Drilling services provider Swick Mining Services has released its earnings and dividend for the 12 months to June 30, with net profit after tax down 83 per cent year-on-year to $1.5 million.
Exploration firm Energia Minerals has reached an agreement with Euroz Securities to take an $8 million funding package to help fast-track development of its Gorno zinc project near Bergamo in north Italy.
Perth-based mortgage provider Homeloans Limited has flagged growth and diversification in 2015, after its net profit fell by nearly 20 per cent compared with the previous financial year.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has won a $70 million electrical and instrumentation works contract from CITIC Pacific for its Sino Iron project at Cape Preston, adding to a $10 million job won two weeks ago.
FEATURE: Two Perth-based organisations – one well established and one relatively new – are taking giant strides towards normalising and encouraging more women in mining workforces.
FEATURE: A stubbornly high dollar, falling prices and high operating costs are combining to exert real pressure on smaller players in the iron ore sector.
FEATURE: Industrial uncertainty and an urgent need for more infrastructure are putting the squeeze on iron ore exports through Port Hedland, while productivity increases and transshipment options are also being mulled over statewide.
Aspen Group’s Aspen Parks Property Fund has unveiled plans to tap the market for nearly $40 million, in the wake of the developer and funds manager lodging a statutory loss of $81.8 million.
FEATURE: Mining sector players are creating innovative solutions – particularly in the iron ore, uranium, and base metals areas, and the graduate labour market – to deal with the changing economic environment.
Welshpool-based contractor MACA has raised its full-year net profit by 12 per cent to $55.4 million despite weather setbacks during the year, and increased revenue by 25.2 per cent to $595.4 million.
Roleystone woman Hayley Goad has been selected by the Cattle Council of Australia as WA Beef Industry Rising Champion, and will head to Canberra for the NAB Agribusiness Beef Industry Rising Champions Initiative national final.
Kibaran Resources-backed 3D Graphtech Industries has entered into an agreement with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation to research the effectiveness of graphite and graphene inks in 3D printing.
It’s been two years since the introduction of Sunday trading in the state and positive survey results from Curtin Business School found almost 60 per cent of Western Australians support the deregulation of retail trading hours.
Perth nickel miner Western Areas has returned to the black with a full-year net profit of $25.5 million, on the back of an improvement in the price of nickel and lower production costs.
Tony Abbott has called a special cabinet meeting ahead of the resumption of parliament in a bid to reboot the government's floundering budget sales pitch.
The Australian dollar is lower against the strengthened greenback after a neutral speech by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen surprised the market.
US stocks enjoyed a week of solid gains following a batch of good economic data and mostly strong corporate earnings as concerns about geopolitical hotspots ebbed somewhat.
Waste management company Tox Free Solutions has announced a 60 per cent increase in net profit to 21.7 million on the back of a 30 per cent rise in revenue to $369.9 million.
Perth-based trucking firm CTI Logistics held its profit largely steady over financial year 2013-14, even as the company lodged an 11 per cent uptick in revenue.
