Roy Hill Iron Ore plans to deploy the eighth rig for its company fleet at the Pilbara mine, Western Australia through an additional purchase order to Vysarn.This mobilises a third rig from V...... [continue reading]
BHP will reduce payment terms for small, local and Indigenous businesses to support communities around Australia during the coronavirus pandemic.The major miner will immediately pay outstand...... [continue reading]
Woolworths has announced a new state-of the-art temperature controlled distribution centre in a major Australian capital city.The supermarket giant has lodged a Development Applicatio...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto has approved a $98-million investment to build a solar plant, Western Australia’s first, which will power the company’s new Koodaideri iron ore mine, in the resource-rich Pilbara region.... [continue reading]
Coles and Woolworths are partnering with global tech companies to advance their fulfillment capabilities in a bid to meet the growing demand for online groceries, with Coles announcing it will buil...... [continue reading]
Roy Hill has signed a contract with Epiroc to deliver their automated haul truck solution.Leading global mining equipment and services provider Epiroc, in partnership with automation sp...... [continue reading]
New direct Qantas flights between Brisbane and San Francisco are set to take off from Brisbane Airport (BNE), establishing an additional link between Queensland’s international gateway city and Nor...... [continue reading]
Top pharmaceutical companies around the world, including GlaxoSmithKline and Gilead Sciences, are increasingly banding together to try and develop vaccines against the new Chinese coronavirus.... [continue reading]
Panoramic Resources has selected Barminco as its preferred contractor for the Savannah project in the Kimberley region, Western Australia.The contract, which is worth around $200 million wil...... [continue reading]
The Western Australian Government has granted a special rail licence for the construction and operation of Fortescue Metal Group’s Eliwana iron ore mine and rail project in the Pilbara region.... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto has executed its ramp up of the Amrun project in Far North Queensland as planned, with the operations driving strong performance in the company’s bauxite division.The company’s ove...... [continue reading]
The consortium developing the East Rockingham Resource Recovery Facility has reached financial close on its waste-to-energy project (WtE) in Western Australia.The consortium is led by Hitach...... [continue reading]
v2food, Australia’s newest plant-based meat company, has announced the purchase of a 55,470 square-metre site in Wodonga. The purchase of the dormant building represents a chance to inject new...... [continue reading]
Joint venture partners Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources have officially opened the Gruyere gold mine in Western Australia.Estimated to ramp up an average production of 300,000 ounces of g...... [continue reading]
Kalium Lakes has been on a contract spree, announcing the award of four contracts in the past week that will move its Beyondie sulphate of potash project, in Western Australia, closer to production...... [continue reading]
Vaughan Constructions has successfully delivered Woolworths’ latest facility in Melbourne’s south, the distribution centre (DC) is the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.P...... [continue reading]
Australian gold production has reached an all-time record of 321 tonnes (10.3 million ounces) in the past financial year, according to gold mining consultants, Surbiton Associates.With the g...... [continue reading]
Uber has announced Australia as the first international market for Uber Air, with Melbourne being selected as the first official pilot city outside of the US.Melbourne will join Dallas and L...... [continue reading]
Brisbane Airport (BNE) will be the first and only port in Australia with direct flights to/from Chicago following confirmation that Qantas plans to commence four-times weekly direct services by the...... [continue reading]
Caterpillar has signed an agreement to supply Rio Tinto with mining machinery, including autonomous trucks and blast drills, to improve operational safety and performance at the company’s Koodaider...... [continue reading]
Metso has won a contract to supply pyro-processing and comminution equipment to Albemarle Corp’s Kemerton lithium plant near Bunbury, Western Australia.Metso will supply calciner and acid ro...... [continue reading]
Fortescue Metals Group has awarded a major component overhaul and replacement services contract to three contractors based in Port Hedland in Western Australia.Force Equipment, Wes...... [continue reading]
BHP has awarded a second construction contract at the South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, Western Australia to Monadelphous.The $104 million contract includes structural, mechanical...... [continue reading]
The Tropicana joint venture has cemented the Western Australian gold mine’s future by approving the Boston Shaker underground development.JV partners AngloGold Ashanti and Independence Group...... [continue reading]
RNC Minerals has agreed to purchase Westgold Resources’ Higginsville gold operation near Norseman, Western Australia, for $50 million.Canada-based RNC plans to consolidate Higginsville and t...... [continue reading]
Murray River Organics (MRO) has launched two of its own branded premium ranges in Japan as part of its strategy to grow exports under the ‘Taking Sunraysia to Asia’ program.MRO’s branded ran...... [continue reading]
Australia and Indonesia have signed a trade agreement that will bring greater opportunities for Australia’s mining equipment, technology and services (METS) companies.The inked Indonesia-Aus...... [continue reading]
Australia’s gold producers have capitalised on a surging price for the precious metal by delivering an all-time production record last year.With 317 tonnes of gold in 2018, the companies bro...... [continue reading]
Decmil has secured several Tier 1 mining contracts to set up the engineering contractor for a profitable 2019.The Western Australia-based company won a $65 million contract extension with BH...... [continue reading]
A research team from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) plans to investigate the prospect of mining water from the moon to help produce rocket fuel.The research team announced tha...... [continue reading]
Woodside has awarded four contracts for front-end engineering design activities for the proposed Scarborough Project. The contracts are for engineering activities related to the upst...... [continue reading]
Oji Fibre Solutions and Port of Tauranga have today confirmed their long term relationship has been extended with the renewal of their Operating Agreement for a further 10 years. Oji...... [continue reading]
Albemarle Corporation has started the new year by launching construction of its Kemerton lithium hydroxide conversion site in Western Australia.Site earthworks at Kemerton have started in li...... [continue reading]
