Perdaman

Mark Beyer and Matt Mckenzie talk about market volatility, inflation, rising revenue in budgets, Fremantle Ports, NAIF and the next edition of our magazine.

The Australian Government has agreed to provide a third loan to support the giant Perdaman urea project in the Pilbara, taking its total commitment to $475 million.

Business News has updated its listing of WA’s biggest resources projects to incorporate a spate of new developments and analysed which projects are next.

Italy's Webuild has backed out of a conditional deal to buy struggling engineer Clough, plunging the 102-year old Perth-based company into administration.

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.

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.

UPDATE: Details of the deal between Italy's Webuild and the collapsed Perth engineer have been released at close of business this afternoon.

Western Australia’s Burrup Peninsula has been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status, but it is unclear whether the recognition would hinder progress on two contested developments in the area.

A surprise ASX announcement from a national fertiliser company has revealed that private Perth company Perdaman has secured funding for its giant $6.4 billion urea project in the Pilbara.

Perth company Perdaman has started work on one of WA's largest projects after gaining backing from Global Infrastructure Partners, the same group that backed Woodside’s Pluto gas project.

Mark Pownall and Matt Mckenzie discuss the latest on Perdaman, new inflation and export data, expansion of Morley Galleria, mining results, health expenditure and BGC.

The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.

Four proponents aiming to start their renewable energy projects have cleared a planning hurdle after receiving approval to use land in the 2,500-hectare Maitland strategic industrial area.

WA produces a diverse array of minerals, yet one commodity dominates the sector.

WA’s north-west generates enormous wealth for the country but not so much for local communities.

Perdaman founder Vikas Rambal has built a diversified international business and has ambitious plans for the future.

Mark Beyer speaks to Jack McGinn on the successes of Perdaman’s Vikas Rambal and his ambitious plans for the future.

Decmil has secured a $84 million contract to conduct earthworks at Perdaman’s $6.4 billion urea project in the Burrup Peninsula in the Pilbara.

Construction of a new wharf in Dampier to accommodate urea exports and other bulk cargo has gone to tender.

Native title bodies, miners and government have done good work to set Aboriginal businesses up for success. Without public support, their wings will always be clipped.

Former Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls has joined an iron ore minnow to lead engagement with Pilbara stakeholders as it presses ahead with a new mine.

The state and federal governments aim to achieve production from a long-mooted Pilbara hydrogen hub by 2028, having formalised a $140 million funding agreement.

Perdaman chair Vikas Rambal announced the company has placed almost $US1 billion of procurement orders for the $6.4 billion urea project, among other topics at a Business News event.

Entrepreneur Vikas Rambal’s $4.4 billion fortune leads a group of dozens of new names to be recognised for their wealth generation in the inaugural Business News Rich List.

A $5 billion desalination plant providing water to green industries in the Pilbara is on the cards under a partnership formed between a French utilities giant and traditional owners.

Rio Tinto and Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation are in advanced discussions for a green energy plant to help meet the mining giant’s decarbonisation needs.

WA Labor has received almost $140,000 worth of donations since the state’s new disclosure laws kicked off on July 1, with Perdaman the latest business to give to the party.

The state government has awarded a $283 million contract to Clough to build a new wharf at Dampier Port.

WA Labor’s election war chest has grown towards $250,000 courtesy of donations from high-profile businesses, while WA’s peak resources lobby group has given The Nationals a big boost.

Gina Rinehart’s agricultural business, S Kidman & Co, has given the Liberal Party of WA a boost of almost $100,000 in the lead up to the 2025 state election.

Perdaman will funnel $122 million into construction of 100 new homes in Karratha as part of a broader push to ease a crippling housing shortage in the Pilbara city.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the major findings from the domestic gas inquiry; Collgar's wind farm plan; Western Power's nuclear stance; Pilbara energy enablers; Perdaman's Karratha plan; the price of iron ore; Nicheliving's woes and Sanur's Subi battle; Vern Wheatley's legacy, and preview the upcoming edition of the Business News magazine.

The current and former bosses of a group overseeing a World Heritage-nominated Pilbara peninsula have derided an “offensive” government agreement

A greenfields suburb once dubbed the ‘‘Cottesloe of the north’’ is back on the development agenda in Karratha, 13 years after a contract to build it was awarded.

A partnership between two influential Indian businessmen has its sights on WA’s healthcare squeeze.

The state government has taken the next step in its billion-dollar plan to decarbonise the Pilbara, as it seeks proponents to build the transmission lines to deliver its plan.

There may be no shortage of ideas to fix the north-west’s housing crisis, but turning plans into action has proved challenging.

The near-term supply outlook for Western Australia’s domestic gas market has improved this year, but 2028 looms as a critical juncture in the state’s energy future.

OPINION: Investors are voting with their wallets with big spending agendas in the Pilbara