Isabel Vieira joined Business News in December 2022. She previously spent two years in the Great Southern, first at the independent Great Southern Weekender and then at SWM's Narrogin Observer and Albany Advertiser.
The 1930s Weeties factory turned family home owned by Tattarang boss John Hartman has hit the market, with the property expected to fetch offers in the mid $4 million range.
Local contractor Macmahon Holdings has notched a $352 million three-year extension to its mining services contract with AngloGold Ashanti over a project in WA.
Wesfarmers’s chemical division managing director Ian Hansen is set to retire later this year, but he will remain chairman on the group’s lithium business.
AVZ Minerals is set to delist from the Australian Stock Exchange after two years of its shares being suspended, as multiple disputes around its project continue.
Historic Perth building company Collier Homes has closed up shop after more than 60 years in business, with liquidators from McGrathNicol appointed to wind up its remaining operations.
West Perth-headquartered mineral sands explorer Base Resources has received a multi-million dollar takeover offer from US critical minerals and uranium producer Energy Fuels.
Battery metals miner Pilbara Minerals said it recorded an uptick in spodumene prices towards the end of the March quarter, while pricing adjustments dented its cash stockpile.
The number of Australian companies hitting the wall is expected to exceed 10,000 by the end of the financial year, underpinned by the collapse of construction firms.
Copper-gold explorer Titan Minerals has inked a joint venture partnership worth more than $185 million with a Hancock Prospecting subsidiary for one of its southern Ecuador projects.