After a stint as an intern in May 2020, Simone Grogan returned to Business News in October 2021 covering general news, companies, resources and courts. She started her media career with The Market Herald after graduating from Curtin University with a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in journalism and public relations. Prior to this she worked in financial services.
Dug Technology had millions tied up with Silicon Valley Bank before its collapse, but is not expecting any financial loss after the US Federal Reserve assured customer deposits would be secured.
Perth Mint chairman Sam Walsh and mines minister Bill Johnston have fronted media for the first time since a standards breach embroiled the state’s mint in another public spectacle this month.
Andrew Forrest's Wyloo Metals has lobbed a $760 million cash takeover for restarting nickel player Mincor Resources, using the target’s ailing share price in a bid to sway investors.
Data centre DC Two has been roped into a legal stoush involving the landlord of its Bibra Lake headquarters and a company believed to be claiming ownership of equipment at the site.
Mark Zeptner-led goldminer Ramelius Resources is continuing an acquisitive streak by launching a friendly scrip takeover for Eastern Goldfields explorer Breaker Resources.
The Australian dollar gold price reached a new high overnight in a bellwether of investor sentiment following the collapse of three banks and a potential welcome break for producers battling high costs.
The Blue Room Theatre's executive director, Katt Osborne, has called time at the helm of the independent arts organisation after three years in the role.
Sydney-based Tellus Holdings has been given the green light to operate what it says is Australia’s first commercial hazardous waste repository, 240 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie.
Kwinana-based welding and fabrication business Taylors Engineering WA has been sold to South Australian engineering firm Ahrens, with the buyer looking to bolster its presence in the state.
A Corruption and Crime Commission investigation has found there was no serious misconduct involved in the death certification process of a man who died at Rockingham General Hospital last year.
Northern Star Resources is anticipating production from its Pogo operation in Alaska could be trimmed by up to 40,000 ounces for FY23 as a result of unplanned motor repairs.
Sierra Rutile could be more than $6 million out of pocket after unsuccessful attempts to appeal a 2021 Sierra Leone High Court decision that found the ASX-lister allegedly damaged logistics equipment.
A handful of Perth-based tech companies have sought to quell speculation of their exposure to prominent tech lender Silicon Valley Bank following its collapse at the weekend.
Piedmont Lithium has sought to hose down a short-selling report made by self-described activist investment firm Blue Orca Capital targeting a lithium project in Ghana.
More than 100 employees within Fortescue Metals Group are set to be laid off as the group looks to get boots on the ground at a planned mine in Gabon and shift focus to new projects in America.
A spokesperson for Perth Mint says it will work openly and transparently in response to an investigation launched by the London Bullion Metals Exchange over standards breaches.
Former director general of the Department of Planning Lands and Heritage Gail McGowan will be appointed Murdoch University’s new chancellor and the first woman in the role.
Kensington-based Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has added two new recruits to its board as well as a strategic adviser in a bid to propel the scale of the business.
Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses why record levels of investment in waste treatment projects may not be enough to repair WA's flagging recycling efforts.