Donald Trump may want Australian critical minerals, but there’s seemingly no place in the US for a company from a long trusted ally to help expand its navy.
Sean Smith
Full-year profits of one of Australia’s iconic luxury wine brands have plummeted, but the result was not unexpected.
Blair Jackson
An Australian building firm stripped of its licence over a cash deficit of less than $5000 has vowed to appeal and complete all projects which remain in limbo.
David Hannant
The company’s prospectus reveals it has been awarded a $7.5m grant through WA’s Investment Attraction Fund to fund the design, construction and fit-out of its proposed new factory and headquarters in Jandakot.
Anthony Albanese says a multibillion-dollar plan to save the country’s biggest aluminium smelter is about more than just jobs.
Nathan Schmidt, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Blair Jackson
Chief executive Paddy Gregg says it’s tough even considering a sale to South Korea’s Hanwha, but money talks.
If the offer is successful, Austal would continue to trade on the ASX and retain its Australian shipbuilding operations based at Henderson.
SGH chief executive Ryan Stokes has a “genuine frustration” Australia does not have a greater focus on boosting productivity to rev up the economy.
Matt Mckenzie
A gold bar generated a selfie storm in Kalgoorlie this week but The Bull was a little more wary of Perth Mint’s latest $100 million side-quest.
Australia’s data centre boom has attracted the attention of Beach Energy as boss Brett Woods hunts for ways to get more value from gas production.
A house made partly from recycled tyres — an Australian first — could be the first step in a new form of thermally efficient and low-cost construction.
Kim Macdonald
Anthony Albanese has announced plans to strengthen Australia’s oil supply amid ongoing turmoil in the Middle East.
Jackson Robb
The listed investment company reported a rise in net profit of just 3 per cent to $293.5 million as the value of its share portfolio grew only 0.9 per cent in the year to June 30.
The business is being sold to British-based Achilles, a supply chain risk and performance management company that is itself owned by private equity giant Bridgepoint.
Generation Steel is taking its proposed $850 million Collie green steel mill national, striking deals with three major industry players and adding a $40 million reinforcing steel facility in WA.
Ryan Johnson
Despite profit-takers selling down on Tuesday, Wesfarmers is up nearly 30 per cent since hitting a year low of $71.26 on May 18 and has easily outperformed the S&P-ASX200’s 3 per cent gain.
A dash of online trolling by Fortescue chief Dino Otranto may have given an inadvertent clue about the next big move at Andrew Forrest’s mining major. Plus: A facade fight rolls on.
BMW has recalled thousands of vehicles over a fire risk caused by a manufacturing defect in seven different models.
Emma Kirk
Fleetwood is paying $22 million for Bechtel’s 2169-bed Red Dog village, adding to the 1500 beds it already has in Karratha’s Searipple village and the Osprey camp in Port Hedland.
The new plant will produce gallium, a critical component for semiconductors, smart phones and electric vehicles.
Hundreds of Australians have been offered compensation after a Chinese carmaker sold the wrong vehicles to unsuspecting customers.
WA’s gas giants seem to be in no rush to lock in a multibillion-dollar asset swap announced nearly 18 months ago. Plus: Which wealthy West Aussie was snapped meeting Narendra Modi?
Lobbyists have repeated calls for WA to win an exemption under the proposed national gas reservation scheme, warning an oversupply would sink the State’s smaller producers.
NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced a plan to build the next generation of trains locally, replacing Sydney’s ageing Tangara fleet.
Cameron Micallef