Scania is testing a new generation autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia. The first phase of the trial started in August 2018 and in...... [continue reading]
Mainfreight has expanded its reach in regional Australia with the opening of a new branch in Toowoomba. “Toowoomba is a booming regional centre located 125 kilometres west of Brisban...... [continue reading]
Australia’s largest automotive manufacturer, Volvo Group Australia, has opened its new national headquarters at Wacol, signalling the next chapter in its 46-year Queensland-based success story....... [continue reading]
Jet Technologies has launched a brand-new machine that caps jars for Australian and New Zealand food manufacturers. The Smart Capper is a fully automated capping machine designed for...... [continue reading]
Ausdrill is set to purchase mining services contractor Barminco in a cash and scrip deal worth $271.5 million, while also announcing a $250 million capital raising. Under the deal, A...... [continue reading]
BAE Systems has been announced by the Australian Government’s as the preferred tenderer for the SEA 5000 program to deliver nine Future Frigates for the Royal Australian Navy. The overall announced...... [continue reading]
Australia Pacific LNG has welcomed the successful completion of a new gas pipeline connecting its Reedy Creek facilities to the Wallumbilla Gas Supply Hub. The Reedy...... [continue reading]
Chevron Australia and its joint venture participants are to proceed with future offshore development at the Chevron-led Gorgon natural gas facility off the northwest coast of Western Australia....... [continue reading]
Gold development and exploration company Gold Road Resources Limited has commenced drilling on its $23 million 2018 greenfields exploration drilling campaign at Yamarna. Four drill rigs operated by...... [continue reading]
Qantas’ first Perth to London flight has taken off, marking the start of the only direct air link between Australia and Europe – and the fastest way of traveling between the two continents.O...... [continue reading]
Australian strategic metals company TNG Limited has signed a strategic co-operation agreement with the leading construction companies McMahon Services and Clough Proje...... [continue reading]
Northern Star Resources has agreed to acquire Westgold Resources’ South Kalgoorlie Operations for a total consideration of A$80 million. The acquisition comprise...... [continue reading]
Fujitsu General Australia has begun construction on its new national headquarters at Eastern Creek, New South Wales.The new headquarters will be a 5-star Green Star energy rated building, pr...... [continue reading]
Advanced materials company, First Graphene Limited has announced a significant milestone, not just for the Company but also for the global graphene industry, with the commencement of production fro...... [continue reading]
Linfox, one of Australia’s largest logistics companies, has partnered with Telstra and MTData to implement an advanced telematics and management solution into its Australian truck fleet. The Intern...... [continue reading]
CIMIC Group company UGL has been awarded contracts by Equis Energy to build and maintain the Tailem Bend 127MWDC Solar Farm in South Australia. The project will gener...... [continue reading]
Millennium Minerals has awarded an underground mining contract for the new Bartons Underground mine development, part of its Nullagine Gold Project in WA, to highly experienced WA based mining serv...... [continue reading]
Carnegie Clean Energy through it's subsidiary, Energy Made Clean, and its Joint Venture partner, Lendlease, have been awarded the contract for the design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of...... [continue reading]
Ausdrill have announced that its Managing Director, Ron Sayers, who at the age of 65 has decided to retire after successfully leading the Company for 30 years. Sayers has given 12 mo...... [continue reading]
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said the country’s military equipment manufacturers will be offered government-backed loans as part of a A$3.8 billion package to become one of the w...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto’s fleet of autonomous haul trucks achieved a significant milestone at the company’s world-class operations in Australia by moving their one-billionth tonne of material.Since commen...... [continue reading]
Qantas has announced the start date of 1 September 2018 for a daily Dreamliner service between Brisbane and Los Angeles. It will replace the Boeing 747-400 currently operating this route.... [continue reading]
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Limited (SCEE) has been awarded approximately $20m of work on Main Roads Western Australia’s NorthLink WA Central Section (Reid Highway to Ellenbrook) by Great...... [continue reading]
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) has announced a 40% increase in the number of Program of Works received by DMIRS in 2017 compared to 2016.The Department...... [continue reading]
Lendlease has been selected by the South Australian Government as the preferred contractor to design and construct the Gawler Rail Electrification Project Stage 1. ...... [continue reading]
APA Group has received final approval from the WA Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety for the 198 kilometre Yamarna Gas Pipeline (YGP) and has appointed Nacap Aus...... [continue reading]
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has appointed Gert-Jan De Graaff, a former BAC senior executive and current President and CEO of JFKIAT LLC, the operators of Terminal 4 at John F Kennedy Interna...... [continue reading]
St John Ambulance WA have been awarded the tender to look after the health of visitors to the new Optus Stadium in Burswood. The Medical and First Aid Services tender was awarded thi...... [continue reading]
WA headquartered construction and maintenance contractor ECM have announced it has secured new contracts in the Resource, Defence and Infrastructure sectors with a combined value of approximately $...... [continue reading]
The ICC have given a glowing endorsement of the stadium, with West Indian cricket great Richie Richardson calling it ‘by far the most impressive and well laid out stadium that I have ever visited’....... [continue reading]
A contract for the City Rail Link and the first for the southern end of the project has been awarded to the March Bessac Joint Venture.CRL chief executive Chris Meale says it’s another...... [continue reading]
Centrals, a subsidiary of Resource Development Group have been awarded a contract for concrete and civil works package by Crushing Services International, a subsidiary of Mineral Resources Limited....... [continue reading]
Unibail- Rodamco is acquire Westfield and create the world’s premier developer and operator of flagship shopping destinations. The proposed transaction has been unanimously recommended by Westfield...... [continue reading]
