AMEC Foster Wheeler Australia has been appointed as study engineer for a pre-feasibility study at Barra Resources and Conico's Mt Thirsty joint venture project near Norseman.
The Clough-AMEC Foster Wheeler Australia joint venture has won a five-year contract to provide maintenance services at Yara International's liquid ammonia plant near Karratha, with the value of the work believed to be about $100 million.
A joint venture between Civmec and Amec Foster Wheeler has been formally awarded a $298 million engineering, procurement and construction contract for Gold Road Resources' Gruyere gold project.
Peak Resources has progressed its majority owned Ngualla rare earth project in Tanzania with the release of a bankable feasibility study today, which revealed a development capex of $US356 million ($A475 million).
Uranium company Berkeley Energia, chaired by Perth dealmaker Ian Middlemas, plans to spend $125 million developing a mine in Spain, with the expectation that demand for yellowcake will ramp up by 2018 when the mine opens.
An optimisation study on Bannerman Resources' Etango uranium project has found a 9 per cent reduction in pre-production capital costs to $US793 million ($A1.1 billion).
Construction giant CIMIC Group has won a $300 million contract for gas field development works in the Surat Basin in Queensland for Australia Pacific LNG.
Peak Resources has appointed engineering firm Amec Foster Wheeler for its Ngualla rare earth project in Tanzania after locking in a $5 million interim loan.
Specialist oil and gas services company 3B Survey has bucked the gloomy mood in the sector by shifting its Australian head office to Perth to pursue growth opportunities.
Implimenting efficiencies and greater operational flexibility have been two different, but equally successful, strategies used by engineering companies to secure major contracts in Western Australia.
The Clough AMEC joint venture has been awarded a $20 million engineering, procurement and construction contract at Arrow Energy's Daandine coal seam gas expansion project in Queensland's Surat basin.
The mining industry has welcomed the state government's change to its programme of work approvals systems, which will give more time to companies to complete exploration works on approved projects.
UK engineering consultant and project management services firm AMEC has announced a 12 per cent increase in profit before tax, after growing its mining and metals business by more than 50 per cent
A joint venture led by US-owned construction contractor Kiewit Australia, which is a new player in the local mining sector, has won a $247 million contract from Fortescue Metals Group for works on
GDI Property Group says it will undertake one of the largest refurbishment projects in the Perth CBD's history, with its $50 million revamp of the former Governor Stirling Tower complex at 197 St G
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has released a detailed list of issues it believes should be addressed by which ever party wins Saturday's federal election, starting with scrapping the Minerals Resource Rent Tax.
IN the heart of West Perth an unsightly yet unobtrusive three-storey concrete building is tucked away behind the business district's leafy green trees.
