SRG Global has won seven contracts including from Rio Tinto and Roy Hill, while Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has secured work at BHP's Pilbara accommodation villages.
State government owned Gold Corporation is Australia's third biggest manufacturing business, according to data published by Ibisworld today, with revenue of $18.9 billion in the year to June 2018.
The dairy sector needs a mandatory code of conduct to give farmers more bargaining power and to prevent chaos like that spawned by surprise cuts to the farmgate milk price in 2016, the competition watchdog says.
The Australian dairy industry would not benefit from adoption of a Fonterra-style ‘national champion', as in New Zealand, and suggestions otherwise are not consistent with market realities, according to a recent Productivity Commission report.
Around 140 jobs could be lost at Fonterra Co-operative Group's Balcatta operation after the New Zealand dairy exporter agreed to sell its Australian ice cream business to Nestle and Bulla Dairy Foods.
Changing diets in the world's emerging economies and global food security issues could potentially present the local food industry with a wealth of opportunities.
The food industry has questioned the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture and Food's latest marketing campaign to encourage consumers to buy locally made products.
Drought in much of the country and rising commodity prices will ratchet up the pressure on the state's food manufacturing industry, the WA Business News forum heard.
WAFarmers has congratulated New Zealand-based Fonterra Brands Limited for recognising the extraordinary season and adjusting their payment schedule for dairy farmers for the next three months and encourages other dairy processors to follow suit.
SEVERAL possible buyers have emerged for dairy icon Peters & Brownes (PB Foods) amid speculation the operation could be sold by its owner, Fonterra, to clear the way for a $1.62 billion takeover bid of Aust-ralian diary company National Foods.