Partners in the Tropicana Joint Venture have approved Phase One of the Long Island strategy, increasing production from the mine in the medium term and extending mine life. Long Isla...... [continue reading]
Crane specialist, Maxilift Australia, has opened up a new facility in north Adelaide. The new branch is located at 501 South Road, Regency Park. Maxilift Australia’s headquarters is bas...... [continue reading]
Newcrest is proceeding with a new substantial investment in its Telfer mine in the East Pilbara region of Western Australia. This new investment comprises A$93 millio...... [continue reading]
GR Engineering Services has been appointed as the preferred tenderer by Sheffield Resources to design and construct the 7.5Mtpa Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project. The Project is located on the Damp...... [continue reading]
Chevron Corporation has started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. The first cargo is on track to be shipped in the coming weeks. "...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto has successfully completed the first fully autonomous rail journey at its iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia as the company progresses toward full commissionin...... [continue reading]
Australian lithium developer, Pilbara Minerals Limited has executed a binding terms sheet with Great Wall Motor Company, one of China’s largest automotive manufacturers, to further underpin the Sta...... [continue reading]
Anova Metals and Exterra Resources have today announced that they have entered into a Merger Agreement under which Anova has agreed to acquire all of t...... [continue reading]
Australia has taken the record for the longest run of uninterrupted growth in the developed world, according to the figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Gross...... [continue reading]
Woodside Petroleum has agreed a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas sales agreement with Indonesia’s Pertamina. The Perth-based company announced it had agreed to sell a...... [continue reading]
Australian poultry producer Ingham's is expanding its Western Australian operations generating an estimated 400 additional permanent jobs in the local economy. In line with Ingham’s...... [continue reading]
SCEE has been awarded approximately $10m of work on solar farm projects by Bouygues Construction Australia Pty Ltd. The scope of work includes the design and construction of photovoltaic (PV) elect...... [continue reading]
Thiess has secured a mining services contract with MACH Energy’s new Mount Pleasant coal mine in Australia’s Hunter Valley region in New South Wales.The new contract will generate total reve...... [continue reading]
Diversified engineering and infrastructure company RCR Tomlinson has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $85 million with Manildra Prop Pty Ltd to design and construct a major utility s...... [continue reading]
Carnegie Clean Energy’s expansion is continuing with plans for a 10MW solar power station in Northam which the Michael Ottaviano-led company will build, own and operate. Carnegie said...... [continue reading]
Leading digital entertainment and communications service provider Swift Networks Group Limited has won a long-term contract to supply design, construction, maintenance and support services to Shell...... [continue reading]
Engineering company Monadelphous Group in joint venture with Jacobs Engineering have received a letter of intent from Oil Search Limited to enter into a new proposed five year contract for engineer...... [continue reading]
Guma ICRG has been a awarded a contract to carry out the Roy Hill Port Sump Installation Project at the company’s operations south of Port Hedland. The project includes the construct...... [continue reading]
The Andrews Labor Government has refreshed its contracts with telecommunications providers in a move that will save the Victorian taxpayers $129 million. The contracts combine the ex...... [continue reading]
Pacific Energy subsidiary KPS has secured a new electricity supply contract with Aragon Resources a wholly owned subsidiary of Westgold Resources. KPS will build, own and maintain a...... [continue reading]
The second of three construction contracts for the $1.12 billion NorthLink WA has been awarded to the Great Northern Connect Team - a joint venture between BGC Contracting Pty Ltd and Laing O'Rourk...... [continue reading]
DBP Development Group (DDG), has announced that it will build the largest gas storage facility in Western Australia. Expected to be operational by June 2017, the estimated total cost...... [continue reading]
Qantas is set to add to its list of aviation firsts, with the national carrier confirming it will operate non-stop flights from Perth to London using the 787-9 Dreamliner. The 14,498...... [continue reading]
Georgiou Group has been selected as the Preferred Tenderer for the Defence Housing Australia’s (DHA) mixed-use residential development, valued at $61 million. Situated in Fremantle’s...... [continue reading]
Engineering company Monadelphous has secured additional work across a broad range of industries, including two major awards in the water infrastructure market. The combined value of this work is ap...... [continue reading]
Leading Australian mining and civil construction firm BGC Contracting Pty Ltd has acquired 100% of family-owned DIAB Engineering Pty Ltd. Headquartered in Geraldton, Western Australia, DIAB is an e...... [continue reading]
ASX listed Decmil Group has secured a $22.1m contract with VicRoads for the construction of a section of the Princes Highway duplication between Minniedale Road Traralgon East and east of Sheepwash...... [continue reading]
Broadspectrum has been awarded a $258 million five-year contract by Western Australia’s Department of Corrective Services for court security and custodial services. The initial five-year contract i...... [continue reading]
GE has agreed to merge its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes to create a new oilfield technology services company creating annual revenues of $32bn from providing physical and digital technolo...... [continue reading]
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has invested AU$395M in a natural fertilser business, owned by UK based Sirius Minerals. Sirius is developing the North Yorkshire Polyhalite...... [continue reading]
Glencore has agreed to sell its coal-haulage business GRail in New South Wales state to American railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. for AUD1.14 billion (US$874 million), in the latest sale by...... [continue reading]
ASX listed engineering company Monadelphous has secured a major construction contract associated with the Amuri irrigation scheme in New Zealand valued at approximately AUD 58 million. ...... [continue reading]
Construction has started on a new $400 million lithium processing plant in Kwinana, Western Australia. Premier Colin Barnett turned the first sod of soil at a ceremony at the pr...... [continue reading]
