Manufacturing

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 $438 million to shareholders one week after the company passed on a $13.2 billion buyout.

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.

A pilot plant which will underpin a green iron startup's plan to build a full scale downstream processing factory in the Pilbara has been switched on.

Marine technology company VEEM has substantially revised down its earnings outlook for the current half-year but expects a strong rebound in the second half after overcoming delays.

Western Australian family business Aquatic Leisure Technologies is preparing to open a new manufacturing facility in the United States, marking a major expansion of its operations.

NRW shareholders made their feelings known around several key resolutions during Thursday's AGM.

Shares in Fleetwood tumbled lower today after the company announced the immediate exit of managing director and chief executive Bruce Nicholson, with chairman John Klepec taking the reins.

Lithium producer IGO has conceded it “sees the world differently” to its joint venture partner at the troubled Kwinana hydroxide refinery, Tianqi Lithium.

The Supreme Court has approved a deal to stop marine suspension developer Nauti-Craft from sinking into Geographe Bay.

Rio Tinto will splash more than $35 million backing a technology company's plan to build a green steelmaking pilot plant in Western Australia.

Shares in Monadelphous are rallying after the engineering firm advised its anticipating a stronger full-year revenue result on bumper demand, while also booking extra work with BHP and Rio Tinto.

Tyre recyclers are urging changes to regulations that permit tens of thousands of tonnes of mining rubber to be buried in the Pilbara each year, despite a surplus of processing capacity.

Austin Engineering shares were sold off on Wednesday following the company's downward revision of two financial guidance metrics for the current fiscal year.

RESULTS WRAP: The latest numbers from Hofmann Engineering; CJD Equipment; Ertech and Charles Hull Contracting.

Iron ore from BHP's Pilbara mines would be shipped to South Korea for POSCO to test its hydrogen-based green ironmaking technology under a preliminary deal struck this week.