Mark Beyer

Western Australia’s resources and infrastructure boom has driven a near 50 per cent increase in the number of engineering jobs in the state in the past two years, according to data compiled for WA Business News’ Book of Lists.

Kwinana industrial services company Ausclad Group has lifted its order book to $184 million after winning three new contracts in the iron ore, energy and nickel sectors.

The University of Western Australia has amended its legal claim against former staff member Dr Bruce Gray and the company he founded, Sirtex Medical Ltd, over ownership of various intellectual property.

Strong growth in commodity prices, combined with solid production levels, has created a new and welcome problem for an increasing number of mid-cap mining companies in Western Australia: how to spend their rapidly expanding cash reserves.

Big retailers, big miners and big contractors sit at the top of WA Business News' second annual survey to find the state's largest employers.

Property and business services has been the fastest growing industry sector in Western Australia over the past 20 years, Australian Bureau of Statistics data has found.

When nickel producer Minara Resources decided last year to pursue the development of a $25 million heap leach demonstration plant, it ran into an unexpected problem.

Margaret River wine producer Palandri Ltd has again surprised the market by reporting an unexpectedly high profit and announcing plans to delist from London's Alternative Investment Market and list on the Australian Stock Exchange.

With help from Western Australian companies such as Western Areas, Equinox Minerals and Moly Mines, the Toronto Stock Exchange accounted for just over half of global equity capital raisings for the mining industry in the first half of this year.