Johannesburg-listed Exxaro Resources is set to become the largest shareholder of Perth-based Jupiter Mines, following the execution of a binding agreement between both companies.
Resources logistics company Bis has formed a partnership with Israel's largest aerospace and defence company, IAI, to deliver mine site automation services.
Logistics company Bis, which traditionally operates in the resources sector, has been awarded a three-year contract by Water Corporation to provide on-road haulage services in and around Perth.
Bis has had its haulage and site services contracts for Minara Resources at the Murrin Murrin mine in the north-eastern Goldfields extended by four years.
SPECIAL REPORT: An improved outlook among the state's resources players is contributing to renewed positivity in the trucking sector, with investment in technology upgrades a focus for some logistics businesses.
Bis Industries, one of the major transport players in Western Australia, will come under new ownership after a $1 billion debt-for-equity swap deal was struck with its major lenders.
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THE launch this month of independent oil and gas producer Quadrant Energy has underlined the big role private equity investors play in Western Australia, owning more than a dozen major businesses a
