Henderson-based engineering and construction firm Civmec has been awarded a number of contract wins and extensions, including more work on the new Perth Stadium, with a combined value of $68 million.
If you're wondering why the outlook for iron ore remains grim despite last night's price rise to a three-month high of $US63.10 a tonne, it is partly because Western Australia's iron ore miners have a new competitor – themselves.
Mining giant Rio Tinto has been voted as Western Australia's most attractive employer at the annual Randstad Awards, a title it has won twice in three years.
It should be clear by now to Andrew Forrest that his campaign for a political inquiry into the iron ore industry has done the company he runs, Fortescue Metals Group, more harm than good – and might even have stirred up trouble for another local billionaire, Gina Rinehart.
The ‘iron ore wars' and budget battles are defining where power and influence lies in business and politics in WA. Read our latest Most Influential feature to see who is on the rise, whose influence is waning and who has dropped off the list.
The new chair of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Institute says scientists and researchers need to deliver tangible results to their industry partners.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has declared support for an inquiry into the iron ore industry, providing a huge boost for the campaign being waged by Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest against his two biggest competitors.
Rio Tinto's logo will soon be installed on the highest vantage point in Perth's CBD, a move that suggests the mining giant intends to remain at its current office accommodation and not seek to anchor a new building.
Premier Colin Barnett has rejected calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the iron ore industry, despite repeating his criticism of the major producers.
Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have highlighted their competitive advantage in the iron ore market, with BHP predicting further large reductions in its operating costs in the Pilbara and Rio detailing the big price discount Fortescue Metals Group has to accept for its products.
Mining industry groups in Perth and Canberra have come out today in favour of free markets in the iron ore industry, after Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest criticised the actions of heavywights Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
Rio Tinto reaffirmed today plans to continue its brownfield iron ore expansions in the Pilbara but has noted all new mine developments are still on hold, leaving a question mark over when it will reach its 360 million tonnes per year production target.
Mathematically it's impossible, but in about 11 days Australian investors will discover whether one plus one can add up to more than two – because that's the day the son of BHP Billiton, South32, lists on the ASX.
The commercial construction sector is emerging as a bright spot amid all the doom and gloom in WA. Click through to see the special report, with details of Perth's biggest construction jobs.
Mining services company Viento Group has gone into administration, despite having won major new contracts in the past month with iron ore miners BC Iron and Rio Tinto.
A CONTRIBUTION of almost $1 million from Rio Tinto has provided a major fillip to the continued success of Australia's most comprehensive family literacy program.
Perth-based tech startup Resource Governance International is seeking to change the way mining companies report their resources and reserves, launching a $3 million capital raising to commercialise software it hopes will become the industry standard.
Fortescue Metals Group has restructured rosters for mine workers at its operations in the Pilbara, in its latest move to cope with plunging iron ore prices.
Andrew Forrest's worst nightmare is that he will one day relive his painful experience with pioneering low-grade nickel ore processor Anaconda Nickel; so surely he must have suffered an ‘Anaconda moment' when the iron ore price fell below $US50 a tonne overnight.
One of the state's largest Aboriginal contractors is seeking to establish a joint venture with the Republic of Guinea, to work on Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron ore mines and its planned Simandou mine.
The University of Western Australia has appointed John Barrington as the chair of the Perth International Arts Festival, following the retirement of Margaret Seares who served in the role since 2012.
You don't need to listen too closely to hear the pips squeaking in Western Australia's iron ore lemon after a week-long debate about the state's most important industry, which appears to be heading for a crisis that will hit companies and governments in equal measure.
The Pilbara Ports Authority has begun clearing large vessels out of the ports of Dampier and Ashburton, ahead of a cyclone which is expected to hit the Pilbara coast by tomorrow morning.
Iron ore rivals BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are united in their forecast more high-cost producers will leave the market, but have stopped short of predicting how Western Australia's higher-cost producers will fare over time.
Australia's biggest and lowest cost iron ore producer has hit back at claims it has flooded the market with supply, with Rio Tinto pointing the finger at its big Australian competitors.
Alcoa chairman Alan Cransberg has called on businesses to take responsibility for ending domestic violence through workplace initiatives, in an address to the Chamber of Minerals and Energy's Women in Resources awards today.
The federal government has watered down planned changes to the research and development tax incentive scheme, which industry players say will improve its impact on productivity.
The third daughter of late mining heir Michael Wright has succeeded in her bid to extract much more than she was left from his will, with a judge ruling she should get $25 million.
