News Articles for Byrnecut

Diversified metals miner 29Metals has awarded a four-year underground mining contract to Byrnecut Australia for an undisclosed amount.

Byrnecut Australia has been awarded a two-part underground mining contract at Rox Resources' Youanmi gold project.

A group of miners spent the past week trudging through the remote Kimberley carrying little more than a desire to support youth mental health and a hope someone catches a barra.

The memories of a challenging 2022 seem a long time ago for privately-owned Byrnecut Australia, which increased its overall net profit last year.

Perseus Mining has appointed Byrnecut as its primary mining contractor after approving a $124 million underground development at its Yaouré gold mine in Côte d'Ivoire.

Mining contractor Byrnecut Australia has bounced back from a challenging 2022 to post an improved net profit after tax in 2023.

The business dealings of Western Australia's big-name billionaires may grab most of the headlines, but last year it was Dale Alcock's ABN Group that deserved a closer look.

Westgold Resources has revealed it is being prosecuted over a mine site fatality after Byrnecut, Northern Star Resources and Billabong Gold were fined more than $2 million.

Liontown Resources has awarded a $1 billion underground mining services contract to Byrnecut as the market waits to hear whether it's stretched the Kathleen Valley project budget.

The federal government's proposed Same Job Same Pay legislation is a reflection of policy makers not living “in the real world”, according to Byrnecut Group executive director Steve Coughlan.

The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.

Mining contractor Byrnecut Australia has recorded strong growth in revenue but a large fall in profit driven by higher expenses, two big impairments and bad and doubtful debts.

Our updated ranking of WA's largest and most profitable private companies has a mix of familiar and little-known names.

Administrators for Wiluna Mining will investigate details of a last-ditch capital raising that collected less than the company reported to the ASX in the weeks before its collapse.

Gold play Wiluna Mining has appointed administrators after months of growing pressure.

The businesses that dominate the unlisted landscape are very different from 20 years ago.

New data details the expansion of Andrew and Nicola Forrest's private company, Tattarang. Click through to see our latest ranking and analysis of Western Australia's largest private companies.

WA's largest mining contractor has backed an Aboriginal training scheme that is delivering impressive results.

Galena Mining has finalised contracts with GR Engineering Services and Byrnecut in relation to its $170 million Abra base metals project near Newman.

A Byrnecut underground worker has been fatally injured at OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill mine in South Australia.

Low-profile mining contractor Steve Coughlan is this year's winner of the GJ Stokes Memorial Award, recognising his success in building Byrnecut into a global industry leader.

Wiluna Mining Corporation's ongoing drilling campaign has delivered a massive 142 per cent increase in the contained gold within company's mineable underground ore reserves. Development drilling has rapidly built the Wiluna's underground inventory across the site, which now tips the scales at 4.33 million tonnes at 4.74 grams per tonne for over 660,000 ounces of gold.

Victoria's St Barbara has appointed Macmahon Holdings as the new mining contractor for its Gwalia operations near Leonora under a $500 million agreement.

The ranking of WA's largest private companies has changed dramatically over the past decade.

Australia's largest underground mining contractor Byrnecut Australia has reported a profit of $20.23 million for the 2018 calendar year, after lifting revenue to $991 million.

West African Resources has awarded a five-year, $152 million underground mining contract to fellow Perth-based miner Byrnecut at its Sanbrado gold project in Burkina Faso.

Jobs growth at Perth Airport was three times that of the CBD between 2011 and 2016 as property development in the area expands.

Diversification helped Murray Engineering boost its revenue during the resources downturn, and the business is now hoping its technology focus will create future growth.

SPECIAL REPORT: Data from the annual BNiQ Search Engine biggest employers list suggests an economic recovery is under way as mining and civil contractors boost their workforce numbers.

Byrnecut executive chairman Steve Coughlan has slammed the state government's decision to crack down on payroll tax exemptions, saying his company will no longer receive the exemption for courses being undertaken by 1,200 employees.

Ten gold sector leaders spoke in unison today about the damage they believe will flow from the state government's hike in royalties, and also made clear they are targeting the Liberal Party to block the change.

Saracen Mineral Holdings has named private company Byrnecut as its preferred contractor for a contract, valued at $440 million, for underground mining services at its Carosue Dam gold operation north of Kalgoorlie.

Special Report: Falling commodity prices have led some mining contractors to circle the wagons, but others are cautiously targeting opportunities.

Mining contractor Byrnecut has won a contract to expand OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill copper-gold project in South Australia, with the work expected to cost about $12 million.

Australian mining contractors Murray Engineering and Byrnecut have been involved in the delivery of the first automated underground mine in Africa, for Randgold.

Building age has emerged as the biggest factor in office vacancies in Perth's suburbs, with newer developments struggling to attract tenants as the market gets tougher.

Private equity funds are turning into long-term owners of some major WA businesses, after being unable to complete their planned exits.

In a rare interview, Byrnecut executive chairman Steve Coughlan spoke to Business News about the growth of the low-profile mining contractor into one of WA's biggest private companies. Click through to see our comprehensive BNiQ list of private companies.

Cost cutting may be the order of the day across the resources industry, but mining services provider Murray Engineering is marching to the beat of its own drum – hiring at its Pinjarra headquarters and opening a larger Kalgoorlie office.

BGC is still WA's largest private company, but Hancock Prospecting looms large.