SPECIAL REPORT: WA's 30 gold miners achieved a small increase in aggregate output last year with the state's biggest producer, Newmont Mining, making up about a sixth of this at 1.1m ounces, research by Business News has found.
Perth company Parkd has struck a deal with property developer Vector Management to evaluate construction of a $9 million car park in the inner city, while the state government has announced plans for a $32 million car park at Forrestfield.
Macmahon Holdings has posted strong profit growth for the year to June, adding to a string of good results for local mining services companies, including Lycopodium and NRW Holdings.
NRW Holdings has joined the likes of Clough, Decmil and CPB in securing work at BHP Billiton's $4.6 billion South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, after announcing a $176 million contract to complete earthworks at the site.
SPECIAL REPORT: Battery metals businesses such as Pilbara Minerals, Altura Mining, and Western Areas have joined AusCann Holdings, Buru Energy and OM Holdings among the best-performing stocks in the year to June.
Shares in local contractor NRW Holdings were up 9.2 per cent today after the company said its order book had increased to near record levels of $2.05 billion, while also saying the business was well placed to be involved in Western Australia's major upcoming iron ore projects.
WorleyParsons has been awarded a contract extension for engineering services at Chevron's Gorgon and Wheatsone LNG projects, while NRW Holdings has received a $93 million extension to its Stanmore Coal contract.
A subsidiary of Belmont-based NRW Holdings has secured a $210 million extension of its mining services contract at the Curragh coal mine in Queensland.
Two Perth-based contractors have secured new work, with Decmil Group locking in a $NZ24.3 million ($22.7 million) contract for two schools in New Zealand, while NRW Holdings will undertake work for Rio Tinto in the Pilbara.
A number of local mining companies have moved up the stock market rankings, with contractor Ausdrill included in the S&P ASX 200 index, while South32 has been admitted into the top 20 as part of the market's quarterly rebalance.
Two local contractors have secured more than $70 million of work, with NRW Holdings locking in a $37 million contract at Rio Tinto's Marandoo mine in the Pilbara.
Mining contractor NRW Holdings has recorded strong growth in underlying earnings for the half year, but has decided against paying a dividend to ensure debt is fully serviced.
Indigenous contracting group Eastern Guruma, which has contracts or joint ventures with the likes of Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group, NRW Holdings and Carnegie Clean Energy, has been placed into administration.
NRW Holdings has announced it has recently won $57 million worth of contracts through its Action Drill & Blast subsidiary, for work on five coal mines on the east coast.
Aspiring gold miner Gascoyne Resources has tapped NRW Holdings for a $300 million mining services contract at its Dalgaranga project in Western Australia, while NRW's managing director has received a boost to his salary.
Contract Power Group has won a contract to build, own and operate a power station at Pilbara Minerals' Pilgangoora lithium project for at least seven years, while former Fortescue Metals Group delivery manager Dale Henderson has taken over as Pilbara's project director.
NRW Holdings' recently acquired east coast business, Golding Contractors, has been hired to provide its services to a coal mine in Queensland under a $25 million contract.
NRW Holdings is in line to receive a $111 million contract for work on OZ Minerals' Carrapateena gold-copper project in South Australia, which today was given the green light for development.
Pilbara Minerals has signed-off four major contracts for its Pilgangoora lithium project, with RCR Tomlinson, NRW Holdings, Action Industrial Catering and the Njamal traditional owners winning the lion's share of the work.
Fortescue Metals Group, Chevron and Rio Tinto have announced six new deals with indigenous businesses and charities, with the winners including Pilbara contractor Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Enterprises and Perth stationery supplier Kulbardi.
Fortescue Metals Group has risen into the ranks of the top 50 most valuable companies on the Australian share market thanks to soaring iron ore prices which have nearly quadrupled the miner's half-year profit and stoked investor demand.
Kalgoorlie-based mining contractor Hampton Transport Services has won a contract for haulage work at Empire Resources' Penny's Find gold mine for an undisclosed sum.
SPECIAL REPORT - MINING SERVICES: Higher commodity prices and investment to maintain iron ore volumes could help lift mining contractors out of the doldrums after several tough years. Click through to see this and links to four other feature stories.
Civil and mining contractor NRW Holdings says it is well placed for more earnings growth and it is seeking new partnership and acquisition opportunities, after lodging a solid net profit for the fi
Perth-based NRW Holdings has won a $40 million contract to provide its services to Macmahon Holdings, which is operating at Newcrest Mining's Telfer gold mine in the Pilbara.
Perth-based NRW Holdings has been contracted to provide more services to Rio Tinto at the mining giant's Yandi iron ore operation in the Pilbara, in a deal worth $40 million.
NRW Holdings has revealed the price it has paid for the east coast operations of failed company Hughes Drilling, on the same day private equity fund manager Allegro formally acquired Hughes' Perth-based subsidiary JSW Australia for an undisclosed sum.
Civil and mining contractor NRW Holdings has announced plans to buy the east coast operations of failed mining services company Hughes Drilling, with the acquisition price undisclosed.
SPECIAL REPORT: The median base pay of newly appointed chief executives at listed Perth companies fell this year to $295,000, a survey by Business News has found.
Macmahon Holdings has unveiled the remuneration package for new chief executive Michael Finnegan, adding to a trend in the contracting sector for lower base salaries but greater potential for bonuses.
The joint venture that has today started construction of the state government's $1.96 billion Forrestfield-Airport Rail Link project has also submitted a proposal for the third stage of the NorthLink WA road project.
Local explorer Empire Resources is set to begin operations at its Penny's Find gold project near Kalgoorlie, after contracting NRW Holdings to undertake mining operations at the open pit.
Western Australia's largest indigenous contractor has parted ways with chief executive Jeff McGlinn, less than a year after the former NRW Holdings boss was lured out of retirement.
Perth-based contractor NRW Holdings has rattled the tin for $20 million to reduce its debt levels and place the company in a better position to pursue future opportunities.
IT might not feel like it, but there are early signs of boom conditions forming in some parts of the state's mining industry, with two sectors in particular benefiting from events in the markets for commodities, labour, and capital equipment.
