Isabel Vieira

The state government has entered leasing negotiations for the shuttered Bethesda Clinic after the $60 million private mental health centre closed its doors on Friday.

Major aluminum producer Alcoa has inked a $3.4 billion deal to acquire Alumina Limited in a move it says “reaffirms” its commitment to WA after confirming it would cease production at its Kwinana refinery.

A new food and beverage manufacturing facility has been unveiled within the Food Innovation Precinct of WA for businesses to develop and produce products on a commercial scale.

Chris Ellison's Mineral Resources is closing its cheque book to juniors in the lithium sector but is still keen on inking deals with gold miners for battery metals rights.

Administrators for vacuum cleaner retailer Godfreys say multiple leading retail brands and investment groups are bidding to buy the troubled business.

Fortescue is set to pay out $3.32 billion in dividends after a substantial lift in its interim profit, with the biggest beneficiaries being Andrew and Nicola Forrest.

Mineral Resources has leant on iron ore to drive mining revenue against weak lithium and battery chemicals prices, according to its half year results.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss all the latest in the commercial property sector.

Liv Declerck and Nadia Budihardjo discuss leadership moves at RAAF.

Metals Acquisition Limited has made a strong debut on the Australian stock market after raising $325 million, claiming the title of the largest mining listing in more than five years.

Western Australian contractors and mining services providers have detailed the impact of the nickel industry woes in half year results reported to the market.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the growth of the smallgoods sector in Western Australia.

Administrators for Wiluna Mining have outlined a plan to possibly restart mining operations, as the collapsed miner remains subject to a deed of company arrangement.

Kerry Stokes' Seven Group Holdings has made an off-market takeover offer to buy the remaining part in east coast-based Boral it doesn't already own.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss plans for the future of Floreat Forum.

Nickel has been placed on Australia's critical minerals list in a bid to aid the flailing industry, which federal Resources Minister Madeleine King says faces substantial structural challenges.

South32 has hit go on its plan to build a $3.3 billion zinc mine in the US, with the aim to start producing critical minerals from the asset by 2027.

BHP has narrowly avoided strike action threatened by its iron ore train drivers after reaching an agreement with the Mining and Energy Union today.

Residential builder Opus Homes has been placed in the hands of liquidators after being hit with a wind-up call from disgruntled customers.

Wesfarmers is preparing to sell spodumene into the market but doesn't expect to make a profit, as it continues to ramp up its Mt Holland lithium asset.

Delta Lithium boss James Croser says there's some friendly tension in the lithium aspirant's boardroom, as its major shareholders “keep each other in check”.

Jack McGinn and Isabel Vieira discuss the jobs lost in battery and materials processing in WA in January.

WA gold hopeful Horizon Minerals has reached a deal to acquire fellow explorer Greenstone Resources to consolidate the two companies' assets in the Goldfields.

Azure Minerals boss Tony Rovira says it has been “incredibly humbling” to witness the growth of the company underpinned by its takeover offers and timely exploration discoveries in the past year.

Nadia Budihardjo and Isabel Vieira discuss a report in wage theft at WA universities.

Nutrien Ag Solutions is assessing the damage of the massive blaze that ripped through its bulk fertiliser site in Kwinana on Friday, of which a cause is still unknown.

Union members are preparing to grind BHP's Pilbara iron ore trains to a halt on Friday after voting overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.

Mining industry executive Rebecca Tomkinson has taken on a new role as chair of the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, replacing John Van Der Wielen.

Multiplex has won a $165 million contract to deliver the second stage of the St John of God Subiaco Hospital major expansion project to modernise and upgrade the ageing campus.

Nadia Budihardjo and Mark Pownall discuss five decades of business for the founders of CJD Equipment.

Southern Ports boss Keith Wilks has welcomed the state government's investment to identify potential development opportunities around Albany's waterfront precinct.

Telecommunications and power infrastructure contractor GenusPlus Group has notched $40 million worth of work on ACCIONA's major solar farm project in Queensland.