Isabel Vieira

Office space provider International Workplace Group has struck an agreement for its flexible workspace in Nedlands following increased demand for hybrid working solutions in the area.

The partners behind the Papua liquified natural gas plant have begun fully integrated front-end engineering and design work, taking the project closer to completion.

Perth-based cloud gaming platform provider Pentanet has struck a deal to deliver a service to Optus customers in 2023.

Thiess has secured a $155 million contract to provide mining services at a greenfield copper mine in Chile.

Marine and subsea services provider MMA Offshore has won three contracts worth $30 million to support offshore wind farm developments in Taiwan.

Subiaco-based Lion Energy has reached an agreement with the Port of Brisbane for a long-term lease to build its proposed green hydrogen hub.

Australian-listed explorers raised a bolstered $3.02 billion during the December quarter after lithium and gold topped the charts for the most funds secured.

West Perth-based explorer Avenira Limited will go ahead with feasibility studies for its proposed battery materials production plant in Darwin.

Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Berhad has bought national equipment hire agency Onsite Rental for $635 million to diversify its presence in the Australian market.

Australia’s consumer protection body is clamping down on ‘greenwashing’ after discovering more than 50 per cent of businesses made misleading claims about their environmental credentials.

Matrix Composites and Engineering is set to raise $20 million to execute its pipeline of contracts and secure future opportunities.

Engineering and remediation company Duratec has lifted profit by 981 per cent in the first half of the financial year.

Exploration company Valor Resources is one step closer to beginning maiden drilling at its copper and silver project in Peru after securing environmental approval.

Pilbara-founded automotive specialist Ulti-Mech has struck a $110 million deal with a Netherlands-based company to convert 1,000 four-wheel-drive vehicles into electric cars in Western Australia.

Mineral sands junior Sheffield Resources is set to raise $30 million to potentially expand its nearly constructed Kimberly project and to assess a business opportunity in Brazil.

Sandfire Resources has recorded a $27.1 million loss after inflationary pressures, higher energy prices and the acquisition of a project in Spain impacted the global miner's first-half results.

APM Human Services has returned to the black after recording a $50.1 million profit and declaring dividends in its first-half report.

Lynas Rare Earths is building inventory ahead of the Malaysian government's upcoming ban on cracking and leaching at its processing facility.

Perth-based NRW Holdings has secured a $24 million contract from aspiring miner Bellevue Gold for work at its nameplate project in the northern Goldfields.

Perth-based shipbuilder Austal has recorded a $7.3 million loss for the first half of 2023 and forecasts an even bigger blow for the full financial year.

Gina Rinehart-backed Catalyst Metals has inked a $C55 million merger with Toronto-based Superior Gold, just a month after securing control of Vango Mining.

Western Australia’s state-of-the-art agrifood and beverage precinct, tipped to deliver up to $330 million into the economy, has officially opened.

Western Australia has the largest gender pay gap in the country, with men earning an average $478.10 more per week than women in a state dominated by mining and construction.

Battery metals company Talga Group has completed a $40 million institutional placement to fund its Swedish project.

There were 26 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies in the past fortnight.

Cash Converters has been forced to tighten up its anti-money laundering program and has flagged plans to write-off its entire goodwill.

Mining services companies Mader Group and Perenti have increased their guidances after recording bolstered revenue in their first half results.

Macmahon Holdings has recorded steady growth in its first half and has increased its revenue guidance after renegotiating a contract extension for work in Indonesia.

Monadelphous has expanded its recruitment efforts overseas as the company continues to grapple with its “biggest challenge” of industry-wide staff shortages.

Perth-based Macmahon Holdings has struck a renegotiated contract extension with Amman Mineral for work on its Indonesian copper and gold mine but under substantially different terms.

Perth-based Austin Engineering has been awarded a $5 million grant from the state government to boost its mining equipment manufacturing program.

Subiaco-based explorer Tivan is finalising a $20 million acquisition of King River Resources’ vanadium and titanium project in the Kimberley.