Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has confirmed a strategic 18 per cent stake in lithium takeover target Azure Minerals, which has just agreed to a friendly $1.6 billion deal with SQM.
A tax pouring record funds into state coffers as insurers hike premiums in the wake of natural disasters needs to be abolished, according to a national consumer lobby group.
National union SDA has lodged a $150 million class action lawsuit against supermarket giant Aldi, potentially impacting about 1,800 workers in Western Australia.
Facility operator Compass Group plans to add hundreds of rooms in a $79 million expansion of a Port Hedland accommodation, to house workers of BHP's port debottlenecking project.
Dividends paid by Gina Rinehart's iron ore machine Roy Hill will be lower than last year - but still comfortably within the multi-billions - against the backdrop of more subdued iron ore prices.
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.
Valuing Children Initiative development executive Sarah Quinton said sharing the stories of children experiencing poverty was key in campaigning for a Child Poverty Reduction Act in Australia.
Little Creatures founder Nic Trimboli and Adrian Fini, of Fini Group, have submitted an $8 million proposal to redevelop a heritage asset into a mixed residential and office building.
Atlas Iron has joined Mineral Resources in pointing to congestion issues at Utah Point as the reason for lower iron ore shipments, while airing grievances about approval delays.
The boss of a junior Goldfields explorer has encouraged fellow explorers to back their instinct after proving disappointing assay results for a lithium prospect had been bungled.
The Australian government has backed Vulcan Energy Resources' zero carbon lithium project in Germany after offering up to $200 million in conditional financing.
Pilbara Minerals' revenue slumped during the September quarter on the back of softer lithium prices, with short-term pricing for the hot commodity set to stay volatile in the near-term.
Fortescue Metals' troubled Iron Bridge magnetite operation will produce fewer tonnes than previously expected for the year, but the miner has stuck to its guns on hitting targets regardless.
The Western Australian Museum has been awarded a $555,000 grant by the Foundation for the WA Museum to fund its acquisition of a significant East Kimberley art collection.
Chilean lithium giant SQM has struck a $1.63 billion deal to acquire Mark Creasy-backed Pilbara battery metals explorer Azure Minerals, but a share raid this morning has clouded the transaction.
The Eucla coast's sparse landscape hides epic caves, an old telegraph station, and WA's only wombat population. It could also be home to WA's first spaceport.
A new report has found the aged care sector in Australia will need $72.3 billion over the next seven years to meet rising demand of the ageing population.
