This Month
BP puts its $600m Perth clean fuel refinery plans on ice
The British petroleum giant had expected to decide on the development later this year, but said on Monday that it would delay work on the project.
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- Tom Rabe
January
IGO warns of processing losses as lithium stockpile grows
The ASX-listed miner says the Kwinana plant it owns with a major Chinese group has fallen into the red after failing to find customers for its battery minerals.
- Mark Wembridge
Why a 1.4pc return is great news for the office market
Mirvac Wholesale Office Fund, which owns Quay Quarter Tower and the former AMP building, delivered positive returns for the final quarter of 2024.
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- Campbell Kwan
Business lunch ‘must-go restaurant’ to close down after 35 years
Coco’s, which has hosted the likes of Alan Bond, Rene Rivkin and John Langford, will shut down after three-and-a-half decades, two resources super cycles and several busts.
- Mark Wembridge
Eight of the best luxury Australian holiday homes for sale
AFR Weekend rounds up the most luxurious holiday properties on the prestige market – and their high-profile owners.
- Bonnie Campbell
December 2024
Got $10k? Here are some exclusive NYE locations still available
Hotel rooms and restaurants with a view of Sydney Harbour are extremely limited this year, but there are some spots still available.
- Lucy Slade and Sarah Mitchell
Woodside, Chevron in WA LNG shake-up
A deal between the pair should pave the way for more gas supplies to flow into the North West Shelf, while supporting dividend payouts to Woodside shareholders.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Sydney records lowest clearance rate of 2024 on final auction weekend
Clearance rates have slumped as the Sydney and Melbourne property markets limp across the finish line, while Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth remain strong.
- Bonnie Campbell
Stokes’ Seven misses out on BGC cement deal
Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group was the underbidder in the auction for the cement business owned by the late Len Buckeridge.
- Mark Wembridge
MinRes chairman’s private equity firm scores big cash gift
James McClements’ Resource Capital Funds was given a $116 million handout from Australia’s “green bank”.
- Mark Di Stefano
November 2024
Forrest-backed miner counting on divine providence
“God has blessed us with this high-grade ore body,” Hastings Technology Metals’ Charles Lew told the company’s AGM in Perth.
- Myriam Robin
MinRes’ Chris Ellison cuts and runs
The embattled founder resigned from the board of Delta Lithium before he was due to front shareholders this week.
- Mark Di Stefano
Chris Ellison’s MinRes scandal is just not cricket
Less than 24 hours after the embattled miner’s annual general meeting, day one of the Perth test got under way.
- Mark Di Stefano
Why this billionaire’s flying people in to watch cricket in Perth
Soft diplomacy between India and Australia surrounding the Test series has never been higher, according to Cricket Australia.
- Tom Rabe
Chris Ellison and MinRes choose the path of most avoidance
For the Mineral Resources founder, as well as its chairman, James McClements, temporary embarrassment is a price worth paying.
- Mark Di Stefano
The magic of MinRes’ Chris Ellison
The embattled founder is praised for his capital allocation sorcery. How good is he?
- Mark Di Stefano
Chris Ellison’s luxury property on the market
The MinRes founder and wife Tia Ellison have turned to Alan Bond’s daughter to sell one of their Perth mansions.
- Mark Di Stefano
Bell Potter’s track record of trades with MinRes
The stockbroker’s Richard Coppleson said the crisis-hit miner was an “absolute screamer”.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Lithium
Liontown survived the lithium carnage, but can it handle Donald Trump?
After taking a wild ride in lithium over the past year, Liontown Resources thinks it can also adapt to whatever the Trump administration produces.
- Jennifer Hewett
Mystery ASIC raids on Wildcat Resources
The lithium miner has been the target of a previously unreported investigation by the corporate regulator.
- Mark Di Stefano