New York-listed mineral sands miner Tronox is concocting plans to build a rare earths plant in WA with taxpayer support to the tune of $US600 million from Uncle Sam and the Federal Government.
Simone Grogan
Korean giant Samsung C&T has been in talks with the State Government this week weighing up an investment into a modular housing factory in Western Australia.
Matt Mckenzie
The Australian sharemarket has plunged after the central bank chief delivered a shock warning to investors – leaving every sector in the red.
Cameron Micallef
Having made an unsuccessful takeover tilt at Austal last year, South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has applied to double its holding in the WA naval shipbuilder to 19.9 per cent.
Sean Smith and Andrew Greene
The Big Australian has taken delivery of its first pair of battery-electric trucks as part of a trial with Rio Tinto to see if the lower-emissions tech can stack up against diesel.
Cancer Council kids sunscreen recalled over safety fears the product separates and reduces protection from the sun.
Emma Kirk
Workers at Nyrstar’s troubled Port Pirie smelter in South Australia have voted to strike just months after the plant scored a big taxpayer-funded bailout.
A major deal has exempted one nation from US President Donald Trump’s 100 per cent pharmaceutical tariffs, as questions swirl around whether Australia could be next.
Ria Pandey
A long-running legal saga between Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue and three ex-employees who were accused of ripping off green technology has come to an abrupt end.
Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso
The one-time caravan maker said chair John Klepec had temporarily taken the reins of the company following the “departure” of Sydney-based Mr Nicholson after 4½ years.
Sean Smith
American mining giant Alcoa has forged a hasty retreat in the Perth Hills after a bid to drill searching for bauxite came under community pressure.
There are demands for more scrutiny over the “Made in WA” label after Manufacturing Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson acknowledged the State imports all its steel.
Investigations are under way after a contractor in his 20s was killed in a tragic accident at the Port Kembla Steelworks.
Paddy Gregg says Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is naturally worried about any risk of a rival gaining access to its technology but insists that Austal’s protocols are strong enough to protect any partnership.
A popular children’s toy sold across Kmart and Target stores has been urgently recalled over fears of a deadly contamination.
Blake Antrobus
The warning came from tech company DroneShield, which shocked the ASX to post a 30 per cent share price plunge.
Andrew Greene
The sales included DroneShield chief executive Oleg Vornik’s divestment of his entire shareholding in the company for $49.5 million between November 6 and November 12.
Billionaire Sanjeev Gupta is in prime position to win from a $75m State Government manufacturing binge just months after his Whyalla Steelworks collapsed — all with the help of Alannah MacTiernan.
A battle for control of a little-known chipmaker has threatened global auto production by choking off the semiconductor supply chain, though there are signs the crisis is inching toward a resolution.
Kelvin Chan and Chan Ho-Him
Co-founder Chris Prior will stay at the helm of privately-owned Pilbara Rail Maintenance despite striking a lucrative deal with an Italian rail infrastructure major.
Having become the first WA company to crack a market value of $100 billion, the conglomerate is now in sharp reverse, surrendering nearly $15b since peaking at over $93 in August.
A Welshpool drill services company has been fined almost $900,000 over the death of a worker, who suffered catastrophic crush injuries when the platform he was standing on tipped.
Claire Sadler
The Adelaide-based, family-owned company lifted beer sales 2.4 per cent to 80.6 million litres in the 12 months to June 30 as total beer sales across the country declined another 0.9 per cent.
The first 5.8m undersea “Ghost Shark” vessel, designed to uplift Australia’s lethal capabilities deep underwater has just rolled off the line in Sydney.
Duncan Evans
