Forge Group subsidiary Cimeco has won a $125 million civil and concrete works contract at Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon Hub iron ore project in the Pilbara.
Mining and mining related businesses make up 20 per cent of the national economy and the sector is much larger than many people think, a Minerals Council of Australia report says.
Bunbury-based Perkins Builders has been appointed by the state government to complete the final stages of the $14.9 million Bunbury Hospital redevelopment.
Norwegian company Yara International has signed an agreement with Orica and Apache to develop a $US700 million ammonium nitrate plant on the Burrup Peninsula in a joint venture.
Australia is set to become the world’s largest exporter of natural gas by 2030, according to delegates at the Australian Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in Perth.
Western Australia's 2011-12 grain harvest continues to extend its record-breaking run, with a truckload of wheat delivered to CBH Group's Pingrup receival site near Albany late yesterday afternoon
Subsea services provider Fugro TSM has won a $100 million-plus contract with Woodside Energy at the North West Shelf project off the coast of Western Australia.
The state government has unveiled four new land redevelopment committees that will advise the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority on urban redevelopment.
The state’s environmental umpire has given its conditional approval to Fortescue Metals Group’s plans to expand its Cloudbreak iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
The value of Western Australian listed companies rose by 9.6 per cent in January, as Australian markets continue to mirror commodities, new research says.
Harvey Fresh has acquired New South Wales-based juice processor Nugan Quality Foods for an undisclosed sum in an effort to grow its capacity to supply juice and concentrates to South East Asia.
Perth-based exploration junior ElDore Mining has announced a major gold mine acquisition in Zimbabwe, that it says paves the way for it to become a significant producer in 2012.
Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers and his business associate, Barminco founder Peter Bartlett, have been charged with fraud over events that occurred nearly ten years ago.
BHP Billiton and its partners have committed $US917 million ($A866 million) to a port project that could increase its Western Australian iron ore exports by 100 million tonnes each year.
A 4.1 hectare site surrounding the Water Corporation’s headquarters in Leederville has just hit the market, with Knight Frank calling for expressions of interest from developers.
Engineering and construction firm Clough has announced that its Clough Curtain joint venture has won work orders worth around $145 million on the PNG LNG project in Papua New Guinea.
Western Australia’s Chamber of Minerals and Energy has predicted investment in the state’s resources sector to continue at pace, driving the state’s Gross State Product up 4.3 per cent in 2011-12,
Perth-based oil and gas junior WHL Energy says it is continuing to receive unsolicited interest from international firms looking to farm into its Seychelles exploration acreage off the coast of Afr
Nearly 80 per cent of Western Australians expect to be able to shrug off the ongoing global economic turmoil over 2012, despite 34 per cent expecting the local economy to deteriorate, a survey rele
Goldfields Credit Union has received regulatory approval for its plan to demutualise, raise $9 million in additional capital and list on the Australian Securities Exchange as Goldfields Money.
Western Australia’s environmental umpire has given its nod to BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s $20 billion proposal to construct and operate an outer harbour at Port Hedland, potentially doubling the port's
Perth-based Azumah Resources has launched a C$20 million (A$19 million) capital raising to fund exploration programs and a feasibility study for its Wa project in north west Ghana.
Chevron has announced a new gas discovery in the Carnarvon Basin, a day after Woodside Petroleum disappointed the market by revealing three exploration wells originally earmarked for supply to its
