Dan Wilkie

BGC Contracting, Decmil Australia and Rapid Crushing & Screening Contractors have inked separate deals with Pilbara iron ore miners Atlas Iron and BC Iron.

Contracting group NRW Holdings has signed a $620 million deal with global giant Samsung C&T for earthworks and construction activities for the railway line connecting the Roy Hill iron ore proj

Sirius Resources shares gained on the ASX today after the company released a scoping study for its Nova-Bollinger nickel prospect that confirmed the deposit could be developed at relatively low ris

Former Compass Hotel Group chief executive Bryan Northcote has been convicted on breaches of director's duties and submitting false information to the corporate regulator.

Aurora Oil & Gas chairman Jonathan Stewart has sold off a million shares in the company, raising more than $3.4 million.

Western Australia's prized AAA credit rating was cut today, with ratings agency Standard & Poor's criticising the Barnett government's "limited political will" to improve its budget.

Africa-focused Perseus Mining says its cost-cutting measures are creating results, with the gold miner encouraged by its start to the new financial year, which has it on target to achieve its gold

Calibre Group says it is well-positioned to win further works in Singapore after securing a $14 million deal with a Singaporean government agency for underground rail engineering services.

Perth-based electrical contractor JT Day has won two contracts, collectively worth $59 million, with international engineering group Bechtel at Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project ne

The Master Builders Association says proposed changes to the state's home warranty insurance scheme do not address the industry's fundamental concerns and have the potential to lead to higher costs

Anatolia Energy has kicked off a $6.2 million capital raising plan to fund development works at its Temrezli uranium project in Turkey.

Matsa Resources has raised $2.5 million to continue exploration works on a number of the company's projects in the Fraser Range near Norseman.

West Africa-focused gold hopeful Middle Island Resources has launched a $5 million share placement, satisfying one of the conditions of its acquisition of the Samira Hill gold mine and boosting wor

One of Western Australia's largest builders says the delayed increase to the first home owner grant is unfair on buyers waiting to sign contracts, while the Real Estate Institute of Western Austral

Altona Mining has entered a joint venture agreement with a subsidiary of Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco, covering the southern tenements at the Perth-based company's Roseby copper project in Quee

Perth-based clean energy firm Eden Energy has rekindled the sale of its coal seam methane and shale gas portfolio in the UK, announcing it has struck a deal to sell the assets on better terms than

Construction and contracting group Brierty has been awarded a $15 million contract extension to expand car parking facilities at Perth Airport.

Brookfield Place was named the overall winner at the WA Engineering Excellence Awards over the weekend.

Three Western Australian politicians have been named in Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott's new ministry, with two others receiving posts in the outer ministry.

Property investment company Aspen Group has continued off-loading residential development assets, announcing today the sale of its 45-per cent-owned Fern Bay Seaside Village syndicate in New South

Western Australia's private sector says the state government's decision to sink another $46 million into the Muja AB power station is a questionable decision that lacks financial discipline.

Mermaid Marine managing director Jeff Weber has joined Wesfarmers executives Richard Goyder and Terry Bowen in selling down their respective companies' stock to pay for the exercise of incentive op

MZI Resources has settled a legal fight with Stirling Resources over a suite of mineral sands tenements on the Tiwi Islands and in the Northern Territory.

Curtin University has become the first tertiary institution in Australia or New Zealand to launch a master degree to meet demand for deep-water subsea engineering services.

Drilling fluids specialist Imdex has sold part of its stake in Sino Gas & Energy, to raise around $24 million.

Developer Finbar Group has completed construction on two new apartment projects – St Marks in Highgate and Knightsgate in Currumbine.

The long-running and contentious extension of Roe Highway has taken a major step towards becoming reality, after the state's environmental regulator endorsed an improved plan, subject to a strict s

Aquila Resources has confirmed negotiations are under way with interested parties regarding the sale of a stake in the $7 billion West Pilbara iron ore project, in case battling joint venture partn

Contractor Watpac Civil & Mining has been appointed by Ramelius Resources to provide mining services at the Coogee open pit gold mine southeast of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Noble Mineral Resources has been placed into voluntary administration a day after announcing it was looking to restructure its Ghanaian subsidiaries' debt to secure additional funding, after it fai

Ramelius Resources is forging ahead with exploration and development at its newly-acquired Vivien gold deposit near Leinster, launching a $16.3 million capital raising to fund the activities.

State-owned electricity retailer Synergy has appointed Telstra subsidiary NSC Group to refurbish its customer service operations.