Manufacturing

Bhagwan Marine shareholders seem unperturbed by some lacklustre half-year results, with shares notching up despite large revenue and profit declines.

BlueScope Steel has rejected a revised takeover offer from Stokes' SGH but says its board remains open to a deal at a higher price.

Timber products group has survived an adverse manufacturing environment in WA.

Duratec boss Chris Oates says he is confident the engineering firm is ideally placed heading into the second half of FY26.

Shares in Fleetwood fell by more than 20 per cent early on Wednesday, despite posting a first-half net profit after tax of $8.6 million.

Austal has delivered a bumper result after its Australian operations posted a 60 per cent hike in revenue for the first half of the year.

Western Australians will have more access to Tip Top white sliced bread after the company behind it, Tip Top Bakeries, opened a $130 million state-of-the-art bakery line in Canning Vale.

Shares in GR Engineering Services fell early on Friday morning, following the release of its first half results for FY26.

A week after an accounting error forced Austal to downgrade its earnings guidance by 18 per cent, the President of its US operations, at which the mistake occurred, has announced her retirement.

Concrete manufacturer Holcim has cleared a planning hurdle in its plan to redevelop its Carlisle batching plant and triple production capacity.

Ryan Stokes-led SGH and its US partner Steel Dynamics have announced an improved takeover proposal for Australia's largest steel producer, valuing BlueScope Steel at $15 billion.

Private equity firm Viburnum Funds has invested in Magellan Power, a Perth-born power systems manufacturer for the resources, defence and data centres industries.

The Stokes family-controlled SGH says it has delivered a strong first-half result, and signalled its not for turning on its rejected BlueScope takeover bid.

First Graphene boss Mike Bell says the junior has a great opportunity to grow global revenue and growth across new and emerging markets, on the back of a key announcement.

Another hopeful Pilbara ore processor has entered the fray, this time in the form of a Japanese-backed British pelletising firm.

Australia's largest steelmaker BlueScope Steel is under new leadership as investors wait for the next shoe to drop in its ongoing takeover saga.

Fleetwood has appointed seasoned executive Andrea Pidcock as its chief executive, effective from February 2.

WA Police hit Tronox dissident Alexander Cokic with telecommunications abuse charge as investigators hang onto his laptop.

Unprecedented price hikes in the value of silver have left The Perth Mint struggling to meet consumer demand for some products.

A Henderson-based graphene company is taking a methodical, measured approach to its business.

MAG PREVIEW: Business News explores Westview Group's plans to develop Australia's first new steel mill in 40 years.

BlueScope Steel is returning an extra $438 million to shareholders one week after the company passed on a $13.2 billion buyout led by Ryan Stokes' SGH.The takeover target declared a $1-per-share

The peak body for industry in Kwinana has called on Roger Cook to use newly minted planning powers to designate the Western Trade Coast WA's first state development area.

Zoran Bebic-led Monadelphous has extended its working relationship with iron ore major BHP, after securing another significant contract worth $175 million.

Australia's largest steel producer announced late Monday that US company Steel Dynamics has teamed with Ryan Stokes-led SGH to lob an indicative takeover proposal priced at $30 per share.

Demand for transportable buildings is booming in WA as delays hamper construction of bricks-and-mortar facilities.

An impasse between the Mozambique government and South32 has resulted in the miner mothballing its African aluminium smelter.

OPINION: There is no better poster child for the possibilities of manufacturing in this state than the Henderson shipbuilder.

The first iron ore railcar assembled in the Pilbara has rolled off the production line ready for use on Rio Tinto's sprawling rail network.

NRW Holdings' recent acquisition of Sydney-based Fredon Industries is already beginning to bear fruit, following a series of data centre contract wins.

Jason Nuttman and Paul McKiernan are excited by the national expansion of their two businesses but cognisant of new challenges.

A little-known east coast company plans to be smelting iron ore in the Pilbara next year after securing land to set up its service.