Contracts

There are doubts Chinese government-owned telecommunications giant Huawei will be able to deliver a $136 million contract for Perth's rail network, after the United States brought criminal charges against the company.

MACA has signed a memorandum of understanding for a $US220 million ($306 million) contract for Emerald Resources planned gold project in Cambodia.

US federal agents have conducted a search at Austal's offices in Mobile, Alabama, in relation to an inquiry by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission into announcements the shipbuilder made in late-2015 and mid-2016.

Rio Tinto has awarded its 100th work package to local businesses in the Pilbara, as part of its program designed to increase opportunities for businesses in Western Australia.

Primero Group has been selected as the preferred engineering, procurement and construction contractor for Adelaide-based Core Lithium's $53 million Finniss project near Darwin.

NRW Holdings has secured a $65 million civil works contract at Rio Tinto's Koodaideri mine, located in the Pilbara.

Valmec has secured a $22 million deal with Jemena to conduct facility construction works at its Atlas Gas Pipeline project in south-west Queensland.

Sheffield Resources has signed a deal with Woodside Petroleum and Energy Developments for the supply of liquified natural gas to the Thunderbird mineral sands project in the Kimberley.

Ausdrill has won contracts in Western Australia worth a combined $171 million, including for underground mining services at Regis Resources' Rosemont project.

Perth-based contractor Clough has been chosen in collaboration with Italian business Salini Impregilo as preferred tenderer for civil works at the Snowy Hydro 2.0 pump storage project.

GR Engineering Services has been awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for Tellus Holdings' Sandy Ridge facility, located 140 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie.

Telecommunications provider Swift Networks has won multiple contract extensions and expansions, as well as a new contract, in the resources industry.

UGL has secured $200 million worth of contract extensions to supply maintenance and turnaround services for its clients in the oil and gas sector.

Professional services company Turner & Townsend has been awarded an $8.2 million state government contract to establish and operate a program management office that will oversee Metronet's program of works.

Woodside Petroleum has awarded four contracts, which it is funding without a contribution from venture partner BHP Group, for front-end engineering design activities at its proposed $15 billion Scarborough project.

Albany-based firm Wauters Enterprises has been awarded a $16 million contract for stage two of the city's affordable student accommodation development.

The Pilbara Ports Authority has short-listed two specialist logistics companies for the development of new general cargo facilities at Port Hedland.

Subiaco-based Cirrus Networks has won a $5 million contract for an undisclosed federal government agency.

Crothers Construction has won the main contract for works at Grandis Primary School, less than a month after it secured a $17 million contract to build the Byford South East Primary School.

Perseus Mining has awarded the engineering and supply contract at its Yaouré gold project, located in the West African country of Côte d'Ivoire, to fellow Perth-based company Lycopodium.

Welshpool-based Balance Utility Solutions has been selected as the engineering and construction contractor for Terregra Renewables' five-megawatt Mobilong solar farm, located north of Murray Bridge in South Australia.

Indigenous contractor Gumala Enterprises has secured a $16 million contract at Rio Tinto's West Angelas mine, in what is the company's single biggest contract win in the past five years.

Fortescue Metals Group has selected Belmont-based NRW Holdings as the preferred contractor to deliver the first stage of earthworks, roadworks and drainage works at the company's Eliwana rail project, located 90 kilometres west of the town of Tom Price in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

National group McGees Property has been awarded a $5.5 million state government contract to provide leasing services for the Department of Transport.

WestStar Industrial has won a $4.5 million contract with Rio Tinto for works at the Cape Lambert port facility, taking the local contractor's order book to $30 million.

Diversified family business CFC Group has registered a big jump in profit for the 2018 financial year, aided by strong performances across its three primary operations.

MACA has been awarded a $28 million contract for work at Adaman Resources' Kirkalocka gold project near Mt Magnet.

WestStar Industrial has secured an $8 million contract for construction work at Tianqi Lithium's Kwinana processing plant.

The state government has awarded consultancies Rawlinsons WA and Turner & Townsend cost estimating contracts for Metronet worth a combined $3.8 million.

Pindan has been awarded a $45 million contract to build a 780-room construction camp at Rio Tinto's $3.5 billion Koodaideri project in the Pilbara.

Echo Resources has signed a letter of intent to award two mining contracts to MACA for its Yandal gold project near Leinster, while also announcing a $6.5 million capital raising backed by major shareholder Northern Star Resources.

Perth-based Keslake Group has won a $6.5 million state government contract to build a 2.8-kilometre bicycle path alongside the Fremantle railway line.