Shares in Alliance Aviation Services lost nearly half their value today after it announced a major profit downgrade following reduced work in Queensland, with the company now hoping to pick up extra work in Western Australia.
For the best ringside seat at a bruising encounter don't buy a ticket to a boxing event, sign up for an iron ore forecasting conference which will, for the first time since prices crashed, put the big boys of the industry on the same podium as the small producers.
BHP Billiton bosses have made a strong sales pitch regarding the company's proposed demerger, telling shareholders in London they'd benefit from the next step in the big miner's "evolution".
The Business News annual export review has the latest data on 33 businesses representing $122 billion in outgoing trade. It also shows that while iron ore continues to dominate, the emergence of LNG, agriculture and services will benefit from a lower dollar.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has reported a $9.6 million slump in full-year profit to $7.7 million on the back of a 21 per cent fall in revenue to $218.2 million.
Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has been awarded an electrical and instrumentation contract at CITIC Pacific Mining's Sino Iron project at Cape Preston, worth over $10 million.
Western Australia's cruise industry is set to surge as it seeks to capitalise on the state's proximity to Asian holiday destinations, according to cruise ship operator Princess Cruises.
Western Australia-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has won a $25 million contract with BHP Billiton Iron Ore for electrical and instrumentation works at the Yarnima power station near Newman.
BHP Billiton has confirmed it is reviewing its iron ore operations, after it was revealed last week job cuts were likely following a review at its Worsley Alumina operations south of Perth.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore president Jimmy Wilson says the mining giant is likely to request government intervention to prevent a "devastating" proposed strike at Port Hedland which could cost miners up to $100 million a day.
Alliance Aviation Services has won a contract to supply charter flights for BHP Billiton Iron Ore's fly-in fly-out workers, bumping rival operator Cobham Aviation.
Alinta Energy has entered into negotiations to supply more Pilbara businesses with electricity following the termination of a long-standing state agreement, which restricted its ability to provide power.
Western Power has reported cost savings of $16.1 million in the first half of the financial year, while increasing spending on its capital works program by $93.5 million in the same period.
Iron ore miners in the Pilbara are on track to reach production and shipping targets, despite bad weather hampering operations and affecting some December quarter results.
BHP Billiton's annual meeting in Perth today resembled a debate on climate change, with chairman Jac Nasser expressing frustration that the company's achievements in that field were not being recognised.
Western Australia has featured highly in the Creative Partnerships Awards announced last night with FORM's Lynda Dorrington taking out a major prize for exceptional leadership.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore and its former contractor HWE Newman Services have been handed a total of $238,000 in fines in relation to the death of a worker at BHP's Yandi mine near Newman five years ago.
The $10 billion tragedy of Western Australia's failed magnetite iron ore processing experiment risks becoming something worse next year, as the price is pushed down by a flood of iron ore supply an
A suite of educational software for high school students and a remote operations communication platform for the resources sector are among the Western Australian winners at national technology awar
Western Australia's mining sector has again proven its worth to related service providers with an information technology company receiving a significant award for work with BHP Billiton.
THE near certainty of a Coalition government being elected in September, and the single-handed control of state leader Colin Barnett, have reshaped Western Australia's 2013 Most Influential list –
BHP Billiton's new boss Andrew Mackenzie has shaken up the global miner's leadership group, with petroleum boss Michael Yeager leaving the company but Perth-based iron ore president Jimmy Wilson an
Silver Lake Resources is embroiled in a dispute with Resource Development Group subsidiary Pacer, after the engineering contractor did not explain why the Murchison gold project's costs had blown o
PMI Gold Corporation has appointed Ausdrill co-founder Jim Askew as its new chairman, replacing Peter Buck who resigned in the fallout of the company's failed merger deal with Canada's Keegan Resou
USA-based investment house Vulcan Phosphates has emerged as Minemakers' major shareholder, after investing more than $2.5 million in the Perth-based explorer.
