Former WesTrac chief executive Jim Walker is set to step up to the role of chairman at Macmahon Holdings, replacing incumbent chair Ken Scott-Mackenzie who will retire next month.
FEATURE: It has been a difficult year for many of WA's listed entities, but investors are backing the performance of most of the state's top executives.
Macmahon Holdings non-executive directors Barry Ford and David Smith have resigned, following a board renewal process which saw the appointment of former Monadelphous executive Giles Everist and fo
Macmahon Holdings has written to shareholders urging them to vote in favour of the company's remuneration report, to ensure it does not incur a ‘second strike'.
Explosives and chemicals manufacturer Orica has appointed former Macmahon Holdings managing director Nick Bowen as executive global head, mining services.
Mining services contractors have slashed thousands of jobs as the slowdown in the resources sector piles pressure on companies to cut costs after several years of growth.
Macmahon Holdings says it is better placed to manage challenging market conditions, despite lodging a net loss of $29.5 million for the 2013 financial year, a result driven down by the sale of the
The nation's mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector generates more than $90 billion in revenue and contributes 6.4 per cent to the Australian economy each year, new research says.
Investment bank Gresham believes conditions are right for significant corporate finance activity in mining services as companies in the sector look at growth and diversification strategies.
Macmahon Holdings has rejected the latest takeover offer from Indian-owned firm Sembawang Australia, saying it was incapable of being practically implemented.
Indian-owned engineering group Sembawang Australia has trumped Leighton Holdings' offer for Macmahon Holdings' construction arm, offering $35 million for the troubled business.
India-owned Sembawang Australia has widened its offer for Macmahon Holdings' construction division, announcing a $38 million offer that also includes the purchase of the rail business.
Contractor Macmahon Holdings had more bad news for shareholders today, announcing that it would sell its construction business for just $16 million, raise more capital at a deeply discounted price,
Perth-based construction group Macmahon Holdings has been awarded $130 million by the New South Wales government in a 50:50 contract with Bouygues Travaux Publics Australia to deliver the North Str
Macmahon Contractors and Thiess have been named preferred proponents to deliver a roads upgrade project in New South Wales the federal government says will cost $762 million.
Macmahon Holdings, which recently lost its chief executive after a big earnings downgrade, has blamed a false email chain discussing a supposed Chinese takeover offer, for a temporary trading halt
Far away from the carnage in the iron ore sector, directors at select Western Australian companies in the gold, oil and gas and engineering sectors are being handsomely rewarded through the exercis
PERTH-BASED engineering and construction contractors have released a spate of record earnings reports, while bulging order books suggest there's plenty of life in the resources boom.
Mining and construction contractor Macmahon Holdings has lodged a record net profit of $56.1 million for the year to June 30, on the back of a 49 per cent jump in revenue to $1.9 billion.
MINING and construction company Macmahon has become the first employer in Western Australia to adopt a new scheme designed to fast-track experienced workers through apprenticeships.
The rapid expansion of the WA mining industry over the past decade has mostly been good news for mining contractors, but the benefits have not always come as expected.
Leighton Holdings subsidiary John Holland and construction firm Macmahon Holdings have won a $340 million contract for onshore work on Darwin's Ichthys gas project.
Five years of WA salary surveys show some chief executives appear to be remarkably well paid relative to the size of their business and the returns they have delivered, while others offer great value for money.
Five years of WA salary surveys show some chief executives appear to be remarkably well paid relative to the size of their business and the returns they have delivered, while others offer great value for money.
Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings has announced that its Nigerian subsidiary has won a seven-year, $126 million contract for quarrying operations for the United Cement Company of Nigeria (UniCem)
The Barnett government is living up to its promise to deliver more community infrastructure via public private partnerships, naming three short-listed consortiums to bid for a 350-bed prison develo
Macmahon Holdings has won a $US500 million contract, in joint venture with Germany's Operta, for coal mining services at the Tavan Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.
