Energy, chemicals and resources company Worley has posted a 40 per cent jump in interim net profit to $115 million thanks to improved market conditions and the benefits of its Jacobs Engineering division buy, while at the same appointing Andrew Liveris as its deputy chairman.
Our board moves wrap includes Brett Fraser, Stuart Usher, Jay Stephenson, Jacqueline Barry, Hinda Gharbi, Jennifer Nason, Ngaire Woods, and Russell Hardwick.
Former Downer executive Mike Sutton has been appointed as MACA chief executive after Chris Tuckwell announced he would be stepping down from the role, following an 11-year stint. MACA has also appointed Chris Sutherland to its board as a non-executive director.
Business Events Perth has announced that ‘evokeAG’, Asia Pacific’s largest agri-tech event, will come to Perth in February next year, the first time the event will be held outside of Victoria.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Andrew Stevens, David Crothers, Bellevue Gold, Paul Good, Ken Seymour, John O'Neil, Wally Newman, Neil Foster, Dominic Da Cruz, Jason Kunkler and Stacey Molloy.
Our board moves wrap includes Mark Licciardo, Belinda Cleminson, Maja McGuire, Mark Twycross, Adrian Smith, Kieran Purcell, Chris Tuckwell, Mike Sutton, Chris Sutherland, and Michael Mann.
Austal’s Alabama shipyard has propelled the Henderson-headquartered shipbuilder to a record half-year earnings performance and a solid lift in net profit.
Little Green Pharma began trading on the ASX today, with its shares closing 10 cents below the price of its initial public offering, despite signing a five-year supply contract with a UK pharmaceutical company overnight.
Western Australia’s unemployment rate has risen to 5.8 per cent in January, sitting above the national average, despite the state recording 6,700 more people in employment for the month.
Crown Resorts has posted net profit of $173 million for the year to December 2019, an 11 per cent drop on the previous period that chief executive Ken Barton attributed to mixed trading conditions across various arms of the business.
Macmahon Holdings has received a letter of intent from Silver Lake Resources for further work at the Mount Monger gold operations, including development of the new Santa mine.
Perdaman Advanced Energy, a renewable energy developer and part of Perdaman Industries, has appointed Andrew Stevens as chief executive, succeeding Dominic Da Cruz who is relocatin
Low rainfall and high temperatures in spring have resulted in significantly lower wheat, barley, canola and winter crop production in Western Australia.
Miner Rio Tinto has lowered its forecast for the volume of iron ore it expects to ship from the Pilbara region after tropical cyclone Damien hit the coast of Western Australia.
Rio Tinto has announced the development of a $US98 million ($A144 million) solar plant at its Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, which is expected to supply around two thirds of the mine’s average electricity demand once completed.
Mandurah Magistrates Court has hit Queensland-based property manager Asset Realty with an $80,000 fine, for failing to lodge tenancy bonds on time as well as falsifying dates on records.
AGL Energy has achieved a 37 per cent rise in the number of Western Australian customers buying its gas, as it continues to eat into the market share of Alinta Energy and Kleenheat.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Bruce Godfrey, Graeme Hunt, Sarah Ryan, Lisa Paul, Mark Woffenden, Miranda Johnson, Daniel Gordon, Vaughan de Vos and Stephen Nano.
A $15 billion merger between Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom has been given the green light in the federal court, but the consumer watchdog says it will cause mobile data prices to rise.
Magmatic Resources has secured commitments to raise $5 million from a share placement to explore its tenements in the East Lachlan gold-copper province in NSW.
Matt Callahan has re-joined the board of Botanix Pharmaceuticals as an executive director following the decision by Robert Towner to step down as non-executive director.
Half price TAFE fees have led to a 20 per cent increase in student enrolments this year, particularly in engineering, cyber security and early childhood courses.
Electricity provider Horizon Power has been fined $40,000 for incorrect work in Kununurra, causing a fire and telecommunications equipment at various properties to become potentially unsafe.
PSC Insurance Group has purchased Perth-based Ultimate Safety Solutions Australia (USSA) and the majority of shares in Eden Software, which owns USSA’s SafeX technology, for an upfront payment of $700,000.
Alicanto Minerals has exercised its option to acquire Zaffer Australian which owns the Oxberg and Naverberg Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Projects within the highly endowed Cu-Au-Zn-Pb-Ag Bergslage
Boral boss Mike Kane has announced he is standing down after the company confirmed staff at its North American windows business had inflated earnings figures over a 20-month period.
