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ContractingPremiumNRW promised $70m before Government seized Whyalla

A major creditor of the collapsed Whyalla steelworks has argued it would have been paid $70 million by Sanjeev Gutpa’s GFG Alliance had the South Australian Government not “intervened”.

Simone Grogan

NRW Holdings chief executive Jules Pemberton.

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NRW shares tank on Whyalla woes

Shares in NRW Holdings have been hammered in early trade after the civil and mining contractor delivered its half-year accounts after the market closed on Friday.

The listed contractor said it required “regular weekly payment instalments” and provided those services up until February 19 when administrators at KordaMentha were called in at OneSteel.

ContractingPremiumNRW demanded weekly payments before Whyalla collapse

OneSteel Manufacturing creditor NRW was demanding weekly repayments back in December to keep providing mining services after the now-collapsed South Australian steelworks fell behind on its dues.

Simone Grogan

NRW has won a contract for infrastructure work at at East Pilbara minesite.

ContractingCommentsPremiumWA contractor caught in Whyalla collapse owed $113m

NRW has been left short $113 million for work completed at the now-collapsed Whyalla Steelworks operations, with no firm guarantee as to how much cash it can claw back from the wreckage.

Simone Grogan

Mader Group is looking to expand internationally.

ContractingPremiumPerth tradie supplier Mader angles for more US work

Perth-based tradie contractor Mader Group is angling to latch onto a new wave of work it believes will open up in America under the pro-business agenda of US President Donald Trump. 

Simone Grogan

Perenti managing director Mark Norwell. Sharon Smith 27/06/2018

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Perenti boss defiant as cash crunch squashes stock price

The market believes Perenti has lost too much ground to meet its full-year financial forecasts, yet the boss of the mining services contractor reckons it can comfortably play catch-up.

Adrian Rauso

Zoran Bebic

MiningCommentsPremiumRio Tinto and Shell among $400m Monadelphous wins

Monadelphous has added approximately $400 million to its project pipeline just three days after warning investors that the pace of new work being awarded was showing signs of slowing.

Adrian Rauso

Macmahon’s after-tax profit for the half year to December was down 17.8 per cent

ContractingCommentsPremiumMacmahon bets on once-struggling Decmil to deliver

Perth mining contractor Macmahon has copped a knock to its bottom line after bearing the cost of bringing once-struggling civil builder Decmil into the fold. 

Simone Grogan

SRG Managing Director David Macgeorge.

ContractingCommentsPremiumElection flurry to deliver civil works boost, SRG says

SRG is optimistic a double election year and healthy State balance sheet should result in a good pipeline of infrastructure works for the growing contractor in WA.

Simone Grogan

Monadelphous chair Rob Velletri and chief executive Zoran Bebic.

ContractingCommentsPremiumMonadelphous clocks delays in new contract awards

Monadelphous has recorded substantial profit growth on the back of a steady flow of activity across mining and energy, but says the pace of new work awarded has shown some signs of slowing. 

Simone Grogan

The Union said it had notified Serco that the first stoppage would be on Tuesday February 4. 

Workplace MattersCommentsPremiumDetention centre workers threaten strike with jobs in limbo

British multinational Serco has been accused of dodging “legal and moral obligations” to WA workers as it exits a 15-year deal running Australia’s immigration detention centres in favour of a US prison group.

Sean Smith and Simone Grogan

Haydyn Grubb died during a work incident at Monadelphous.

Courts & JusticePremiumMonadelphous cops fine after worker crushed to death

An engineering company has been fined almost $700,000 for contravening health and safety laws that ultimately led to the death of a ‘vulnerable employee’.

Tegan Guthrie

MLG Oz managing director Murray Leahy.

ContractingPremiumKalgoorlie contractor scores $45m with Northern Star

Kalgoorlie-founded contractor MLG Oz has locked in four more contracts with gold giant Northern Star Resources delivering haulage and site services. 

Simone Grogan

NRW chief executive Jules Pemberton, left, with chairman Michael Arnett at the company’s 2019 annual meeting.

ContractingCommentsPremiumEuroz Hartleys unfazed by NRW’s sudden CFO exit

The WA stockbroker says while a CFO resignation is ‘never great’ it remains comfortable that ‘all is on track operationally’.

Sean Smith

NRW shares have been hammered by the sudden exit of its chief financial officer.

MiningPremiumNRW shares belted over CFO exit

The mining and civil contractor gave no explanation for the departure of Richard Simons, who joined the company in only late-2022.

Sean Smith

The Awak Mas camp.

MiningPremiumMacmahon scores $463m Indonesian gold job

Mining services player Macmahon has won a chunky seven-year contract in Indonesia to start the new year.

Adrian Rauso

Porsche Taycan Launch at Porsche Centre Perth on Friday February 26th, 2021. Naoli Rocci, David Rocci, Amber Wyatt & Steve Wyatt Picture by John Koh.

MiningCommentsPremiumMinRes break in Steve Wyatt game of stones

Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources has been cleared to have another crack at estranged co-founder Steve Wyatt in a row over competing crushing and screening technologies.

Neale Prior

Peter Bartlett’s estranged former lieutenant alleges the mining veteran, pictured, kept gold at his home as a tax dodge.

ContractingPremiumPeter Bartlett faces contempt charge over DPP meeting

Veteran mining contractor Peter Bartlett has been accused of contempt of court linked to overlapping civil and criminal pursuits of former Coolgardie mill lieutenant Patrick Rhyan Keogh.

Neale Prior

Austal has added more than $130 million to its order book to deliver two new patrol boats to the Australian Border Force.

ManufacturingPremiumAustal adds $137m to order book with ABF contract

Austal has added more than $130 million to its order book to deliver two new patrol boats to the Australian Border Force.

Daniel Newell

Norton Gold Fields has brought in lawyers to probe allegations of corruption targeting its contractors.

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‘Be warned’: WA miner to probe bombshell kickback claims

SPECIAL REPORT: A Chinese miner says it has brought in lawyers to examine allegations some of its employees are extracting side payments from WA businesses.

Adrian Rauso

A Barminco worker underground

ContractingPremiumPerenti lands gold mining and exploration work worth $185m

The underground mining and exploration contracts will add another $185 million worth of work to Perenti’s order book.

Simone Grogan

Two cleaning companies are facing civil legal action in the Federal Court for alleged price fixing. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

ContractingCleaning companies accused of cartel price fixing

Two cleaning companies are facing legal action over alleged cartel behaviour, as one denies all accusations and vows to take the fight to court.

Tess Ikonomou

WA’s gold sector is basking in the glow of a 30 per cent rise in the spot price of the precious metal this year.

EngineeringPremiumCPC Engineering ends year on $24m high

CPC Engineering is closing out 2024 with a couple of big contracts to stuff in its sack before for the New Year.

Daniel Newell

Women’ s Interests Minister Sue Ellery said working with businesses on diversity was important.

ContractingPremiumGovernment trials gender targets in Byford school build

Construction has started at the State Government’s second project contracted under trial procurement frameworks requiring that women make up 10 per cent of the staff working on the site. 

Simone Grogan