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MiningCommentsSGH hits fresh record, looks towards a ‘simplified’ FY25

SGH chief executive Ryan Stokes says the diversified business is on track for strong earnings growth this financial year while distilling its strategic direction down to two themes.

Adrian Rauso

BoardsPremiumRob Cole steps back from directorships because of health

The prominent WA director’s companies have told their shareholders that he has gone on leave on health grounds.

Sean Smith

ContractingPremiumFamily dividends double for growing Georgiou Group

Family owned contractor Georgiou Group has posted stronger earnings as the billion-dollar business expands into the east coast market, defence and green energy.

Matt Mckenzie

MiningPremiumFIFO caterer looks to India for new WA chefs

The firm that feeds the hordes of Rio Tinto workers flying in and out of the Pilbara has kicked off a big recruitment drive to import chefs from India.

Adrian Rauso

GoldCommentsPremiumDelayed start to De Grey’s $1.3b Pilbara gold mine

The start of construction at Australia’s next big gold mine is running behind schedule, despite a blistering bull run in yellow metal prices.

Simone Grogan

ContractingPremiumCompany kicks the can on Perth freeway death

Barry Breslin was killed by an excavator while working on a southbound off-ramp on the Mitchell Freeway but any mention of a worker fatality is absent from NRW Holdings’ annual report.

Adrian Rauso

MiningCommentsEmeco brings in Macliver as new independent chair

Emeco has tapped well-regarded mining veteran Ian Macliver to be the next independent chair of the mining services and rental group.

Daniel Newell

ContractingCommentsPremiumSecond big win within a week for NRW

NRW Holdings is toasting its second big contract win within a week as it picks up $109m worth of work at BHP’s Jimblebar.

Daniel Newell

ContractingCommentsPremium$157m for Barminco to see sun set on IGO’s super Nova

Barminco will keep on shovelling at the Nova nickel mine — and will likely still be there when it gives up its last load — after securing a $157 million contract extension with owner IGO.

Daniel Newell

ContractingPremiumNRW bags $360m Goldfields contract win

Mining services contractor NRW Holdings has booked a $360 million contract win with Australia’s second-biggest gold miner.

Daniel Newell

ContractingPremiumMitchell Freeway worker death an NRW subcontractor

NRW Holdings has acknowledged it is running the Mitchell Freeway upgrade project where a 35-year-old father was killed by an excavator.

Adrian Rauso

ContractingCommentsPremiumPerenti pay changes avoid ‘second strike’

Shareholders at the mining contractor’s annual general meeting have endorsed a revised remuneration report which includes bigger penalties for executives in the event of workplace deaths.

Sean Smith

ContractingPremiumDecmil tasked with $61m Marble Bar Road upgrade for HanRoy

Macmahon’s newly-acquired subsidiary Decmil has landed a $61 million contract to deliver much-needed upgrades to part of a critical freight route in the Pilbara.

Simone Grogan

Funds managementPremiumNedlands-based Viburnum launches $300m mining tech fund

Viburnum Private III will be the third fund launched by the firm since 2007 and deployed with a mandate to shore up stakes in growing mining industrials businesses. 

Simone Grogan

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumAustal lands another submarine gig with US Navy

Austal will take on more work at its US shipyards after winning a US$150 million ($223m) contract to build out the infrastructure needed for new nuclear-powered submarines.

Simone Grogan

MiningPremiumMonadelphous wins $230m of contracts

After losing a big lithium contract last month Monadelphous has dusted itself off and secured a suite of new work with BHP, South32 and Perdaman Industries.

Adrian Rauso

Oil & GasPremiumOil and gas contractors forge ahead with strike threat

The union representing employees of Chevron contractor Altrad will gauge appetite for industrial action amid stalled negotiations for higher pay and allowances for workers at Gorgon and Wheatstone.

Simone Grogan

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The West Australian exclusive
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Major mining overhaul at WA’s final nickel hope

Glencore has cut ties with the inaugural mining services provider at Murrin Murrin to streamline WA’s last remaining long-life nickel operation in the face of severe market headwinds. 

Adrian Rauso

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Safety regulator intervenes after death on Macmahon site

Queensland’s mining safety regulator has forced a halt to most activity at a coal mine following two deaths on site within three weeks. The latest fatality involves WA mining services contractor Macmahon.

Adrian Rauso

MiningCommentsPremiumMader Group shares whacked on slower growth tip

Having grown revenues by 30 per cent a year in the past five years, the mining vehicle maintenance is tipping just 12 per cent growth for the 2025 financial year.

Sean Smith

ContractingPremiumMonadelphous shares on the rise post-upbeat update

The boss of longstanding mining and energy contractor Monadelphous is confident there will be “robust” demand for services despite weaker iron ore pricing. 

Simone Grogan

MiningPremiumPerenti CEO pay down nearly $1m following safety overhaul

A spate of fatalities and a related remuneration report strike has led Perenti’s board to trim the salaries of the company’s top brass.

Adrian Rauso

Mergers and AcquisitionsCommentsPremiumSRG swoops on Sydney utilities outfit for $111m

The Subiaco-based contractor will raise $66 million and draw down debt to buy a Sydney-based utilities infrastructure builder with 750 staff, as profits continue to climb.

Simone Grogan

ContractingPremiumNRW confident in iron ore as market celebrates belter 2024

The Belmont-based contractor has turned in a record set of results for 2024, with long-serving chief executive Jules Pemberton upbeat about a pipeline of iron ore work he says is as “positive as I’ve seen it”.

Simone Grogan