Milk is now flowing through Fonterra’s ED4 milk powder dryer at Edendale, with the plant reopening ahead of schedule following the recent collapse of one of the site’s raw milk silos. ... [continue reading]
Pilbara Minerals has expanded its footprint in the Pilgangoora lithium district by signing an agreement with Dakota Minerals to acquire the Lynas Find lithium project. Managing direc...... [continue reading]
Resolute Mining have launched an institutional placement that will raise a minimum of A$150 million. The funds raised via the placement will be used to advance the development of the...... [continue reading]
Virgin Australia will launch services from Melbourne to Los Angeles and Perth to Abu Dhabi in 2017, increasing competition and choice for Australian travellers. On 4 April 2017, Virg...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto and General Electric are to work together on two key strategic technology projects, Rio Tinto's 'Mine of the Future™' and GE's 'Ecomagination'", to develop the most energy efficient...... [continue reading]
The Good Guys have entered into an agreement for the company to become fully owned by Australian and New Zealand based retailer JB Hi-Fi. The Good Guys and JB Hi-Fi will continue to operate as inde...... [continue reading]
Australia’s first fully driverless and electric shuttle bus, the RAC Intellibus, has made it’s debut in South Perth. The RAC Intellibus will carry passengers and interact with traffi...... [continue reading]
Revenues at Auckland Airport have increased 12.9% to $573.9 million. Total profit after tax was up 17.4% to $262.4 million. Auckland Airport Chair, Sir Henry van der Heyden, says, “T...... [continue reading]
Qantas has reported an underlying profit before tax of $1.53 billion for the 12 mo...... [continue reading]
Diversified engineering and infrastructure company, RCR Tomlinson Ltd (ASX: RCR) has been awarded a contract with Rio Tinto to deliver a primary crusher and overland conveyor system for the Si...... [continue reading]
Work on the Australian and New South Wales governments’ suite of Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan projects is pushing ahead, with shortlisted contractors announced to build three major road proje...... [continue reading]
Work will start this month on a $25 million Liberal National Government upgrade to East Perth Station to...... [continue reading]
Diversified healthcare company and owned of MyHealthTest, ITL Limited has been awarded a one year contract extension with multinational biotechnology company bioMérieux. ITL has been...... [continue reading]
Lycopodium has been awarded a contract for the delivery of the Mako Project gold processing plant and certain other facilities in Senegal from exploration and development company Toro Gold Ltd (Tor...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto is to invest $338 million to complete the development of the Silvergrass mine in its world-class Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia. The brownfield expansion...... [continue reading]
ASX listed Dicker Data has been appointed as a distributor of Logitech commercial and gaming products in Australia. David Dicker, Chairman & CEO, Dicker Data Limited said “We’re plea...... [continue reading]
Velrada has been awarded a contract to provide consulting, systems integration, and managed services to support Sodexo’s Pilbara operations. The initial core contract value is estimated as $10m.... [continue reading]
ASX listed Engineering company Monadelphous Group Limited has secured new contracts and additional works for customers in the resources, energy and infrastructure markets with a combined value of a...... [continue reading]
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has received an investment of $23.7 million from Liberal National Government's Royalties for Regions to assist the Flying Doctor to continue to meet patient demand w...... [continue reading]
Woodside has entered into a binding Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with ConocoPhillips to acquire all of ConocoPhillips’ interests in Senegal for the purchase price of US$350 million, based on a...... [continue reading]
GR Engineering has entered into an EPC contract with Auctus Resources for the design and construction of completion works associated with the 500,000 tonne per annum Mungana zinc, lead, copper and...... [continue reading]
Watpac has won a $45 million extension to its existing contract at the Mt Magnet gold mine. The scope of the work on the Ramelius Resources site includes drill and blast, load and ha...... [continue reading]
Following the recent final approvals required to commence operations at its 5.1Moz Matilda Gold Project, Blackham Resources has selected contractors for mining, tailings dam construction and the po...... [continue reading]
Samsung Electronics Australia has launched the company’s mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, bringing Australian consumers and businesses a secure, fast, and simple way to pay. The mobile payment...... [continue reading]
Underground hard-rock mining contractor Barminco has been awarded a three-year A$275 million contract, with a two year option, at the Kundana gold mines from the East Kundana Joint Venture (EKJV) (...... [continue reading]
West Australian Minister for Transport Dean Nalder has announced that Great Northern Connect, a joint venture between Laing O’Rourke and BGC Contracting, is the preferred contractor for the No...... [continue reading]
Data#3, a leading Australian business technology solutions company, has announced that Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) will extend its Managed Technology Infrastructure Service contract with Dat...... [continue reading]
Decmil has been awarded a design and construct contract to build a new primary school for the Ministry of Education in Takanini, Auckland. The project has an initial value of NZ$17.0m and wi...... [continue reading]
Telstra Health has been selected by the Commonwealth Department of Health to deliver and operate the Australian National Cancer Screening Register, a ground-breaking initiative in the fight against...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto has appointed Stephen McIntosh as the acting Group executive, Technology & Innovation to succeed Greg Lilleyman, who will leave the company after 25 years of service.McIntosh has b...... [continue reading]
Quixant (AIM: QXT), a leading provider of specialised computing platforms and monitors for gaming and slot machine applications, has signed a multi-year contract with Ainsworth Game Technology (ASX...... [continue reading]
The Good Guys has appointed Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and UBS as Joint Lead Managers to support its planned initial public offer and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange with the oversi...... [continue reading]
Australian listed GB Energy Ltd (ASX: GBX) has entered into an Option Agreement to acquire a 70% interest in the Bitterwasser Lithium Clay Project (Bitterwasser Project) in Namibia. The Option...... [continue reading]
