Manufacturing

Shares in Hastings Technology rose to a high of 72 cents on Friday, after the rare earths developer announced it had signed a binding term sheet with China-based Baotou Sky Rock Rare Earth New Material, which included integrated tolling and offtake agreements.

Welding technology company K-TIG has confirmed it will not proceed with the acquisition of UK-based advance manufacturing company Graham Engineering, citing multiple factors.

NRW Holdings' revenue hit $1.43 billion during the first half of the 2024 financial year, up 6.7 per cent from the previous corresponding period.

Construction and engineering provider Civmec Limited increased its revenue by 17.5 per cent during the first half of the 2024 financial year.

Former test cricketer Wally Edwards has clinched a $160 million price for his Holman Industries irrigation brand from global plumbing player Reliance Worldwide Corporation.

ASX-listed International Graphite has announced the wet commissioning of its new graphite micronising plant in Collie.

Western Australia's iron ore giants have inked a deal with Australia's largest steelmaker which could see the country's first electric smelter in an effort to realise green steel ambitions.

Miramar Resources has identified several big uranium targets at its flagship Bangemall project, located in Western Australia's Gascoyne region.

A spike in construction costs has halted a major government recycling project, but private companies are keen to fill the breach.

Aspiring robot technology company FBR is planning a capital raising, following a deal with CRH Ventures Americas, a subsidiary of CRH PLC, a major US concrete block manufacturer.

The giant Japanese trading house will join Macquarie Group as a shareholder in UON, despite the Wangara energy company losing a court battle over its intellectual property.

West Perth building materials firm ClearVue has heralded its first Australian product sale, which will involve the installation of power-generating windows on a new union building in Melbourne's inner suburbs.

ANALYSIS: Alcoa opened its Kwinana alumina refinery 60 years ago and that goes a long way to explaining why the US company decided to shut down the operation.

Merger hopeful Australian Vanadium Limited has finished construction of its vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility north of Perth, amid its pursuit of Technology Metals Australia.

Workers planning industrial action at BAE Systems' Henderson shipyard have been turned away from the facility today, according to the Electrical Trades Union's WA branch.

The Port Hedland Green Steel project has progressed after Posco and DevelopmentWA agreed on the commercial terms over a 900-hectare site in the Pilbara.

A heads of agreement anointing Henderson-based Austal as the nation's strategic shipbuilder of choice in WA will guarantee the industry's local future, according to the federal government.

Fortescue Metals Group has revealed plans to establish a major manufacturing facility in the US state of Michigan, just a day after it unveiled a New York-based capital business.

Chris Ellison-backed Wildcat Resources has entered a trading halt ahead of launching a capital raising of up to $100 million off the back of a surging share price.

Henderson shipbuilder Austal, construction and engineering company Civmec and Spain's Navantia Australia have joined forces in a bid to deliver six warships for the Royal Australian Navy.

Chemicals giant Coogee has surged in value during the past year, with the addition of more than $100 million in assets making it worth almost $420 million for its owners.

Mining giant Rio Tinto says it remains on track to hit the upper half of its original forecast for 2023 iron ore shipments.

WA group BGC will sell its fibre cement business for an undisclosed price under a deal with Belgium-based building materials manufacturer Etex.

Plans for a substantial iron ore processing facility in the Pilbara spearheaded by South Korean steelmaker POSCO have surfaced following a $70 billion state government land allocation scheme.

The WA Government has ordered a multimillion offshore patrol vessel capable of combatting drug runners and illegal fishing off the North West coast.

A WA cement producer has successfully appealed for a reduced fine after being found guilty of releasing emissions with an “offensive” and “horrendous” odour.

Shipbuilder Austal will book a $13.8 million loss for the year, as had been foreshadowed, and start a global hunt to find a new president for its US operations to replace Rusty Murdaugh.

UK proponent reveals the first stage of a possible four train Port Hedland battery minerals processing operation would cost $500 million.

International Graphite has won state government approval for construction of a qualification-scale battery materials plant, part of its $441 million Collie processing plan.

A company chaired by ex-state Treasurer Mike Nahan has launched a demonstration laboratory for cathode active materials precursor as it aims to be the first local maker of the key battery input.

BlueScope Steel has suffered a 64 per cent dip in full-year profit after lower export prices and higher material costs dented earnings.

Adbri subsidiary Cockburn Cement has awarded SIMPEC a $105 million contract for work on its Kwinana plant expansion, which has been estimated to cost up to $420 million.