Mark Beyer

Alex Dorsch says a high-grade underground mine is the best opportunity to move the dial on Chalice Mining’s Gonneville project as shares in the one-time market favourite continued to slide.

The cost of renting a residential property in the Pilbara jumped by about 20 per cent in the September 2023 quarter, highlighting the acute housing shortage in the region.

Global law firm MinterEllison has lost five senior partners to rival HFW, including four of its Perth partners and its chief representative in the Beijing office.

Companies planning hydrogen projects in WA want more government leadership as they survey the sector’s spluttering progress.

The $40 million-plus sale of the family-owned business marks the third major M&A deal involving a logistics company at Fremantle harbour in recent years.

Mineral Resources has bought a 12.3 per cent stake in Azure Minerals, adding to intrigue around the takeover target after Hancock Prospecting also bought a big stake.

In this podcast: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss opposition fracture; Perth house prices; RAC Insurance; Pioneer Credit; BGC stoppage; Hancock Prospecting; Azure Minerals, and private companies wrap.

Junior ASX company Pilot Energy has struck a conditional partnership agreement with South Korean engineering giant Samsung but failed to impress the market, with its shares falling sharply today.

Perth’s super-rich Wright family has reaped a further $235 million in profits from iron ore royalties, but the most revealing number in their family company accounts was the big spend on lawyers.