Manufacturing

Wesfarmers and Coogee Chemicals will proceed on the expansion of the sodium cyanide production hub in Kwinana, after reaching a final investment decision.

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has announced its net profit after tax for the first half of the 2025 financial year is likely to be higher than consensus predictions.

Monadelphous Group has secured a series of new construction and maintenance-based contracts worth around $150 million.

Backers of a proposed $4 billion Pilbara iron plant have warned approval delays would likely see the project built in another country.

Major Western Australian alumina producer Alcoa has welcomed a $2 billion federal production credit package for aluminium smelters, highlighting flow-on effects for local operations.

Civmec has pushed back the deadline of its deal for Luerssen Australia by six months but will accelerate its efforts to integrate its shipbuilding operations while the acquisition is finalised.

The Swedish firm and local manufacturer C4C Packaging will build a food and beverage packaging facility south of Perth.

Early works on the $2.8 billion Alkimos Desalination Plant are delivering opportunities for local firms including Pipeline Technics, Georgiou Group and Steel Mains.

A Perth-based family office is behind a new venture capital group seeking to fund all-terrain vehicle maker OKA’s revival as a locally significant manufacturer.

A company founded to tackle safety issues with fencing has won Startup Business of the Year after making its mark nationwide.

Hope Valley-based National Steel Workplace has been fined $350,000 after an apprentice’s clothes caught fire during welding activities and the company failed to report the incident.

Water filtration business Complete Home Filtration has been named West Australian Business of the Year for its successful growth nationally.

The state government has unveiled a co-investment program aimed at assisting WA-based businesses in the wind energy industry to scale up, with $8 million in funding available.

BGC has started construction on tens of millions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure in a bid to start producing “green cement” after inking a deal with a lithium heavyweight.

The design search for a fleet of general purpose defence frigates to be largely built at Henderson has been narrowed down to two, with the federal government revealing its shortlist.

Wangara-based contractor Duratec Australia has its sights set on further growth during the 2025 financial year, following the release of its annual guidance on Friday.

Henderson-based Civmec has told shareholders to expect lower levels of activity during the back end of the 2025 financial year, citing delays to the awarding of key projects.

Shares in Gina Rinehart-backed Vulcan Energy closed trade up 13 per cent to $5.85, following news it had secured €100 million, or $162.3 million, in funding.

Perth-based NXT TEC has received its fifth US patent, this time for its NXT Spacedeck prefabricated concrete design for high rise buildings.

Vulcan Energy Resources has produced the first sustainable lithium hydroxide in Europe through its vertically integrated processing infrastructure in Germany.

Iron ore miner Rio Tinto is pressing ahead with development of a pilot plant south of Perth to test the merits of local green iron production.

Wesfarmers executive Tanya Rybarczyk has been named as the next president of explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific, effective February 2025.

Coogee Chemicals posted a $25.5 million profit for the 2023-24 financial year and declared a $10 million dividend

Clothing manufacturer Merino & Co has joined the ASX, ringing the bell to open trading as one of rare cohort of Perth-based companies to take the IPO journey this year.

NRW Holdings’ order book has reached a record $7 billion, following news the company had won a $1.6 billion contract with Queensland-based Stanmore Resources.

The origins of a WA diesel haul truck’s conversion to a battery-electric operating system can be traced back to a North Queensland banana farm.

A $400 million proposed green steel mill in Collie has been granted strategic project status by the state government, paving the way for more efficient project facilitation.

Monadelphous Group has secured a series of new contracts and extensions valued around $160 million.

Henderson-based Civmec has signed a deal to acquire Luerssen Australia, the shipbuilder contracted to make patrol vessels for the Royal Australian Navy.

FBR says it's looking forward to resuming its US demonstration program in Florida over coming days, as the American state begins to recover from Hurricane Milton.

The key ingredients to much of Perth’s development are becoming harder to extract, often due to regulation.

Following record revenue during the 2024 financial year, Duratec Australia has secured a structural integrity project from Rio Tinto, under an existing master services agreement.