Isabel Vieira joined Business News in 2022, co-leading breaking news and covering resources (critical minerals), insolvencies and corporate finance.
She was project editor on the 2024 edition of Business News' Power 500 publication and regularly features on the At Close of Business podcast. Ms Vieira won an Alliance Area of Business Publishers award in 2024.
Ms Vieira previously spent two years in the Great Southern, first at the independent Great Southern Weekender and then at Seven West Media'sNarrogin Observer and Albany Advertiser newspapers.
She studied at Curtin University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
Listed contractor Matrix Composites & Engineering has added another $10 million to its pipeline of subsea work to be manufactured at its Henderson facility.
Critical minerals miner IGO has all but lost confidence in the future of its underperforming Kwinana lithium refinery, having written down the asset's value to zero.
Preserving cash amid persistently weak spodumene prices is priority for Liontown Resources as it progresses its transition to Australia's first underground lithium miner.
Tourism and property industry leader Carolyn Turnbull has traded Perth for Dubai as she takes on a new role as chief executive of Nammos Hotels & Resorts amid its global expansion.
Backed by the world's largest goldminer, Ariana Resources is tapping investors for up to $15 million to dual-list on the local stock exchange as the yellow metal continues its bull run.
Shares in Boss Energy plunge more than 40 per cent as the uranium producer flags challenges in achieving nameplate production and rising cash costs at its flagship project.
An independent review of Synergy will put the state-owned gas and electricity provider's retail billing practices and complaints management systems under a microscope.
Two Perth psychology clinics will close their doors as the country's largest private mental health provider Ramsay Health Care moves to shut 17 of 20 national practices.
Global trade turmoil is driving a significant increase in demand for Lynas Rare Earths' products, as the WA miner is the largest rare earths producer outside of China's dominant control of the market.
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue is walking from its two most advanced green hydrogen projects at a cost of $227 million in write-downs while reporting bumper iron ore results.
A trio of contractors have picked up $342 million worth of work from the state government in the largest electricity transmission infrastructure investment in a decade.
Carnarvon Energy will become the biggest shareholder in Perth gas play Strike Energy but despite this support, Strike's share price fell sharply today after a project update.
Iron ore miner Fenix Resources has finished its private haul road linking two of its Mid West assets, alongside building a new maintenance workshop and truck driver wellness hub.
Planning authorities have waved through a $200 million plan to build a 34-storey timber tower that the City of Perth hopes will activate the area and aid its population growth goals.
ASIC chair Joe Longo says surveillance in the private credit space has already uncovered “grubby behaviour” as he takes a closer look at the private markets.
Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti have been named the state's most powerful people, edging out mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest in the 2025 Power 500.
A long-running English college for international students has closed its doors and called in a liquidator, citing federal government visa settings as a factor hampering its enrolment numbers.
Gold and manganese play Element 25 has notched $50 million loan from a federal government financing agency to help underpin the expansion of its Butcherbird project in the Pilbara.
A long-running legal row between Zuleika Gold and Catalyst Metals over alleged damages owed to the Mark Creasy-backed junior miner will be heard in the state's highest court.
Telecommunications-focused contractor GenusPlus Group has bolstered its exposure to the renewables market after securing a $65 million contract for the Merredin big battery.
A contractor has been picked to redevelop the ageing Mullewa Hospital, with $19.6 million set aside to build a modern 24/7 emergency department and patient facilities.
Century-old Australian shoe brand Wittner is set to be sold to a national shoe retailer after it buckled to rising costs and called in administrators earlier this year.
Former politician Vince Catania has taken the reins of rare earths hopeful Hasting Technology Metals, now partnered with Andrew Forrest's private mining vehicle.
The state government is setting guidelines for renewable energy project developers to financially give back to host communities, but questions have been raised on its enforcement.
The 122-year-old ‘Golden Pipeline' designed by C.Y O'Connor is set for a half a billion-dollar upgrade to replace aging infrastructure and boost capacity amid water shortages.
Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart is bringing Roy Hill and Atlas Iron under the new banner of Hancock Iron Ore to make the iron ore producers "more productive".
Prominent resources sector lobbyist Rebecca Tomkinson has been appointed WA's next agent general, a high-profile trade role which will see her relocate to London.