Doray Minerals Limited has entered into a farm-in Agreement with Rox Resources Limited to explore the highly prospective and underexplored Mount Fisher Gold Project which is located in the north-ea...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto and its partners, the Government of Mongolia and Turquoise Hill R...... [continue reading]
Crater Gold Mining has installed and commissioned its new custom-made gold processing plant at its High Grade Zone (“HGZ”) mine at Crater Mountain, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Crater Gol...... [continue reading]
BMD Constructions have commenced works on stage two of the $15 million Bendigo Airport redevelopment project for the City of Greater Bendigo. The scope of works includes the construc...... [continue reading]
Auckland Airport is to build a state-of-the-art new distribution centre for Fonterra’s New Zealand consumer business (Fonterra Brands New Zealand), the two companies announced today. Fonterra Brand...... [continue reading]
Peet Limited has entered into a conditional agreement for the proposed residential development on land owned by the University of Canberra in Belconnen, ACT. Peet and the University...... [continue reading]
Thiess has been awarded a three-year contract extension by PT Teguh Sinar Abadi and PT Firman Ketaun Perkasa (members of the Bayan Group) to continue operations at Melak Coal Mine, in East Kalimant...... [continue reading]
Sodexo has committed to create 400 new jobs across Australia over the next 4 years. This is in response to an invitation by the Australian Government to participate in the Employment...... [continue reading]
Clough has been awarded an engineering services contract by Woodside Energy Ltd (Woodside). Clough has been selected to work as part of an engineering panel to provide multi-discipli...... [continue reading]
Anglo American has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with a consortium led by Taurus Fund Management to sell its 70% interest in the Foxleigh metallurgical coal mine in Queensland, Austral...... [continue reading]
Austal has announced that construction of one additional Littoral Combat Ship has been funded by the U.S. Navy. LCS 26 will be the eleventh Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships...... [continue reading]
Air New Zealand's has opened a new purpose-built, architecturally designed and significantly larger lounge will at Brisbane International Airport. The new 771 square metre lounge cat...... [continue reading]
ABB has won a five-year contract to deliver equipment and services for Shell’s Prelude FLNG, the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, the largest floating facility ever bui...... [continue reading]
Australian Energy company AWE Limited (ASX: AWE) has announced the appointment of David Biggs as its new CEO and Managing Director. Biggs is currently CEO of Cue Energy Limited, a position...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh will retire from the business on 1 July 2016 and will be succeeded by Copper & Coal chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques. To ensure a smooth transition, Jean-S...... [continue reading]
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) has announced it has started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and condensate at the Gorgon Project on Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia...... [continue reading]
Sunrise Energy has awarded CMR Marine, part of Perth based Clough, the Saldanha Bay LPG Import Terminal contract for the construction of the marine facilities and overland pipeline. The sco...... [continue reading]
Perth based Troy Resources have achieved commercial production at its Karouni gold project in Guyana following successful commissioning and operation of all key components of the processing plant.... [continue reading]
International service company, Serco Group, has extended its contract with the Western Australian Government to operate Acacia Prison for a further five years, to May 2021. The total value of the c...... [continue reading]
Pacific Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kalgoorlie Power Systems (‘KPS’), has secured a new electricity supply contract with Doray Minerals Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, Deflector Gold Pty L...... [continue reading]
The Salini Impregilo NRW Joint Venture has been selected by Public Transport Authority of Western Australaia as the preferred contractor for the design, construction and maintenance of the Forrestf...... [continue reading]
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Limited (‘SCEE’) has been awarded over $10m of work by the Sedgman Civmec Joint Venture (‘SCJV’) for the performance of Electrical & Instrumentation services a...... [continue reading]
Cirrus Networks Holdings has announced that Non-Executive Director Matt Sullivan will join the business on a full time basis and transition to the role as Managing Director. At the competit...... [continue reading]
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) have invested US$20 million in leading US-based energy storage and management company, Sunverge Energy Inc. (Sunverge), to enhance its energy storage management capabilitie...... [continue reading]
Leading Australian mining and civil construction firm BGC Contracting Pty Ltd has launched its expansion into NSW by winning a contract to complete a major upgrade to a section of Princes Highway,...... [continue reading]
Mighty River Power is to purchase one of New Zealand’s leading solar businesses, What Power Crisis (WPC) – providing access to proven capability and technical expertise in the growing sector of sol...... [continue reading]
Fletcher Building is to acquire, New Zealand road construction and maintenance business Higgins Group Holdings Limited (“Higgins”) and other related assets, together with Higgins’ Fiji contracting...... [continue reading]
The city of Gold Coast is enjoying a jobs bonanza as thousands of Gold Coasters find work in a range of industries from retail to construction and manufacturing. “We heard from the State Tr...... [continue reading]
Air New Zealand has unveiled a new online campaign to recruit talented people as its future flight attendants. #AspireToFly is part of Air New Zealand’s ‘Where to next?’ brand campaign and...... [continue reading]
Downer has been awarded a contract with Bundaberg Regional Council to design and construct a new Wastewater Treatment Plant and Solar Array at Rubyanna as well as a new Regional Pump Station at the...... [continue reading]
Orion Health has significantly increased its offering to the United Kingdom’s largest healthcare provider, the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board (NHS GGC). The publicly funded NHS...... [continue reading]
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has announced it has exported record volumes for the month of December 2015. Export data for the Co-operative in December confirms the new record for a s...... [continue reading]
