Wright Prospecting has continued to generate huge profits and dividends for its low-profile Perth owners while also revealing a board restructure after the retirement of chairman Ian Cochrane.
Ausdrill has announced its first major acquisition since the retirement of founder Ron Sayers last month, with the company set to purchase mining services contractor Barminco in a cash and scrip deal worth $271.5 million, while also announcing a $250 million capital raising.
Mining contractor Barminco has announced the recruitment of Thiess executive general manager Paul Muller as its new chief executive, succeeding Peter Stokes who resigned last month.
Private Perth company Wright Prospecting has bolstered its already impressive ranks with the recruitment of top lawyer Peter Wiese, who will guide it through continuing legal disputes with fellow Perth company Hancock Prospecting.
LEADING human resources experts hosted a forum in Perth last week on the issue of redundancies and downsizing, a timely dialogue considering the state's economic malaise.
Former Emeco Holdings managing director Keith Gordon has been appointed as a director in the business solutions consulting team at global management consultancy Hay Group in Perth.
Emeco Holdings expects improved trading conditions at its operations in Canada and Chile but still anticipates a net operating loss for the 2014 financial year as it struggles to combat ongoing softness in its main commodity sectors of thermal coal and gold.
Mining services group Emeco Holdings has recruited Aurizon executive Ken Lewsey as its new managing director, on a package that will make him one of the top 25 best-paid executives in Perth.
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One of Western Australia's most prolific residential builders, Dale Alcock, is the latest high-profile CEO to help tackle the issue of homelessness by committing to the St Vincent de Paul Society's
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.
Emeco Holdings has invested $50 million to expand its mining equipment rental business into Chile, establishing a new avenue of growth and gaining exposure to a new market.
Earthmoving solutions provider Emeco Holdings has announced a $165 million investment in large mining equipment to take advantage of surging demand for equipment rentals, but has also flagged a drop in full year profits.
IT might be every little boy's dream to run a company that owns trucks and diggers, but yellow goods group Emeco Holdings' new CEO Keith Gordon gives little indication of living out a childhood fantasy.
WESFARMERS Ltd has given the managing director of its chemicals and fertilisers division CSBP Ltd, Keith Gordon, the new role of business integration director with responsibility for planning and i