Simone Grogan

One of the few potash players standing in the state is understood to have entered an agreement to buy the Beyondie project from the hands of first mover, Kalium Lakes.

The man who co-founded and was chair of nickel and copper miner First Quantum Minerals, Philip Pascall, died at his home in Perth on Tuesday.

The Big Australian has shipped 3 billion tonnes of Pilbara iron ore to China, its biggest customer, since 1973.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss regional representation in the state's upper house.

Gold mining giant Newmont Corporation has cleared a key regulatory hurdle in Australia to proceed with its takeover of Newcrest Mining.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss an uptick in spending on new primary schools in Perth's outer suburbs.

A mining trailer explosion in the eastern Goldfields that was felt 25 kilometres away and blasted debris nearly 700 metres from the site in October last year has been deemed preventable.

UPDATE: Silver Lake Resources has confirmed itself as the buyer of a substantial slice in Leonora gold miner Red 5, labelling the move as a 'strategic investment'.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the latest developments amid a busy week for the state's energy sector.

One of the few potash aspirants in Western Australia has signalled a shift away from the commodity by buying a gold and base metals exploration project in Queensland.

In this podcast, Mark Pownall and Simone Grogan discuss lithium action, Chalice Mining, Qantas, John Carey, Tim Gurner and The Court Hotel.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the Dick Lester's long-term sponsorship of the Lester Prize for Portraiture.

Property developer Tim Gurner says he 'sincerely' regrets the impact of his now-viral comments about needing to see 'pain in the economy', following intense public backlash.

Fortescue Energy’s ambition to have the world’s first green ammonia-powered ship at sea by 2022 has seemingly veered off course, but the group has affirmed plans to trial the ‘Green Pioneer’ later this year.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss local governments going beyond rates for revenue in Western Australia. 

Transport Workers Union national secretary Michael Kaine has called for prominent company director Richard Goyder to resign from the Qantas board after the airline’s appeal to the High Court was tossed.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the state of freight networks in Western Australia.

Delta Lithium's executive chairman David Flanagan has been ousted from the explorer's board and replaced by MinRes boss Chris Ellison after amassing a substantial stake.

Gina Rinehart's private investment business owns a substantial stake in Albemarle takeover target Liontown Resources and may seek a seat at the board, a disclosure from the group has revealed.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss a spate of investment in the downstream battery materials sector in Western Australia.

Liontown Resources and Albemarle have struck a non-disclosure and exclusivity agreement allowing the US lithium giant to proceed with due diligence.

Liv Declerck and Jack McGinn discuss an innovative art project making its way from the East Kimberley to Perth.

In this podcast Mark Pownall and Simone Grogan discuss Lithium deals, Qantas, BGC, brewery action, IR and Perth's mayoral race.

The developer of a proposed luxury country club in Bindoon has successfully had a statutory demand for payment in the order of $1.3 million set aside in Western Australia’s Supreme Court.

Claire Tyrrell and Jack McGinn discuss developments in the retail property sector.

A new $22 million state approvals pathway designed to streamline green energy projects is on foot but has struggled to find staff, energy minister Bill Johnston says.

Mineral Resources has sought to pluck Alita Resources’ Bald Hill lithium mine out of the hands of administrators after the Foreign Investment Review Board blocked a bid from a foreign buyer.

Shares in Tim Goyder’s lithium developer Liontown Resources rally after revealing intentions to accept what will be the fourth disclosed takeover proposal from Albemarle Corporation.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the big changes taking place at West Australian Ballet and Ingrid Puzey's plans for the organisation's future.

NRW will be forced to fork out $25 million to cover the costs of a legal dispute it inherited as part of its acquisition of Primero Group in 2021.

Fortescue Metals chief financial officer Christine Morris departs after less than three months in the role and days after the abrupt exit of chief executive Fiona Hick.

FMR Investments has brought civil action against two former employees who were acquitted by a District Court jury earlier this year of stealing from the company’s Kalgoorlie gold processing operations.