The value of shares held by some of the biggest names in mining have slumped along with the companies they lead, but there are pockets of good news in what has been a tough year on the markets.
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.
At the very end of an extraordinary week, a late announcement from an unlikely source – Transport Minister Troy Buswell – gave one of the few clear signals about future growth in the mining sector.
Engineering group Monadelphous has shrugged off talk of a slowdown in the resources sector after reporting its eleventh consecutive year of earnings growth.
A DECADE ago, engineering and construction contractor Monadelphous Group just made it into a listing of the state's 50 largest companies, with a market capitalisaton of $71 million.
Engineering and construction contractor Monadelphous has taken a 10 per cent stake in a joint venture partner, waste management services company Anaeco.
IF only all company directors could go out on such a high.Five years after establishing Forge Group, Peter Hutchinson and Andrew Ellison are leaving the business.
The Western Australian CEO Sleepout has raised $700,000 and counting after a successful 2012 event which culminated in 106 CEOs staying at the WA Cricket Association ground last night.
Engineering and contracting group Monadelphous has won two new contracts worth a combined $180 million with Rio Tinto and Chevron, a week after announcing it would exceed its initial profit gu
Monadelphous Group has won a $70 million construction, operation support and services contract with lead engineering contractor Bechtel for the early phases of the Wheatstone gas project near
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.
Engineering and construction contractor Monadelphous Group's shares rose nearly 10 per cent today, after the company reported a 14 per cent increase in annual profit and foreshadowed a st
Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has acquired asset manager PearlStreet Energy Services for $4 million from Brisbane-based testing and laboratory services company Campbell Brothers.
Engineering services firm Monadelphous says it has won new maintenance and construction contracts in the resources, energy and infrastructure markets, worth a collective $200 million.
Perth company AnaeCo has announced it will immediately start construction of an expanded waste treatment facility in Shenton Park after infrastructure fund manager, Palisade Investment Partners gave final investment approval for the project.
Shares in Monadelphous were higher after the engineering services company delivered a record half-year profit of $40.5 million, boosted by growth in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
THE global financial crisis had a marked impact on Western Australia's engineering contractors during the year as the slowdown forced resources companies to scale back and defer numerous new developments and expansions.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group has secured a $170 million contract for major works on Woodside Petroleum's $12 billion Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group has spent close to $4 million building up a 12.4 per cent stake in listed services company Norfolk Group as part of its diversification strategy.
Monadelphous Group says it will accelerate efforts to expand further into the oil and gas and infrastructure markets amid the slowing minerals sector, as it posts a record interim net profit.
Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has secured a $76 million contract from Ports Corporation of Queensland for expansion works at the Abbot Point coal terminal.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group Ltd appears to have snared its biggest contract to date, a $290 million contract for structural, mechanical and piping works at BHP Billiton Iron Ore's Newman Hub.
Applecross-based engineering company, Monadelphous Group Ltd, has announced a record after tax profit of $32.1 million for the half year ended 31 December 2007, up 2 per cent on the previous corresponding period.
Monadelphous Group Ltd announced today that the company has recently secured new projects in the resources and water sectors with a combined contract value of approximately $50 million.
Engineering and construction company Monadelphous Group Ltd was one of the top performers in the total shareholder return survey, outperforming every other mature business in Western Australia.
Applecross-based engineering company Monadelphous Group Ltd will acquire Hunter Valley-based coal services company Ellavale Engineering Ltd for $7.25 million, the company announced today.