John Holland has been awarded the contract to deliver the first section of NorthLink WA. The Southern Section from Guildford Road to Reid Highway will deliver new bridges and interchanges a...... [continue reading]
Leading mining and civil construction firm BGC Contracting Pty Ltd has been awarded a five-year contract extension with Cliff Natural Resources at its Koolyanobbing Iron Ore Project in Western Aust...... [continue reading]
AirAsia X is to start a daily service between Kuala Lumpur and Auckland, by extending its existing Gold Coast service. The year-round service will commence in March 2016, using an A330-300 aircraft...... [continue reading]
ASX Listed Wesfarmers Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire Homebase from Home Retail Group for £340 million (A$705 million). Homebase is the second largest home improvement and garden r...... [continue reading]
In one of New Zealand’s most significant property developments, Vodafone in partnership with Smales Farm, will create a workplace of the future – a fully enabled smart building at the heart of a wo...... [continue reading]
Singapore Airlines will offer more than 700,000 seats a year between Brisbane and Singapore when it adds a fourth direct service operating three days a week from late May 2016, with the aim of incr...... [continue reading]
Airbus has exceeded sales targets for 2015, achieving a new record of 635 aircraft deliveries for 85 customers of which 10 are new. These deliveries comprise: 491 A320 Family aircraft; 103 A33...... [continue reading]
Greenheart Group Limited has announced that Greenheart NZ Forestry Holding Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Greenheart NZ has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with independen...... [continue reading]
Origin Energy Limited (Origin) has confirmed the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has departed the Australia Pacific LNG facility on Curtis Island in Queensland. The Methane Spi...... [continue reading]
ASX listed Saracen Mineral Holdings has announced an outstanding production and cashflow performance for the December Quarter and that it is ahead of schedule to double gold production to 300,000oz...... [continue reading]
New Zealand-based ikeGPS has announced a partnership with Total Supply to bring Spike, a smart laser measurement solution, to the New Zealand sign and digital graphics industry, following its succe...... [continue reading]
Clough AMEC has been awarded a new three year contract with ConocoPhillips in Australia, to provide asset support, operations and maintenance services to the Bayu-Undan offshore field development,...... [continue reading]
Australia based Maca has secured a contract renewal with Regis Resources to provide Open Pit Mining services at its expanded Moolart Well project. The Moolart Well gold mine is l...... [continue reading]
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) has announced that it has executed an agreement with the GLNG Project participants, Total, PETRONAS, Santos & KOGAS, for the sale of 254 petajoules (PJ) of gas to the GLNG...... [continue reading]
Leading integrated services provider AusGroup has announced that recent contract awards and extensions for its clients within the energy and industrial sectors amount to a combined value of the con...... [continue reading]
Operator of the North West Shelf (NWS) Project, Woodside, has announced that the project participants have approved the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) Project off the north-west coast of Aus...... [continue reading]
Austal has announced it has entered into a shipbuilding contract with the National Australia Bank to construct two further Cape Class Patrol Boats. The contract value is $63 million. The t...... [continue reading]
Around 300 people have attended the official opening of Fonterra Pahiatua’s new high-efficiency plant, now producing milk powder destined for more than 20 markets worldwide. The plant came...... [continue reading]
Thiess has been awarded a $760 million contract to operate Glencore’s Mt Owen Coal Mine. The agreement extends on Thiess’ 20-year involvement at the mine, which is located near Ravensworth...... [continue reading]
Ferrovial, through Ferrovial Services, has announced that it has submitted a takeover offer for all the issued shares in the Australian based company Broadspectrum (formerly known as Transfield Ser...... [continue reading]
Cirrus Networks has announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of Amcom L7 Solutions Pty Ltd for $500,000 from Vocus Communications Ltd. The agreement is subject to a number of conditions precede...... [continue reading]
The NSW Government has announced a successful lease of high-voltage electricity transmission asset TransGrid, unlocking billions of dollars for investment in new and productive infrastructure....... [continue reading]
ASX Listed, Cirrus Networks has announced a new contract win with aged care provider Bethanie Group. Bethanie Group is the largest not for profit aged care provider in Western Australia an...... [continue reading]
International online retailer MySale Group has confirmed the acquisition of three Australasian properties. The UK-based fashion retailer, which operates 15 websites in eight countries, firs...... [continue reading]
Air New Zealand has been named Australasia’s Leading Airline for the seventh consecutive year at the 2015 World Travel Awards. The airline also took out the award for Australasia’s...... [continue reading]
ASX listed Simonds Group will acquire Perth based house builder, Gemmill Homes Group for an estimated $6 million. Simonds has identified national footprint as a key component of i...... [continue reading]
McConnell Dowell has been awarded the design and construct contract for the O-Bahn City Access Project in Adelaide, South Australia. In making the announcement, South Australian Transport an...... [continue reading]
A milestone in the rebuild of TransGrid's Orange substation will be reached on Monday 9 November with the delivery of a new building.The building is expected to be delivered to site on the a...... [continue reading]
Fonterra has launched a new Fonterra Application Centre in Guangzhou which will bring innovative dairy products and services to the Co-operative’s foodservice customers in the region. The G...... [continue reading]
Alice, the giant Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has successfully completed excavation of the second motorway tunnel on Auckland’s Waterview Connection motorway project. One of the largest TBM’...... [continue reading]
Santos has announced the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its US$18.5 billion GLNG project has left Curtis Island bound for South Korea. The first cargo is being carried b...... [continue reading]
Mining and energy sector services company, Tempo Australia Limited (ASX: TPP) has announced the appointment of Mr Max Bergomi as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr Bergomi is a highl...... [continue reading]
United Airlines will start a San Francisco to Auckland service in July 2016, using a B787 Dreamliner aircraft. Norris Carter, Auckland Airport’s general manager - aeronautical commercial, s...... [continue reading]
