Isabel Vieira

Lynas Rare Earths' profit has surged more than thirteenfold after pocketing a higher price for its sought-after product, despite power outages at its Kalgoorlie plant.

Partners Wealth Group has acquired Perth-based Investment & Financial Partners, with its acquisitive streak lifting local funds under management to $1.5 billion.

Merger execution factors were behind chief executive Jeff Howard's abrupt exit from the combined Seven West Media and Southern Cross Austereo, as profit slipped 16 per cent.

Shares in Minerals 260 soared after the gold developer shook hands on a $220 million deal with a major royalty firm to advance its Bullabulling project near Kalgoorlie.

Pilbara lithium miner PLS Group has made the call to revive its mothballed Ngungaju lithium processing plant amid a modest rebound in prices from the depths of the battery metal's downturn.

Iluka Resources has plunged to a $288 million loss following a bruising year for its mineral sands division, as it prepares to commission its Eneabba rare earths refinery in 2027.

Private equity firm Viburnum Funds has invested in Magellan Power, a Perth-born power systems manufacturer for the resources, defence and data centres industries.

Albemarle's chief Kent Masters says higher operating costs in the West must be addressed if ex-China supply chains are going to be solidified, after idling the Kemerton lithium plant.

Mark Pownall, Gary Adshead and Isabel Vieira discuss Albemarle's Kemerton shut down;, Liberal Party leadership shake up, WA's IPO landscape and major property deals.

Insolvency practitioners have taken control of Barbeques Galore following liquidity challenges, with 500 roles at risk as a sale or restructure is assessed for the national retailer.

Greenbushes co-owner Albemarle is set to mothball the remainder of its Kemerton lithium hydroxide operation and has doused expansion plans for the South West plant.

Collapsed real estate firm Jim's Realty Pty Ltd has been handed the largest ever fine imposed on a WA agency after it was found to have repeatedly embezzled clients' funds.

Mungari mine operator Evolution Mining has pledged to pay a record 20 cents dividend to shareholders as its board approves a raft of growth investment amid the gold price environment.The copper

The consumer watchdog has raised serious concerns about misleading advertising, wrongful charges and scams within the NDIS sector.

Byson James Kete Turner has been charged after allegedly transferring nearly $860,000 from an NDIS firm he directed to his online gambling accounts, including Sportsbet and TABTouch.

Pilbara lithium producer PLS has struck a two-year offtake deal with Chinese battery manufacturer Canmax, which it is fronting US$100 million to secure the supply.

The latent IPO market began to stir in 2025 as the local stock exchange welcomed 19 Western Australian-linked companies to its board, dominated by the miners.

Kali Metals is raising $7 million to advance exploration at its gold and lithium prospects, amid the clouds of an ongoing investigation into Mineral Resources' corporate governance issues.

Northern Minerals is again appealing to the court to further delay its annual general meeting amid concerns about Chinese interference in its share registry and board.

Kalgoorlie nickel aspirant Ardea Resources is poised for $1 billion in potential debt funding from Australian and US government financiers amid the push to break China's critical minerals grasp.

Canadian resources companies are increasingly eyeing the Australian stock market's investor base and capital pools after eight North American outfits listed in 2025.

Isabel Vieira and Elisha Newell discuss Business News' recent corporate finance feature.

Selective M&A and a reopening equity window reshaped the corporate finance market in late 2025.

The Federal Court's $14 million penalty against non-compliant Chinese shareholders in Northern Minerals comes as another board battle and foreign watchdog deliberation looms.

Pilbara lithium producer PLS is considering turning back on its Ngungaju processing plant and possibly expanding its production capacity as the price of the critical mineral defrosts.

Battery maker LG Energy Solutions is exchanging its US$250 million in convertible notes for a healthy stake in Liontown, as the underground lithium miner looks to capitalise on the price rebound.

Iluka Resources is preparing to record $565 million worth of charges against its mineral sands division after suspending its Cataby mine, sending its shares sliding.

Mineral Resources is mulling a potential restart of its mothballed Bald Hill lithium mine and has lifted its full-year spodumene volume guidance amid a rally in the battery metal's price.

Northern Minerals' biggest shareholder of Chinese origins has made an attempt to oust the chair of the rare earths aspirant amid ongoing concerns of foreign interference.

Alta Copper shareholders have approved Fortescue's move to acquire to remainder of the company, as the WA miner looks to bolster its base metals portfolio in Peru.

Gold miner Regis Resources is readying a formal capital management policy as its coffers near $1 billion off the back of surging gold prices, as it pours more funds into exploration.Regis return

Shares in BHP dipped in morning trade after its Canadian potash project's price tag again increased by US$1 billion, while its WA Iron Ore operations achieved record production.