Mark Beyer

Mark Beyer has responsibility for all content produced by Business News, including daily online news, the fortnightly magazine and the BNiQ database. As well as overseeing the Editorial team, he has a particular interest in reporting on corporate finance, the professions and family business. Mark has 35 years' career experience, primarily in business journalism. He has worked for The Australian Financial Review and The West Australian, and also has public relations and corporate affairs experience. Before becoming a journalist, he was an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra.

Newmont Goldcorp

Worley wins Newmont contract

Mark Beyer

01 Feb 2019

Newmont Mining has awarded WorleyParsons an engineering and construction contract for its Tanami gold project, where it is evaluating investment of up to $US750 million ($A1 billion).

Gallagher on growth path

Mark Beyer

01 Feb 2019

Insurance broker Gallagher has recently completed two bolt-on acquisitions in Perth as the sector readies for a merger of two of the largest global players.

BHP, Rio back indigenous campaign

Mark Beyer

31 Jan 2019

Big business has stepped up its campaign in favour of a constitutionally enshrined ‘voice’ for indigenous Australians, with BHP Group chief executive Andrew Mackenzie using a speech in Perth this morning to endorse the proposal.

MACA signs MOU for $306m contract

Mark Beyer

30 Jan 2019

MACA has signed a memorandum of understanding for a $US220 million ($306 million) contract for Emerald Resources planned gold project in Cambodia.

Hancock Prospecting

Iron ore boosts private companies

Mark Beyer

29 Jan 2019

SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australia’s iron ore industry has reshaped the BNiQ ranking of the state’s largest private companies.

Kinetic IT keeps it private

Mark Beyer

29 Jan 2019

With 1100 staff across Australia, annual revenue nudging $200 million and more growth on the way, Perth-based Kinetic IT is a good case study for privately-owned companies.

Unique Metal Works

Wangara business buys RCR Laser

Mark Beyer

29 Jan 2019

Unique Metal Works is set to double in size after striking a deal with the administrators of RCR Tomlinson to purchase its laser business, which employs about 200 people.

Mark my words podcast

Dan Wilkie

Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall

25 Jan 2019

PODCAST: Mark Pownall, Mark Beyer and Dan Wilkie discuss Dale Alcock and Adrian Fini, South Perth development, house market sentiment, Infinite Energy, Wright Prospecting’s financials, Kinetic IT, and our special report on major WA private companies.

Austal reveals Asic inquiry

Mark Beyer

24 Jan 2019

Austal disclosed today that the corporate regulator is investigating announcements in late 2015 and mid 2016 that triggered a sharp fall in the ship builder’s share price.

Wright Prospecting

Wright Prospecting pays out $700m

Mark Beyer

23 Jan 2019

The descendants of iron ore pioneer Peter Wright have received total dividends of $702 million over the past three years, according to recently lodged financial statements that also reveal the big legal expenses they have paid.

Minderoo Foundation

Philanthropic trusts hit $830m

Mark Beyer

22 Jan 2019

Big donations to three philanthropic trusts in Western Australia augur well for future charitable donations, although the state’s wealthiest person, Gina Rinehart, has bucked the trend.

Cutting through tech funding maze

Mark Beyer

21 Jan 2019

SPECIAL REPORT: Tech startups in WA can raise capital if they know where to look and how to ask, a Perth seminar was told.

Herbert Smith Freehills

Goldman, Freehills top deal tables

Mark Beyer

21 Jan 2019

SPECIAL REPORT: Corporate finance dealmakers in Perth worked on just more than 800 transactions last year worth $51 billion.

Kinetic IT signs $91m contracts

Mark Beyer

21 Jan 2019

Perth-based company Kinetic IT has broken into the federal government market for the first time after signing two contracts with the Department of Defence worth a combined $91 million.

US fund lifts stake in Perth lender

Mark Beyer

20 Jan 2019

A New York-based hedge fund has moved to majority ownership of specialist business lender Radium Capital after purchasing a 50 per cent stake in the Perth-based company.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall

18 Jan 2019

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Woodside projects, Heath Development, Navitas, rising philanthropy and our special report on WA’s biggest deals and dealmakers.

Heath Development Company

Court rules against land developer

Mark Beyer

16 Jan 2019

The Supreme Court has found prominent land developer and real estate agent Colin Heath breached his fiduciary duties in regard to his role in long-running land development ventures with the Godecke family.

BHP overcooks local content claim

Mark Beyer

15 Jan 2019

BHP Group will be double-checking its advertising copy in future after publishing full-page advertisements that mistakenly claimed major international business CPB Contractors was based in Western Australia.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall

11 Jan 2019

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Perth’s luxury suburbs, crayfishing drama, tourism downturn, bumper grain harvest, Minderoo’s new CEO and our special report on the increasingly important and newsworthy aged care sector.

Minderoo Foundation

Former NAB exec to lead Minderoo

Mark Beyer

09 Jan 2019

Andrew and Nicola Forrest have recruited a former banking executive as the inaugural chief executive of their private company Minderoo, while also disclosing its total assets more than doubled last ye

Finbar plans share buy-back

Mark Beyer

09 Jan 2019

Finbar Group has announced an on-market share buy-back program under which the company could spend about $16 million repurchasing 7 per cent of its own shares.

Sydney investor buys Micromine

Mark Beyer

18 Dec 2018

Private equity investor Potentia Capital has acquired a majority stake in Nedlands-based Micromine, eight months after the mining software developer hired PwC to find a new owner.

Mission Australia

NDIS coordinators set to grow

Mark Beyer

18 Dec 2018

Mission Australia and APM are planning to recruit 370 people in Western Australia after being selected earlier this month as local area coordinators by the National Disability Insurance Agency.

Alerte Digital Health

Alerte to AI opportunities

Mark Beyer

18 Dec 2018

A Perth technology startup backed by mining entrepreneur Kerry Harmanis has developed an artificial intelligence platform it believes can be applied to nearly any industry.

Ichthys hit by another cost blow out

Mark Beyer

14 Dec 2018

The cost of building the Ichthys LNG project has blown out again, with French group Total saying it has increased by $US5 billion to $US45 billion, but project operator Inpex is disputing the extent of the increase.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer

Matt Mckenzie

14 Dec 2018

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Matt Mckenzie discuss Stan Perron, our update on major WA projects — some going ahead, some not — Westport, the space agency, lobster quotas, and our person of the year feature.

Success is one thing, smooth succession quite another

Mark Beyer

14 Dec 2018

SPECIAL REPORT: BGC Australia and Perron Group are going through changes that all family-owned businesses face, large or small.

Perron pledges billions to charity

Mark Beyer

13 Dec 2018

Perron Group has announced key board appointments after the passing of its founder Stan Perron and disclosed the “greater majority” of its $4 billion in net assets will be donated to charity.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer

Mark Pownall

07 Dec 2018

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss property development challenges, weak housing market, Fast Brick Robotics (FBR), subcontractor protections, and our special report on Business Dynasties, including the Buckeridge, Perron, and Blackburne families.

Perdaman Industries

Burrup projects gain momentum

Mark Beyer

05 Dec 2018

New industrial projects planned for the Burrup Peninsula will need to co-exist with the area’s heritage features.

Stan Perron's family to maintain legacy

Mark Beyer

04 Dec 2018

Nearly 1,000 people attended the funeral of the late Stan Perron this afternoon, with his daughter Elizabeth Perron promising to maintain his legacy as a great philanthropist.

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