Treasury Wine Estates has announced that it has agreed to acquire the majority of assets from Diageo Plc’s US and UK wine operations. The cash payment of US$600 million comprises $US552 mil...... [continue reading]
Xtract Resources plc (Xtract), Auroch Minerals NL (ASX: AOU) (Auroch or the Company), has announced that Xtract has commenced ground work on the Manica Mining Concession 3990C. Xtract has c...... [continue reading]
Telstra Health has entered into an agreement to acquire Silver Chain Groups’ technology arm EOS Technologies, developers of the award winning community care management system, ComCare. Sinc...... [continue reading]
Vodafone Hutchison Australia and TPG Telecom Limited (ASX:TPM) have announced two commercial agreements with a combined value of more than $1 billion: a major Dark Fibre transmission network expans...... [continue reading]
Civmec Limited, in joint venture with Sedgman Limited, has been awarded a contract by BHP Billiton Iron Ore (BHPBIO) for civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical and commissioning works at...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto’s iconic Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender, comprising 65 of the world’s rarest pink and red diamonds, is being showcased in Hong Kong as part of its global tour. The spectacular collec...... [continue reading]
Specialty metals development company, Wolf Minerals Limited has celebrated a defining milestone in the United Kingdom’s mining industry with the official opening of the Drakelands mine constructed...... [continue reading]
Lendlease, Australia's leading property and infrastructure group, has submitted its first Development Applications to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority for the flagship $1billion urban regen...... [continue reading]
Unilever Australia and New Zealand has unveiled the result of a AU$50 million investment in its North Rocks site, with the New South Wales Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, The Hon. Anth...... [continue reading]
Doray Minerals has announced it has secured debt and equity funding to enable the construction and development of the Company’s 100% owned Deflector Gold Project (Deflector) in the southern Murchis...... [continue reading]
Qantas will enter a new era of global opportunities, fuel efficiency and passenger comfort when the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner joins the Qantas International fleet from 2017. The national carr...... [continue reading]
Thiess has been awarded a $160 million contract with BHP Billiton Nickel West to undertake operations at the Rocky’s Reward nickel mine at Leinster,approximately 400 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie...... [continue reading]
UXC has announced the finalisation of a number of new significant and strategic contract wins that will position the company for further growth in FY16 and beyond. A number of these contracts are a...... [continue reading]
NRW Holding Limited has announced that the Company has been awarded a contract from Rio Tinto for contract mining and ore haulage, which will increase the production at Nammuldi mine. The s...... [continue reading]
GR Engineering Services Limited has entered into an EPC contract with Western Areas associated with the Forrestania Mill Recovery Enhancement Project in Western Australia. Detailed engineer...... [continue reading]
AHG has entered into an agreement with Western Pacific Automotive (WPA) to acquire WPA’s three Mercedes‐Benz passenger and van dealerships in Perth. The dealerships trade as Diesel Mot...... [continue reading]
MZI Resources will become Australia's next mineral sands producer from the Keysbrook project in the December quarter 2015.The project's construction is on schedule and on budget, with...... [continue reading]
Australian listed IT Services Company Empired Limited has secured a contract to provide Application Managed Services to global mining leader Rio Tinto.The contract, including options, will h...... [continue reading]
NBN has agreed a new contracting model with the Australian construction industry.The performance-based contracts aim to increase significantly the quality and speed of the rollout to homes a...... [continue reading]
Engineering & Construction company, Samsung C&T has been awarded a $2.7 billion design and construction contract for a major motorway in Sydney, cementing its position as a player in major Australi...... [continue reading]
Global defence contractor Austal has announced it has entered into a contract with Caspian Marine Services Limited of Azerbaijan to construct one 70 metre Fast Crew Boat.The contract is...... [continue reading]
UGL has won a three year contract for maintenance at 17 BP fuel terminals across Australia.The contract will see the two companies form a 50/50 joint venture to carry out the operation.... [continue reading]
BHP Billiton spin off company, South32 has announced that it has been admitted to the Official List of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and that its ordinary shares have comm...... [continue reading]
Koolan Island has been identified as a new logistics base to service the oil and gas industry in Western Australia.Mount Gibson Iron has announced it has entered into an agree...... [continue reading]
Spanish potash developer Highfield Resources Ltd (HFR: ASX) (“Highfield” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce a placement (“Placement”) to raise approximately A$101 million via the issue of 56,...... [continue reading]
Crater Gold Mining has sold its first gold of 17.4 oz from the processing of ore at the High Grade Zone (“HGZ”) project at Crater Mountain PNG. The average recovered grade was 6.0 g/t Au....... [continue reading]
Construction of the 60,000 seat new Perth Stadium reached another important milestone when the first concrete slab on the ground level was poured.... [continue reading]
Planning Minister John Day has said that Perth and Peel has identified where new homes and jobs could be located for the 3.5 million people who will live in the metropolitan area by 2050.... [continue reading]
Canada's Barrick Gold will relinquish some management duties at Australia's Super Pit gold mine to partner Newmont Mining, in a further pull-back from operations in the Southern HemisphereBa...... [continue reading]
Aurizon rail workers are up in arms after a Fair Work Australia decision quashed 12 expired enterprise bargaining agreements covering 6000 employees.A full bench of the Fair Work commission...... [continue reading]
An SA Water trial project is helping major metropolitan and regional business customers achieve significant savings. As part of the pilot project, a data logger is attached to the custo...... [continue reading]
Hitachi has become the official Australian distributor of Wenco International Mining Systems.Wenco is currently operating in Australia at the ... [continue reading]
