Fraser Beattie

TFS Corporation non-executive director Dalton Gooding has been promoted to the role of non-executive chairman after joining the company just one month ago, after Patrick O’Connor stood down from the role at a board meeting this morning.

Burswood-based Programmed Maintenance Services has recorded a drop in after-tax profit for the six months to September to $9.8 million as a result of a continued fall in available work in the resources sector.

The Environmental Protection Authority has given conditional approval for Rio Tinto’s Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara, but is cautious about the potential spread of asbestos that could result from where the mining giant proposes to construct a rail corridor.

Aurizon's West Pilbara iron ore joint venture has won backing from one of Australia's big four banks, ANZ Banking Group.

Belmont-based property developer and construction company Diploma Group plans to build a $35 million, nine-storey residential apartment building in Scarborough, after buying two adjoining blocks of land along West Coast Highway.

Perth-based engineering and construction contractor Civmec has reported a 37.7 per cent rise in net profit for the September quarter to $S11 million, and a 140 per cent leap in revenue to $S170.2 million.

Sandfire Resources has filed proceedings in the Federal Court against the Centre for Australian Ethical Research over media releases published on its website last month, which Sandfire argues contained “misleading and deceptive” information.

Balcatta-based PS Structures has been awarded a $13.5 million contract to upgrade the Museum of Western Australia’s Collections and Research centre in Welshpool.

The state government has made further amendments to its decision to charge a $4,000 public school fee for families on 457 visas, after community backlash resulted in multiple delays.

One of Australia's most prominent businesswomen, Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly, is stepping down after seven years at the bank's helm, to be replaced by Brian Hartzer.

Gold miner Northern Star Resources has outlined plans to spend $50 million next year on exploration activity, after announcing a high-grade gold discovery on the Millennium tenement at its Kundana project near Kalgoorlie.

The Fair Work Commission last night issued an order to the Australian Institute of Marine & Power Engineers to end a planned strike by Teekay Shipping’s engineers this morning in Port Hedland.

Troubled miner Pluton Resources says its major shareholder General Nice Resources has committed to provide extra funding to recommence operations at the Cockatoo Island iron ore project.

Work has begun work on upgrades to the Roe Highway-Berkshire Road interchange in Forrestfield, under a deal worth $46.2 million.

Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has increased its work on hand after being awarded three separate construction contracts in the oil and gas and infrastructure markets for a combined value of about $90 million.

Northern Minerals has appointed Dublin-headquartered management consulting firm Accenture to plan and budget a feasibility study at its flagship Browns Range rare earths project near Halls Creek.

Tugboat deckhands at Australia's main iron ore port have agreed to a new wage deal after more than a year of negotiations.

Belmont-based contractor GR Engineering Services has won a $10.3 million contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management work at Finders Resources’ Wetar Copper project expansion in Indonesia.

Network Ten has been the unloved step-sister of Australian TV in recent years but a string of would-be fairy godmothers are lining up to give the struggling broadcaster a Cinderella-like makeover.

The Environmental Protection Authority has rejected Sinosteel Midwest Corporation’s proposal to develop a new mine pit at its Blue Hills Mungada East hematite project due to irreversible environmental consequences.

Perth land developer Peet says it will seek to raise $47 million to help fund $95 million worth of acquisition interests in six residential development projects across Australia.

Watpac Civil & Mining says it will resume limited works at Pluton Resources' Cockatoo Island iron ore project following discussions with the troubled miner's receivers, KordaMentha.

Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group is expanding its service offering with the acquisition of SAS Telecom for about $1 million, providing it with access to the telecommunication installation market.

Education provider Navitas says it has become joint naming rights sponsor of the Navitas Satalyst Racing team, a Western Australian registered cycling team competing in the National Road Series.

Shares in engineering firm UGL have tumbled after its joint venture partner flagged a $US170 million ($A200 million) cost blowout to the construction of a power station at Inpex's Ichthys LNG project in Darwin.

Improving the diagnosis and management of patients with fatty liver conditions was the motivation for the 2014 WA Innovator of the Year winner, Resonance Health.

Neon Energy may be leaving its Perth headquarters after entering into a merger implementation agreement with MEO Australia, which would create a combined entity based in Melbourne.

BHP Billiton will start exporting oil out of the US, a practice banned since the 1970s oil crisis.

Engineering firm Downer EDI has lifted its full year profit target despite uncertainty around some of its major mining customers.

Business leaders' confidence in the Abbott government has slumped to the lowest level since the coalition won power, with almost two-thirds seeing no benefit in scrapping the carbon tax.

Perth-based Liontown Resources says it will accept just $465,500 to satisfy an outstanding settlement around the sale of its Liontown base metal deposit in Queensland to collapsed miner Kagara, which was later offloaded to Red River Resources.

Copper producer Aditya Birla Minerals has flagged impairment charges in the range of $175 million to $225 million in its upcoming half-year financial report, resulting from mining set-backs, potential asset divestments, and devaluation of its heap leach inventory.