Adrian Rauso

Pindan has been awarded a $90 million contract for the construction of an operations village for Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri iron ore project, with the announcement coming less than a week after Oxley Holdings acquired full ownership of the contractor.

SeaLink Travel Group’s $700 million takeover target, Transit Systems, has renewed two transport contracts in Western Australia worth around $57 million per year, as well as securing a new contract.

Lendlease and BMD Constructions have both secured road-widening contracts from Main Roads Western Australia worth more than $18 million combined.

Technology Metals Australia and Strandline Resources both announced their flagship Western Australian projects have reached the due diligence phase of the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility funding assessment process.

Busselton is set to have an underwater observatory, after the federal government committed $13 million to the project as part of its Regional Growth Fund.

AMP Capital has secured tenants for four whole floors of 140 St Georges Terrace, which has pushed the vacancy rate at the office tower to below 1 per cent.

The state government has announced a runway extension at Jandakot Airport to support the Royal Flying Doctor Service and turned the first sod for a new medical laboratory in Jandakot Business Park.

Perth-based Indus Energy has withdrawn plans to buy South Australian company New Era Oil and Gas and re-list on the ASX, after it concluded it could not raise the $4 million required.

Copper and zinc producer Heron Resources has launched a $91 million funding package, as it is set to run out of cash this month, following delays in construction and ramp-up at its Woodlawn zinc-copper project in NSW.