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.
A Woodlands man has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, but will be released on a two-year good behaviour bond, for conspiring to pump up the price of Quantum Resources shares.
Costs to develop Beach Energy and Mitsui & Co's Waitsia gas project could climb to $850 million, as Webuild prepares to take over the old Clough contract.
Hancock Prospecting may have secured the lead it needs to edge out Strike Energy in the fight for Warrego after Mineral Resources sold its stake in the target.
Clough’s new owner Webuild is set to take on more of the collapsed Perth engineer’s projects for $35.9 million, including the $750 million Waitsia gas development.
John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy says it will not improve its scrip offer currently before undecided Warrego Energy investors, with the course of the takeover attempt still hanging in the balance.
The director of a solar energy business that was based in WA for five years has been ordered to repay $48,000 for falsely claiming to have installed 11 solar systems.
The owners of 100 Mill Point Road have mounted another lawsuit over a flood in the building’s car park in 2017, this time pursuing four companies for alleged ‘negligence and nuisance’.
The radioactive capsule that went missing somewhere between Newman and Perth earlier last month has been found, emergency services minister Stephen Dawson says.
Opposition spokesperson Steve Martin has called on newly-appointed forestry minister Jackie Jarvis to ‘immediately’ assist workers left blindsided by the closure of Manjimup Mill.
The median dwelling value of every capital city in Australia fell during the first month of 2023, however Perth held its own with one of the smallest declines.
Hancock Prospecting has extended the acceptance period for its Warrego Energy bid by 10 days as it trumpets the support of another major shareholder in the target.
Boosted lithium production underpinned a stellar fiscal half-year for IGO, but plans to expand its lithium refinery in Kwinana have run into higher costs and delays on a final investment decision.
Professional director Hamish Beck will join the board of the state’s Environmental Protection Authority next week, marking his third non-executive role.
Subiaco-based Mills Recruitment has bought fellow Western Australian recruiter Orebody Personnel in a deal hoped to push the buyer further into the state’s lucrative mining sector.
The Forrest family’s private enterprise has invested in Camilla, an Australian-grown fashion brand with ambitions to broaden the global reach of its signature bohemian-inspired prints.
Hoyts has bought three venues from Grand Cinemas and administrators mulling options for two remaining venues weeks after the longstanding Perth business went under.
UPDATED: France’s Altrad Services has become one of the largest maintenance and construction contractors in WA after buying Perth-based AGC from its debt-laden parent AusGroup.
Administrators have granted Clough’s proposed new owner Webuild an extension to pin down a final agreement for the sale, allowing more time to negotiate and potentially take on more projects.
CPS Capital managing director Jason Peterson is seeking damages from Fairfax Media over an article published by the national news group that he claims is defamatory.
IGO’s flagship is back up and running after a fire forced the miner to shut down operations at the site for several weeks, but the downtime is expected to put a dent in December production.
Hancock Energy has revealed a cohort of Warrego shareholders pledging to support Gina Rinehart’s $342 million cash offer for the business, hitting back at a scrip bid from Strike Energy.
The state government has tabled what it says will be a final pay bump of between 3 per cent and 4.5 per cent to WA nurses and called on the union to come back to the negotiating table on working conditions.