Western Australia has recorded its fifth workplace fatality this month after the death of a teenage worker following an incident at a Welshpool industrial workplace this morning.
Efforts to revive manufacturing in WA have been boosted by a $150 million deal between Gemco Rail and Rio Tinto to build 100 iron ore wagons and certain components locally.
The first locally made C-series railcar manufactured at Metronet’s Bellevue facility is complete and will enter the public transport network by the end of 2023.
Aspiring battery materials manufacturer International Graphite has secured a preferred site for its proposed plant in the Coolangatta industrial estate.
Civmec boss Patrick Tallon says the company's "relentless focus" on cost containment amid high inflation and labour shortages has led to another strong set of financial results.
The state government has ramped up its commitment to end native logging in the South West with a $36 million investment towards forestry management in the upcoming budget.
Austin Engineering has dropped its net profit guidance by up to $7 million for the 2023 financial year due to purchase order delays with a major customer.
Manufacturer Adbri has informed the market of another major cost blowout of its Kwinana cement project which is now expected to cost up to $420 million.
Perth company Perdaman has started work on one of WA's largest projects after gaining backing from Global Infrastructure Partners, the same group that backed Woodside’s Pluto gas project.
The federal government has announced grants to three big timber processing companies in WA in another sign the industry’s future rests with softwood plantation timber.
A 30-hectare site in Kwinana has been earmarked for what is billed to be the first-of-its-kind battery materials facility in Australia, spearheaded by ASX-listed IGO and Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals.
Five months after striking a deal to buy Pfizer’s WA manufacturing operation, Bridgewest Group has completed the purchase and outlined plans to add to its 400 local staff.
US regulators have charged three Austal USA executives for their roles in an alleged fraudulent accounting scheme, six months after the shipbuilder settled with ASIC over similar breaches.
A sheet metal manufacturer has been fined $300,000 over an incident that led to a teenage apprentice’s fingers being severed while using the company's machinery.
Drilling and equipment supplier Schramm Group has brought in voluntary administrators less than two weeks after an employee was fatally injured at the company's workshop in Welshpool.
Monadelphous has expanded its recruitment efforts overseas as the company continues to grapple with its “biggest challenge” of industry-wide staff shortages.
Adbri’s Kwinana cement project is looking at cost overruns in the order of up to $90 million-plus, joining a litany of WA projects hamstrung by labour constraints and high input costs.
A new graphite processing facility and a $200 million transition fund are among measures to entice investment and create jobs in Collie before its power stations close at the end of the decade.
BHP has joined Rio Tinto in committing to assemble some of its iron ore rail cars in Perth, in a move the state government hopes will lead to more substantial manufacturing in future.
Plans to convert a Queensland ammonia plant to run on green hydrogen will enter front end engineering and design, proponents Fortescue Future Industries and Incitec Pivot announced today.
More than $100 million is believed to be owed by ASX-delisted Vietnam Industrial Investments, as the Perth business which had previously boasted high profile directors is sent into liquidation.
Business magnate Warren Buffett’s Freo Group is suing global manufacturer Vestas for allegedly abandoning plans to partner on the $317 million Dulacca Renewable Energy project.
Kim Beazley has taken up his first major role since recently finishing his four-year term as the state’s governor, joining the board of shipbuilder Luerssen Australia.
