Fraser Beattie

Engineering and maintenance firm WorleyParsons has acquired US-based hydrocarbons management consultancy MTG for an undisclosed sum.

Fremantle-based Mermaid Marine Australia has been awarded a contract from an undisclosed party for the operation and management of the accommodation vessel Silja Europa for an undisclosed amount.

Graphite explorer Uranex has signed a memorandum of understanding for an off-take agreement with the China-based Sinosteel Liaoning and Dalian InterContinental New Materials Corporation joint venture.

Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers has been discharged from the Supreme Court today after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on tax evasion charges against himself and former Barminco boss Peter Bartlett – for the second time.

Toronto-based design and engineering services provider WSP Global has bought Balfour Beatty’s New York-based professional services subsidiary, Parsons Brinkerhoff, for $1.45 billion.

Engineering and project services firm Clough has acquired Scotland-based engineering company Booth Welsh for $16 million.

Paladin Energy has backed its decision to place its Kayelekera uranium plant on care and maintenance in February and says the market fundamentals needed to restore it to economic production are now heading in the right direction.

Bankwest today launched its new charity, which will raise funds for community initiatives, as well as a scholarship program that aims to better the lives of Western Australians, and has pledged $1 million per year to the charity for five years.

Perth-based Marine safety equipment developer Mobilarm has signed a $1.8 million rental contract for the supply of the new sMRT V100 beacon and sMRT life jacket to the international fleet of geoscience organisation Polarcus DMCC.