Rio Tinto has purchased a third jet for Western Australia's aeromedical fleet, as part of a six-year partnership extension with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
Private companies and not-for-profit businesses play a prominent role in the West Australian economy, with annual revenue at the top 20 exceeding $32 billion, according to data compiled by Business News.
CBH Group will continue to cut costs and restructure after recording a loss of $29.7 million in the year to September 2019, the worst single-year financial result in the cooperative's history.
An arbitration process has declared tier three rail lines in Western Australia's Wheatbelt are not economically viable, nearly a decade after industry groups and the state government agreed to shut the lines down.
Nearly 160 of EC&M's 400 employees will be back at work in September, with administrators progressing deals with major clients since the business hit the wall last week.
CBH Group has awarded six of the nine contracts for its $150 million Network Strategy Expansion project, including four to local contractors WCP Civil and Georgiou Group.
Major WA agribusinesses plan new investments to create scale and efficiency, while smaller operators are cooperating to access new markets with niche products.
CBH Group has announced a $128 million surplus for the year to September 2018, compared to the previous year's result of $248 million which was boosted by a record grain harvest.
Western Australian grain growers have had one of their best ever years, with 16 million tonnes moving through cooperative handler CBH Group's network, about 400,000 tonnes above August estimates.
Melbourne-based Delta Group has been awarded two contracts in Western Australia, with a $4.2 million demolition job for the state government and work for CBH Group.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state's agriculture sector has been ruffled by falling exports and revenues, coupled with growing animal welfare concerns and international competition.
Real estate investment trust Dexus has filled more than half of 240 St Georges Terrace – the Woodside Petroleum building – with Macquarie Bank and engineering group Wood plc committing to about 22,870 square metres of space at the tower.
Former chief executive of Craig Mostyn Group David Lock has been appointed independent director of the CBH Group board, replacing current member David Willis.
Cystic Fibrosis WA is calling on volunteers and businesses across the state to help the charity raise $75,000 this Friday as part of its annual '65 Roses Day'.
SPECIAL REPORT: Western Australia's five biggest agribusinesses are earning about $5.5 billion in revenue annually, according to the latest BNiQ Search Engine data, down from $5.8 billion when the list was last published 18 months ago.
SPECIAL REPORT: An eclectic mix of corporate heavyweights, private philanthropists and innovative disruptors have helped to shape the state's arts sector.
A 35-metre seadragon has taken shape across grain silos in Albany, the fourth instalment in a series of murals across regional towns by arts group FORM and grain handler CBH Group.
Commercial property owner Dexus has budgeted to spend $165 million on 240 St Georges Terrace, with works to commence in 2019 following the departure of the building's largest tenant Woodside.
West Perth-based CBH Group has recorded a grain harvest of 13.2 million tonnes for the 2017-18 season, well above initial estimates following good finishing rains.
Engineering and construction group Valmec has secured new contracts in the gas and infrastructure sectors worth $7 million, including work for APA Group at its Yamarna gas pipeline facility.
The state government has chosen Arc Infrastructure business development principal Tim Collins as project director for its proposed Westport outer harbour project in Cockburn Sound.
Grain handling cooperative CBH Group has more than doubled its operating surplus to $247 million in the year to September 2017 on the back of a big harvest, with grower rebates of $156 million.
Industry stakeholders are concerned about the level of port market share held by grain handler CBH Group, while entry for new players like Bunge has been challenging, according to a new Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report.
The Western Australian cooperative and mutuals sector continues to perform strongly on the national stage, with WA accounting for four of the country's top 10 co-ops and mutual enterprises, a new report has found.
The federal government has announced it will adopt a host of Senate committee recommendations aimed at improving mutual and cooperative firms' ability to raise capital.
SPECIAL REPORT: Roy Hill Holdings and Chevon have joined the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP, Woodside and CBH Group in an updated ranking of WA's largest exporters in the BNiQ Search Engine.
West Perth-based CBH Group hit new records for grain shipments and rail movements in the 12 months to the end of September, the cooperative said today.
Grain co-operative CBH Group has been ordered to pay more than $40,000 after insufficient guarding on machinery led to a worker being so badly injured she had to have one finger amputated.
Grain handling cooperative CBH Group's partially owned subsidiary, Interflour, has officially opened a new malt production facility in Vietnam, which it said would give Western Australian farmers better access to the Asian nation's beer market.
