Mark Beyer

The Danish company hoping to build a giant wind farm in WA says renewable energy projects may be held back if developers need to pay for infrastructure upgrades.

In this podcast, Mark Beyer and Simone Grogan discuss lithium takeover battles; the interest rate outlook; local government elections; and profit results from WA's biggest companies, including ABN Group, Perron Group, Roy Hill and Wright Prospecting.

Perron Group has maintained its standing as one of WA’s most profitable private companies despite making substantial write-downs in the value of its expansive property portfolio.

One of WA’s most senior mining executives, former AngloGold Ashanti boss Mike Erickson, has taken on a senior corporate advisory role at Indigenous contractor Carey Group.

Fletcher Building says the mass failure of plumbing pipes it manufactured are confined to the Perth market and asserted the problem lies with defective installation.

Business groups in the Pilbara have called for more investment in affordable housing to help their members recruit staff and take advantage of the looming investment boom in the region.

BHP has released details of new measures to debottleneck its Pilbara port and rail operations and boost its mine efficiency as a step toward annual production of 305 million tonnes.

In this podcast, Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss house prices; interest rates; Monadelphous buy; Tasmea IPO; infrastructure blowouts; Liontown; VGW; interesting property deals; labour market shortages and IR reform.

A national mining services company that has quietly completed multiple acquisitions in Western Australia has appointed a Perth-based chair as it explores an ASX listing.