PERTH-BASED engineering and construction contractors have released a spate of record earnings reports, while bulging order books suggest there's plenty of life in the resources boom.
AUSTRALIA'S two major ammonium nitrate producers are punting $1.3 billion that the mining boom has enough legs to justify their investment in new production capacity.
Western Australia's pipeline of significant non-iron ore projects is showing signs of a quick slowdown as construction of major projects is due to be completed by the end of next year.
MID West iron ore projects have the potential to produce 67 million tonnes of iron ore per year, earning the state annualised royalties in the range of $42 million.
IRON ore producers in the state's Yilgarn region are not immune from the hurdles facing producers in the Pilbara and Mid West – port capacity and access issues, transportation and infrastructure –
At the very end of an extraordinary week, a late announcement from an unlikely source – Transport Minister Troy Buswell – gave one of the few clear signals about future growth in the mining sector.
One year into Malcolm McCusker's three-year term as governor of Western Australia, he and his wife, Tonya, continue to drive the state's philanthropic agenda.
Mining services group Ausdrill has reported a record net profit of $112.2 million for the 12 months to June 30, a 53 per cent jump the company said was the result of its expanded service offering.
THE state government has confirmed a strategy designed to help reduce the level of construction and demolition waste going to landfill has been put on hold.
Australian oil and gas producer ROC Oil has continued its positive run, booking a $US28.6 million ($A27.69 million) net profit for the first half of the year.
Engineering firm WorleyParsons has posted an improved underlying full year profit despite the impact of uncertain economic conditions and the high Australian dollar.
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US stocks have finished mixed after economic data gave no clear direction on the economy, and as investors awaited a key speech by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke on Friday.
Weaker commodity prices have helped the Australian dollar drift to a fresh one month low while traders sit tight ahead of a closely-watched US Federal Reserve summit.
Western Australia recorded the largest dip in new home sales in Australia in July, but the housing industry says the sector remains healthy thanks to significant gains made earlier this year.
The 15 per cent domestic gas reservation policy remains a point of contention among Western Australian businesses, with local industrial users claiming a small but significant victory from the late
DuluxGroup has threatened to walk away from takeover talks with Alesco Corporation if the target company does not agree to resolve a dispute over the size of dividends in the deal.
The state government must quickly tell runners injured in the 2011 Kimberley Ultramarathon if they will receive ex-gratia payments, the opposition says.
A coalition federal government would review the ban on Chinese company Huawei taking part in the National Broadband Network, communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull says.
Ramelius Resources has lodged a $2.3 million profit, after revenue from gold sales slipped from $147.6 million in financial year 2011 to $84.1 million in FY2012.
Industrial hardware and parts supplier Coventry Group has announced a net profit of $19 million for the year ended June 30, lodging a 6 per cent increase in revenue to push it back into the black.
