Simone Grogan

Shipbuilder Austal will book a $13.8 million loss for the year, as had been foreshadowed, and start a global hunt to find a new president for its US operations to replace Rusty Murdaugh.

A Fortescue spokesperson has confirmed that team members working on the miner's Belinga iron ore project in Gabon are safe after reports emerged of a military coup.

Market darling Chalice Mining has closed the day as the biggest loser on the local bourse after a hotly anticipated scoping study seemingly disappointed investors.

Gold Fields joins the growing ranks of big corporates coming forward with workplace culture reports, the latest revealing half of the gold miner's staff have experienced bullying.

Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest has made an impassioned speech to attendees of the Boao Forum for Asia Conference, saying it's up to businesses to 'save or destroy' the planet.

Liv Declerck and Jack McGinn discuss the growth of an organisation offering haircuts to those experiencing homelessness.

Initial cost estimates to turn Chalice Mining's Gonneville into a producing nickel-copper mine by 2029 have been estimated at between $1.6 billion and $2.3 billion.

Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison says further spending in the Perth Basin will depend on the outcome of discussions with the state government regarding export approvals.

The chief executive of Andrew and Nicola Forrest's agribusiness branch Harvest Road has resigned after just shy of three years in the role.

A revaluation of MinRes’ iron ore operations triggers a $552 million impairment in an otherwise solid set of full-year results out of Chris Ellison’s multi-commodity miner.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss a David and Goliath battle playing out over fisheries on the state's south coast.

The Perth Mint finds a new chief executive in Keystart boss Paul Graham to take over from departing leader Jason Waters in November this year.

Fortescue Metals’ newest mine will incur a significant write-down because of delays and inflationary stressors, as spending at the 1,700-strong Fortescue Energy division kicks up a gear.

Fortescue Metals chief executive Fiona Hick leaves Andrew Forrest's iron ore business without explanation following a mutual agreement with the board, six months after she started.

Isabel Vieira and Jack McGinn discuss the rise of paint and sip business ventures in Western Australia.

A fruitful year for Kmart and WesCEF have helped Wesfarmers post a solid result for 2023, as the conglomerate gears up for its first sales from lithium outfit Mt Holland next year.

Big plans for expansion, a $2.2 billion profit and another dividend from Pilbara Minerals have seemingly done little for the miner's share price on results day, with next year's budget instead in the spotlight.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the continued growth of renewable project investment in Western Australia. 

Western Australia's biggest goldminer will shell out a 15.5 cents per share dividend after handing down a $301 million underlying net profit for the 2023 financial year.

Distilling equipment, 500 litres of raw spirits and demands over purple gin are at the centre of a business dispute that has been escalated to Western Australia's Supreme Court.

The local contractor pulls together an earnings turnaround and is confident in the ‘wide scale reset’ of its operations, but will book another loss for 2023.

Simone Grogan and Jack McGinn discuss how small businesses and franchises are faring in Western Australia.

APA is to undertake a $675 million capital raising as part of a mammoth transaction to acquire a suite of Alinta Energy infrastructure assets in the Pilbara, where iron ore miners have big decarbonisation targets.

The long-standing Western Australian contractor books a higher profit while anticipating projects in commodities both old and new will continue to provide a significant pipeline of prospects.

A year of rising costs and weaker commodity prices makes a dent in the Big Australian’s bottom line as a cloud of uncertainty hangs over China's appetite for iron ore in the medium term.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss recent happenings in the state's busy energy sector.

Fortescue Metals Group has moved on developing its next mine as well as an accompanying 106-kilometre railway project, according to documents filed with the environmental watchdog.

New York-headquartered Marsh will acquire Australian insurance broker Honan Insurance Group in a deal that further bolsters the global firm's presence in the state.

SQM and Mark Creasy’s private investment group have backed Azure Minerals’ capital raising, which comes less than a week after the explorer revealed it had been approached for a takeover.

Creditors are chasing Osborne Park-based contractor Menzies Civil Australia, which is locked in its own legal dispute with the developers of a proposed $100 million country club.

Woodside Energy says it stepped up its consultation approach after a key approval for Santos' $4.7 billion Barossa offshore gas project was dramatically overturned last year.

The final day of opening submissions from the eldest Rinehart children draws to a close with correspondence between John Hancock and the family empire in the spotlight.