OPINION: A deep-water port at Exmouth would realise almost $1 billion in gross regional product over the next 25 years, writes Gascoyne Gateway managing director Michael Edwards.
The construction and engineering arm of WestStar Industrial has secured $2.1 million in work on Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak mine in the Pilbara.
Perth-based Decmil Group has added $140 million to its order book after securing the works to upgrade a rail line in Victoria, as part of a consortium.
Liberal Party WA leader Zak Kirkup has urged those yet to place their vote to consider the impact supporting Labor could have on the future of Roe 8 and 9, Fremantle Port and Cockburn Sound.
Energy and infrastructure services contractor Valmec has confirmed a 13 per cent annual rise in earnings, attributing the growth to strong performance across the water and resources sectors.
The latest job vacancy figures released by the National Skills Commission have highlighted the tight labour market in Western Australia, with demand for labourers now at an eight-year high.
The Liberal Party WA is doubling down on its fight to build Roe 8 and 9, announcing it would revive the project and issue tender documents within its first 100 days in office.
National construction company Georgiou Group has secured the non-process infrastructure contract for the second phase of Rio Tinto’s Western Turner Syncline mine expansion.
A plan to remove level crossings on the Armadale line failed cost benefit assessment, with Business News last week revealing the Byford rail extension suffered the same fate.
The telecommunications arm of ASX-listed Veris has secured its second contract from Fortescue Metals Group in recent months, for work at the Pilbara miner’s Kangi accommodation village.
The state government has confirmed that it intends to proceed with clearing at the new $126.5 million Ocean Reef Marina, despite claims it is home to a significant indigenous site.
Blue Phoenix Group is planning to invest $20 million establishing a specialist processing facility in Kwinana after striking a contract with the developer of a giant waste-to-energy plant.
More of Western Australia’s recycling will be processed locally after the state and federal governments announced they would help fund nine recycling projects across WA.
UK-based contractor Laing O’Rourke has won two infrastructure projects collectively worth more than $600 million – a major upgrade to Great Eastern Highway and replacement of the Fremantle traffic bridge.
Shares in Valmec soared by more than 15 per cent this morning after the diversified contractor reported solid first-half earnings and a growing order book.
