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Pindan salePremiumCreditors approve sale of Pindan maintenance arm

The sale of Pindan Asset Management will return money to at least some subcontractors caught up in the building group’s collapse.

Sean Smith

Strong startPremiumAquirian makes strong ASX debut

Mining services company Aquiran has listed at a 25 per cent premium to its issue price after raising $8m in an IPO.

Stuart McKinnon

More workPremiumNRW eyes green opportunities after $60m win

NRW says it is eyeing new opportunities in the renewables energy sector after securing a $60 million contract to build an integrated solar power project on a Pilbara mine site.

Daniel Newell

Mid West coupPremiumGero’s WesTrac to help Rio do heavy lifting

Geraldton is at the centre of a push to decentralise the WA resource sector’s heavy machinery repair business, with Rio to bring dozers from its Pilbara iron ore mines to the Mid West for rebuilds.

Lisa Favazzo

Rattling the canPremiumDecmil chases $32m in equity and debt

News of the raising came as the engineering and construction group disclosed it had hit last year’s profit target but also flagged a $9.7m hit from a problem contract.

Sean Smith

Pindan collapsePremiumPindan ‘may have been insolvent’ months before collapse

However, the building company’s administrators say directors were of the belief that support from Pindan’s Singapore parent would keep the company alive.

Sean Smith

Deals donePremiumMacmahon tops up order book with Northern Star work

The one-year contract is the icing on the cake for the mining services company which today said it had now inked deals for $1.35 billion worth of new work it had won over the past five months.

Daniel Newell

All-time highPremiumFrench giant swallows Valmec for $52m

Shares in Valmec jumped after the resources contractor agreed a takeover by s French construction and engineering firm.

Stuart McKinnon

Big winPremiumVentia wins $1b Gorgon contract with Chevron

CIMIC-backed company named long-term master contractor for maintenance at Chevron’s massive Gorgon LNG project.

Stuart McKinnon

Option dealPremiumNRW shares soar on $81m Golding assets sale

NRW Holdings will offload $81m worth of major mining equipment after a coal mining client exercised an option to buy the assets.

Daniel Newell

New listingPremiumEngineering group DRA Global makes modest debut

The tightly-held, Perth-based group is riding demand for its services in building and running mines around the world.

Sean Smith

NW growthPremiumWarrikal secures $350m engineering work with FMG

WA-based, majority-owned Aboriginal engineering contractor Warrikal has secured $350 million of maintenance and shutdown work across Fortescue Metals Group’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara.

Daniel Newell

Automated buildVideoPremiumRobotic bricklayer builds Perth childcare centre

SEE THE VIDEO: WA-based robotic bricklaying company FBR has completed the construction of only its second non-residential structure in Perth’s northern suburbs.

Stuart McKinnon

Unique offeringPremiumInterest strong in $8m Aquirian IPO

Perth-based mining services company will use cash to ramp-up the development of its CollarKeeper blast hole technology solution.

Stuart McKinnon

Local winPremium$500m education jackpot for rival IT service giants

Two rival Perth-based IT service providers have been awarded a massive State Government contract and will secure hundreds of local jobs as part of an ‘unprecedented’ alliance.

Danielle Le Messurier

Repeated failuresPremiumSwick court reprieve for report bungles

A subsidiary of sharemarket-listed drilling contractor Swick Mining Services has been legally cleared over its repeated failure to file annual reports with the Federal corporate watchdog.

Neale Prior

Flat outPremiumMining consultancy feels pinch of the boom

The owner of Osborne Park-based geophysical consulting business Jayson Meyers says he has never seen the industry so busy or worker shortages so acute.

Stuart McKinnon

Open upPremiumMiners call for skilled migration to beat worker crunch

The WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy has called for skilled migration rules to be eased and programs bolstered to beat a growing shortage of workers in the resources sector.

Stuart McKinnon

Contractor switchPremiumMACA’s loss is NRW’s $702m gain at Karara

The Chinese operator of the Karara magnetite operation in the State’s Mid West has dumped its mining contractor MACA in favour of NRW Holdings.

Stuart McKinnon

In demandPremiumWA building leaders meet to solve skills shortage

Key industry bodies from WA’s construction sector will meet today to discuss how the State can overcome its severe skills shortages.

Kate Purnell

Ancient worksPremiumNew contract to protect Burrup rock art

The State Government is insisting monitoring of ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula remains on track after awarding a new contract to WA engineering group Calibre.

Kate Purnell

Who’s driving?PremiumAustal wins $57m US Navy contract for uncrewed warship

The shipbuilder says the US Navy sees unmanned ships part of its future fleet.

Sean Smith and Daniel Newell

‘Game-changer’PremiumAMS secures $648m contract for Sandfire in Africa

Perenti will lock in a $648 million contract to provide open pit mining at Sandfire Resources’ Motheo copper operations in Botswana if the project gets the green light.

Daniel Newell

Pindan rescuePremiumProgrammed set to take on Pindan asset maintenance arm

The labour hire and maintenance group will take over over management of Pindan Asset Management with a view to buying it.

Sean Smith