While most media attention seems focused on iron ore and the major operators, there's a number of smaller players offering plenty of potential across a range of minerals. Here's the WA Business News 10 mining stocks to watch.
IT has been a big week of‘giving' by Australian directors, with former WorleyParsons CEO John Grill giving $20 million to the University of Sydney and revelations that Rams Home Loans founder John
Engineering firm WorleyParsons has posted an improved underlying full year profit despite the impact of uncertain economic conditions and the high Australian dollar.
Australia's largest engineering group, WorleyParsons, has announced an unusual succession plan, with internal candidate Andrew Wood selected as the new CEO and incumbent John Grill planning a five-
Paul Musca had an inauspicious start in business. While his peers did sensible things like study at university, he preferred surfing, while working as a labourer on drilling rigs.
Engineering company WorleyParsons' first-half profit is up 18 per cent due to growth in resources sectors in Australia, Canada, China and the United States.
ECONOMIC development is the answer to indigenous liberation in Australia, facilitated through procurement and contracting of indigenous corporations and joint ventures.
A strong theme among Ernst & Young’s western region finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year is the technology businesses that have developed to service the resources sector.
The state's major engineering outfits have experienced significant staff changes in the last 12 months as the sector stepped out from the gloom of the global financial crisis.
A SERIES of moves by political staffers into roles linked to the resources sector reveals the growing need for corporate players to find their way around bureaucracy and political roadblocks.
Gindalbie Metals has today awarded two, key project management and construction services contracts, valued at a combined $140 million, for its Karara iron ore project to WorleyParsons and AMEC Minproc.
THE major engineering companies in Western Australia cut employment by 15 per cent during the past 12 months, defining the impact of the global financial crisis on the sector.
With record high demand for office space and new stock yet to become available, companies across Perth's CBD are undertaking major refits of their workspaces.
The Transfield Services and WorleyParsons joint venture has signed an operation and maintenance contract for Griffin Energy's Bluewaters Power Station, four kms from Collie.
Property and business services has been the fastest growing industry sector in Western Australia over the past 20 years, Australian Bureau of Statistics data has found.
Engineering services company WorleyParsons has moved to 100 per cent ownership of its Australian power and water joint venture Burns & Roe Worley Pty Ltd
Engineering services company WorleyParsons has moved to 100 per cent ownership of its Australian power and water joint venture Burns & Roe Worley Pty Ltd.