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The matter is ongoing in the Federal Court of Australia.

Mining 14 May 2026

AIM seeks injunction over Wiluna

UPDATE: AIM Mining has failed in its last-minute bid to stop Wiluna's motions in an upcoming meeting, growing the tension between the two entities.

Free to read 12 Mar 2026

WA’s largest private businesses revealed

Business News has ranked Western Australia's 100 largest privately owned businesses by revenue for the first time.

Special Reports 25 Feb 2026

Hancock dominates tighter field

Mining still leads WA's private business rankings, but the list is quietly rewriting itself.

Mining 20 Jan 2026

Genesis indicates Byrnecut preference

Genesis Minerals has announced Byrnecut Australia as the proposed new underground mining contractor of its Leonora gold operations.

Mining 09 Jan 2026

Wiluna leaves ER after Mark Creasy stumble

Wiluna Mining Corporation is set for a stock exchange comeback after Mark Creasy failed in his last bid to block the miner and gold processor's restructure.

Mining 12 Nov 2025

Byrnecut secures contract at Golden Grove

Diversified metals miner 29Metals has awarded a four-year underground mining contract to Byrnecut Australia for an undisclosed amount.

Contracts 10 Sep 2025

Byrnecut secures contracts at Youanmi

Byrnecut Australia has been awarded a two-part underground mining contract at Rox Resources' Youanmi gold project.

Participants in 2025's Miner v Wild. Photo: Michael O'Brien

Mining 18 Aug 2025

Miners go wild for youth charity

A group of miners spent the past week trudging through the remote Kimberley carrying little more than a desire to support youth mental health and a hope someone catches a barra.

Mining 02 May 2025

Byrnecut full-year profit up $6.2m

The memories of a challenging 2022 seem a long time ago for privately-owned Byrnecut Australia, which increased its overall net profit last year.

Perseus has made a final investment call on its Yaouré asset. Photo: Persues Mining/Facebook

Mining 28 Jan 2025

Perseus approves new mine

Perseus Mining has appointed Byrnecut as its primary mining contractor after approving a $124 million underground development at its Yaouré gold mine in Côte d'Ivoire.

Mining 30 Apr 2024

Byrnecut profit bounces back

Mining contractor Byrnecut Australia has bounced back from a challenging 2022 to post an improved net profit after tax in 2023.

Special Reports 14 Feb 2024

Alcock’s back, billionaires branch out

The business dealings of Western Australia's big-name billionaires may grab most of the headlines, but last year it was Dale Alcock's ABN Group that deserved a closer look.

Mining 02 Jan 2024

Bigger penalties for safety breaches

Westgold Resources has revealed it is being prosecuted over a mine site fatality after Byrnecut, Northern Star Resources and Billabong Gold were fined more than $2 million.

Contracts 17 Aug 2023

Liontown awards $1bn Kathleen Valley contract

Liontown Resources has awarded a $1 billion underground mining services contract to Byrnecut as the market waits to hear whether it's stretched the Kathleen Valley project budget.

Mining 26 May 2023

Byrnecut boss lashes Same Job, Same Pay

The federal government's proposed Same Job Same Pay legislation is a reflection of policy makers not living “in the real world”, according to Byrnecut Group executive director Steve Coughlan.

Special Reports 10 May 2023

New generation of resources projects

The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.

Mining 26 Apr 2023

Byrnecut suffers big fall in profit

Mining contractor Byrnecut Australia has recorded strong growth in revenue but a large fall in profit driven by higher expenses, two big impairments and bad and doubtful debts.

Special Reports 08 Feb 2023

Rinehart juggernaut beats all comers

Our updated ranking of WA's largest and most profitable private companies has a mix of familiar and little-known names.

Mining 08 Aug 2022

FTI to probe Wiluna raising

Administrators for Wiluna Mining will investigate details of a last-ditch capital raising that collected less than the company reported to the ASX in the weeks before its collapse.

Mining 21 Jul 2022

Wiluna Mining collapses

Gold play Wiluna Mining has appointed administrators after months of growing pressure.

Opinion 08 Feb 2022

Private business has changed

The businesses that dominate the unlisted landscape are very different from 20 years ago.

Special Reports 02 Feb 2022

Tattarang surges to hit $5bn revenue

New data details the expansion of Andrew and Nicola Forrest's private company, Tattarang. Click through to see our latest ranking and analysis of Western Australia's largest private companies.

Mining 21 Dec 2021

Aboriginal recruitment benefits Byrnecut

WA's largest mining contractor has backed an Aboriginal training scheme that is delivering impressive results.

Mining 09 Sep 2021

Galena contracts GR Engineering, Byrnecut

Galena Mining has finalised contracts with GR Engineering Services and Byrnecut in relation to its $170 million Abra base metals project near Newman.

Mining 06 Sep 2021

Byrnecut worker dies at SA mine

A Byrnecut underground worker has been fatally injured at OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill mine in South Australia.

Mining 04 Aug 2021

Coughlan wins mining award

Low-profile mining contractor Steve Coughlan is this year's winner of the GJ Stokes Memorial Award, recognising his success in building Byrnecut into a global industry leader.

Bulls N' Bears 16 Mar 2021

Underground gold stocks burgeoning for Wiluna

Wiluna Mining Corporation's ongoing drilling campaign has delivered a massive 142 per cent increase in the contained gold within company's mineable underground ore reserves. Development drilling has rapidly built the Wiluna's underground inventory across the site, which now tips the scales at 4.33 million tonnes at 4.74 grams per tonne for over 660,000 ounces of gold.