Resources contractor AusGroup has continued navigating the sea change from construction to operations by landing maintenance work with Chevron worth hundreds of millions of dollars.Subsidiar...... [continue reading]
Diageo Australia, maker of well-known liquor brands such as Johnnie Walker and Bundaberg Rum, has unveiled a 26,000 pallet capacity warehouse in Sydney’s western suburbs.Diageo’s Global Head...... [continue reading]
iiNet fixed line broadband customers, across all brands, will have access to hours of the latest television and movie content, quota-free, after the Internet Service Provider today announced a part...... [continue reading]
Qantas has reported an Underlying Profit Before Tax of $367 million and a Statutory Profit After Tax of $206 million for the six months ended 31 December 2014.This Underlying Profit Before T...... [continue reading]
Registration is now open for National Manufacturing Week 2015 (May 26 - 29, Melbourne), Australia's biggest - and longest-running - manufac...... [continue reading]
New Zealand-based Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has commissioned its new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the Netherlands.The plant produces whey and lactose spec...... [continue reading]
DHL Supply Chain have launched a new 90,000 square metre supply chain campus in Sydney's western suburbs this morning, with NSW premier Mike Baird MP presiding over the opening.The NSW Premi...... [continue reading]
Rio Tinto delivers underlying earnings of $9.3 billion and announces a 12 per cent increase in full year dividend and a $2.0 billion share buy-back.Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said “...... [continue reading]
ABB has won a large contract to supply electrical systems for PETRONAS's second floating LNG plant, the PFLNG2.The work, worth more than $50 million, will see ABB install and optimise the fa...... [continue reading]
The inner-city construction boom hit record levels in 2014 as the number of new dwellings completed in the City of Melbourne reached 6300, double the number completed in 2013 and three times the lo...... [continue reading]
Santos today announced company records for sales revenue in both the quarter ($1.1 billion) and the full year ($4 billion), reflecting the successful ramp-up of production from the PNG LNG pro...... [continue reading]
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced its Australian subsidiaries have signed a binding Sales and Purcha...... [continue reading]
Brisbane Airport (BNE) has recorded the fastest rate of growth in international passengers since 2005, with more than 4.92 million international travellers in 2014, equating to an increase of 5.5 p...... [continue reading]
Kerman Contracting Pty Ltd (Kerman) has been awarded the design and construction of accommodation facilities for Sirius Resources on the company’s Nova Nickel Project at Fraser Range in W...... [continue reading]
Mining giant Rio Tinto is eyeing a $US500 million-plus investment in an Indian diamond project alongside a potential $US2 billion iron ore development in the region.Speaking in India, Rio Ti...... [continue reading]
BG Group (LSE: BG.L), a world leader in exploration and LNG, recently announced that it has been loading the first cargo of LNG from its Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) facility. The vessel...... [continue reading]
Airfares from Auckland to Singapore, Southeast Asia and Europe are set to come down following the launch of an alliance between Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines today.Air New Zealand f...... [continue reading]
Decmil Group Limited (ASX:DCG) has scored a $65 million extension to an existing wellsite installation services contract from QGC Pty Ltd.The...... [continue reading]
Apache Corp has agreed to sell stakes in two liquefied natural gas developments, Wheatstone in Australia and Kitimat in Canada, for $2.75 billion to Woodside Petroleum, which "stress-tested" the pr...... [continue reading]
Nido Petroleum has defied the oil price collapse to launch a bold US$108 million offer for a stake in the Galoc oilfield in The Philippines.And the Thai-backed company has flagged its appeti...... [continue reading]
Australia’s growing appetite for healthy, convenient, pre-packaged salads is seeing the construction of the largest fresh cut salad facility of its kind in New South Wales, thanks to a new deal bet...... [continue reading]
BG Group plc (LSE: BG.L), a world leader in exploration and LNG, today announced it has agreed to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary QCLNG Pipeline Pty Ltd to APA Group (ASX: APA), Australia's larges...... [continue reading]
Thiess has been awarded a new $250 million contract by Jellinbah Resources to operate the Jellinbah Plains open-pit, part of the Jellinbah East coal mine near Blackwater in Central Queensland.... [continue reading]
New Zealand tractor sales hit their highest level in a decade in the third quarter as farmers benefiting from this year's record milk payout and the high local currency bought new equipment....... [continue reading]
Australia is expected to become the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within four years.An HSBC report has found that LNG is likely to contribute significantly to econo...... [continue reading]
ENERGY giant Woodside will push ahead with its $1.2 billion Persephone gas project off the Western Australian coast.Woodside (WPL) and fellow stakeholders, which include glo...... [continue reading]
US private equity investor Blackstone will invest $150 million in NLV as it looks to cash in on the growing need for housing for ageing baby boomers in Au...... [continue reading]
Gina Rinehart said the negativity aimed at the mining industry needs to stop, stating Australia would be unable to survive without the sector.Speaking to the Small Business Association of Au...... [continue reading]
MZI Resources Ltd (MZI) has announced that it has executed the construction contract for the Keysbrook Mineral Sands Project to GR Engineering Services Limited (GR Engineering) (ASX:GNG)....... [continue reading]
Adani Mining, the Australian subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, and the State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, have today signed an MOU in the aftermath of the successful...... [continue reading]
Denham Capital, has committed an initial equity commitment of $130 million to Auctus Minerals.The newly-formed venture will be based in Perth and focus on developing promising projects into...... [continue reading]
In response to the widespread devastation caused by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities has donated US$400,000 to the Pooled World Health Organisation (WHO) Ebol...... [continue reading]
New Zealand biscuit maker Griffin’s has been sold to Universal Robina Corporation (URC), a Philippines-based food manufacturer, for $700m. URC sells a range of packaged foods across...... [continue reading]
Vodafone has switched on its 4G (LTE) network in Tasmania, following successful live trials in recent weeks in West Moonah, Cambridge, New Norfolk, Warrane and Hobart Airport.... [continue reading]