Tim Treadgold

Andrew Forrest and his Fortescue Metals Group are determined to build a new iron ore mine in the Pilbara, but the closer an outsider looks at the financial structure being created for the project, the

Amid all the plenty of the resources boom there is a little cloud of gloom that doggedly follows a certain class of Perth investor; true believers in buying local.

As the financial year crawls to a close on Friday, Briefcase thinks it timely to ask two simple questions.

What is it about politicians and pipelines? First we had Colin Barnett promoting a water pipeline, or canal, from the Kimberley.

The investment world is loaded with theories about how to get rich. This week, Briefcase will explore three.

It’s a brave man who calls ‘game over’ these days, especially in Fremantle.

China so dominates talk about the resources boom that its great Asian rival, India, gets little more than lip service.

Quiz time: What does the mining industry want, but can’t get, and the wine industry has, but wants to give back?To anyone who said ‘a tax dodge’, Briefcase offers its congratulations, because tax is w

Curious things have happened in Perth in recent weeks. The most interesting is the boom in uranium shares.