Gold hopeful Matsa Resources has inked a deal with Panoramic Resources that it says puts it on track to transition from explorer to producer in the near-term.
SUBIACO-BASED building and construction outfit Northerly Group has been appointed to create a $15 million office building for Rio Tinto at Perth Airport.
THE latest figures from the National Housing Supply Council and the Australian Bureau of Statistics present a challenging outlook for housing accessibility in Western Australia, with a growing popu
MAJOR and emerging resources players may dominate the conversation around the state’s mining boom, but many lesser-known yet highly innovative mining services companies are also reaping the rewards
MINING and construction company Macmahon has become the first employer in Western Australia to adopt a new scheme designed to fast-track experienced workers through apprenticeships.
IF only all company directors could go out on such a high.Five years after establishing Forge Group, Peter Hutchinson and Andrew Ellison are leaving the business.
‘UNPRECEDENTED’ would be an apt word to describe demand for the services of family owned and operated Wallis Drilling, which has done surface drilling work for some of the biggest open-pit miners s
PERTH company Immersive Technologies, which specialises in developing mine equipment simulators for the global market, has continued to enjoy strong growth, with sales up more than 50 per cent duri
IT’S a constant dilemma for those working in remote and isolated mining locations; a worker identifies a hazard but it’s potentially hours before anyone else is made aware of it.
Underground mining specialist Barminco has met all the forecasts it put in last year’s draft prospectus but says it is unlikely to revive plans for a stockmarket float for at least two years.
INDIGENOUS contractor Carey Mining has taken another step towards diversifying its business by establishing a new jointly owned company focused on solar power installations in regional areas.
The rapid expansion of the WA mining industry over the past decade has mostly been good news for mining contractors, but the benefits have not always come as expected.
Brookfield Multiplex’s engineering and infrastructure division has won a $190 million contract to build an accommodation village at Hancock Prospecting’s Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
Business executives around the world have become much more gloomy about the global economy as the eurozone crisis pounds on, according to a new survey by McKinsey & Co.
South Boulder Mines has announced a plan to raise $9.5 million from North American investors to fund the development of its Colluli potash project in Eritrea.
The Australian share market has closed lower as investors fear that the European debt crisis may worsen unless European leaders take decisive action at a summit later this week.
Hilton Worldwide has announced it will build a $65 million hotel in Karratha to service increased demand from both the mining sector and the local community.
The number of online orders to Australian businesses increased by almost a third during the 2010-2011 financial year, speaking volumes on the growing importance of internet sales.
Unless we have entered a parallel universe where economic forces work in reverse there really is only one way for the Australian dollar, and Perth property prices to go, and that is up.
Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest has increased his stake in the iron ore miner to just over 32 per cent, contrary to market speculation he was set to tip nearly $300 million into the
