Simone Grogan

The board of ASX-listed oil and gas company Norwest Energy will wait until the new year to cast its verdict on Chris Ellison’s offer for the business amid fierce competition for Perth Basin assets.

Business News' latest headlines on the Warrego Energy bidding battle, ASIC action and a new Toyota precinct.

A proposal to clear more than 600 hectares of native vegetation to make way for an expansion at Fortescue’s new iron ore mine will be scrutinised by the state’s environmental watchdog.

John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy has lobbed another scrip takeover proposal for joint venture partner Warrego Energy, countering a $342 million cash offer from Hancock Energy currently on the table.

Mineral Resources hopes to bolster its position in Western Australia’s energy sector by acquiring Norwest Energy, of which keen Perth Basin investor Gina Rinehart is also a shareholder.

APM is set to to buy NDIS therapy provider Everyday Independence for $52 million-plus in the company’s third acquisition since listing on the ASX over a year ago.

Senior editor Mark Pownall goes behind some of the stories that feature in this year's dynasties feature.

The former head coach of Australia’s national cricket team will become an independent non-executive director of Chris Ellison’s iron ore and lithium business in January 2023.

Santos has signed up to buy gas from Strike Energy and Talon Energy’s Wayerling gas field development under a new supply agreement.

UPDATE: Administrators for Clough have found a new buyer in Webuild, the company that pulled out of a lifeline deal to save the Perth engineer just over a week ago.

Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about her recent coverage of Dorado Property.

Shares in Julimar explorer Chalice Mining have sunk after investors were told they would need to wait another quarter to see a scoping study for the project.

A Kununurra hydraulic repair company and its sole director will be forced to pay $435,000 over a forklift incident that left a teenage worker with life-threatening injuries.

A proposal to build a heavy mineral sands mining operation on the cusp of Moore River National Park has been put to the state’s environmental watchdog.

Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses some of the highlights from his recent conversation with Nearmap's Rob Newman.

Mitsui E&P Australia and Beach Energy say subcontractors working for Clough on the Waitsia gas project have been paid.

Genesis Minerals boss Raleigh Finlayson has locked in another part of his ambition to consolidate the Leonora region after striking a deal to buy neighbouring gold company St Barbara.

Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie talk about the upcoming cabinet reshuffle and takeaways from the federal government's energy market interventions.

A new lithium hopeful chaired by former Tianqi Lithium Australia boss Phil Thick has made a solid start to its first day on the local bourse.

Clough's administrators say they have fielded “multiple enquiries” from interested suitors after securing short-term funding to pay workers on projects caught up in the Perth engineer's collapse.

The board is set for Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Energy to take control of Perth Basin desirable Warrego Energy after Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy declined to match a $342 million cash offer.

St George Mining has signed a memorandum of understanding with battery giant SVOLT Energy Technology, marking its second major deal in the space of a week.

Australia’s peak mining bodies are concerned that the federal government’s plan for a new environmental watchdog could add another layer of bureaucracy to an already stretched approvals system.

Jordan Murray dissects Business News' latest executive remuneration survey and discusses trends and highlights from this year's data.

Andrew Forrest’s CWP Renewables buy propels Squadron Energy to the biggest renewable energy developer in the country and supports the billionaire’s dream for a ‘green energy ecosystem’.

Matt Mckenzie and Simone Grogan discuss this morning's Success & Leadership event with Pilbara Minerals managing director Dale Henderson.

Strike Energy has muscled back in amid the fight for ownership of its joint venture partner Warrego, lifting its stake in the target to 19.9 per cent to become its biggest shareholder.

Pilbara Minerals boss Dale Henderson says moving down the value chain is a ‘no-brainer’ but the lithium success story will stop short of pushing all the way to full-scale battery production.

The chief executives leading Atlas Iron and Roy Hill will be bumped up to new overarching roles within the broader Hancock Prospecting group as it moves on big growth plans for iron ore.

Senior editor Mark Pownall talks about how fund managers can make a virtue of being based in WA.

Clough’s collapse into voluntary administration could set back a planned $6.4 billion urea project in the Pilbara by months, Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan has said.

Bellevue Gold is looking to bolster its bank balance by $70 million as it continues construction on its namesake project and prepares to award a material mining contract in the coming weeks.