expanded its Perth practice with the recruitment of partners Julian Atkinson and David McKenna, whose previous firm Jarman McKenna has entered merger discussions with Sparke Helmore Lawyers.

Perth entrepreneur Mark Lapins is aiming to defy waning investor interest in tech startups, announcing plans for a backdoor listing that values his ‘internet of things’ firm, Quantify Technology, at $22 million.

Six years after buying into Bibra Lake-based InterGrain, agricultural biotech company Monsanto has decided to sell its 26 per cent stake in the government-backed grain breeding company.

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The $529 million Ord-East Kimberley expansion project cost more and took substantially longer than originally expected, has not delivered the expected benefits, and left the region with an unclear pathway for future development, auditor general Colin Murphy has found.

Perth-based contractor Linkforce Engineering is aiming to gain a competitive edge through a successful partnership with maths specialists at Curtin University.

A group of Perth executives led by lawyer Damien Criddle and former Woodside Petroleum director Rob Cole is due to launch the world’s first trading platform for liquefied natural gas next month.

In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss lithium, board changes, Gage Roads, workplace wellness and safety.