May
Australia’s top 10 richest people revealed
Gina Rinehart has topped the Financial Review Rich List for the sixth consecutive year, despite her fortune falling by $2 billion.
How the fertiliser king of WA grew a $5b fortune with no one noticing
Vikas Rambal has quietly built a giant business empire in manufacturing, property and solar, and catapulted onto the Rich List.
Whyalla administrators in credit stand-off with Gupta’s InfraBuild
KordaMentha halted the delivery of steel for several days last week over a payment dispute as the relationship between the two businesses deteriorates.
It’s not just taxes hurting Victorian businesses, it’s red tape
Peter Angelico says excessive, “box-ticking” regulation is putting a handbrake on his business.
Sanjeev Gupta’s Tasmanian plant is the latest smelter to hit trouble
The decision to pause operations at the Liberty Bell Bay smelter adds to broader doubts about the economic viability of Australia’s metals smelters.
Samuel Terry-backed WA manufacturer Matrix snares offshore suitor
The world’s biggest manufacturer of syntactic foam, owned by Samuel Terry and Perpetual, is weighing a merger proposal from British competitor AIS.
Sanjeev Gupta’s Whyalla port row gives contractor a $113m headache
ASX-listed mining services provider NRW Holdings faces a big hit as the fallout from the February collapse of the South Australian steelworks continues.
Sanjeev Gupta furious at risk of losing control of Whyalla port
The embattled British industrialist is set to have another asset seized while he tries to revive a “ghost” coal mine in NSW.
Towns on notice if power prices force regional plant to close
The Queensland government claims the Dyno Nobel plant in Phosphate Hill is at no risk of failure, but politicians at all levels aren’t so sure.
Gas prices leave another factory teetering
Dyno Nobel has warned it might be forced to close a major plant that makes fertiliser used to grow crops due to high gas costs.
The real reason Australian designers struggle to survive
Australia has everything it needs to become a serious global fashion player – except the strategy to get there.
Cherry on top: Queensland family office buys No.1 ice-cream cone maker
Alvia’s investment in Altimate is a bet on Australians’ love for ice-cream, which it says has helped the market double in value since 2012 to $1.5 billion-plus.
Fashion industry eyes local production to fight Temu, tariffs squeeze
The industry wants a Made in Australia strategy to fight fast fashion giants like Temu and Shein, and US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Nasdaq-listed engineering services giant swoops on Adelaide’s SAGE
Nasdaq-listed Tetra Tech will acquire 100 per cent of founder and employee-owned SAGE Group Holdings.
April
Trump to sign order granting some auto tariff relief, White House says
Officials confirmed a report that companies paying motor vehicle levies would no longer be charged other taxes, such as on aluminum and steel.
Trump pulls back on car tariffs in industry relief
The president will blunt the pain of tariffs affecting the auto industry, including changes for parts in US cars that are built overseas.
China has an army of robots on its side in the tariff war
Enormous investments in factory equipment and artificial intelligence are giving Beijing an edge in car manufacturing and other industries.
Ben Brazil’s FitzWalter calls off $800m InfraBuild debt suit
Sanjeev Gupta’s Australian steel-making business declined to provide details except to say the former Macquarie deal maker had agreed to dismiss the claim.
Western car makers plot China comeback with local know-how
Volkswagen, Toyota and others have adopted “in China for China” plays to win back consumers who have shifted to more affordable and tech-packed homegrown EVs.
Victoria walks back timetable for key Gippsland wind infrastructure
In a delayed update, the state removed references to when a marine supply base was expected to be operational and dropped details of offtake contract auctions.