Perenti Global said it was on track to meet its earnings guidance for the full financial year despite problems in its African business denting first-half results.
Adelaide-based MGM Wireless has received a $3.5 million contract renewal with the Department of Education while Datacom Systems has secured a $3.1 million contract with the Department of Transport.
Virgin Australia is slashing its Tigerair fleet and cutting back on flights to rein in costs as the coronavirus cruels demand for leisure destinations and its budget airline's routes.
Australian shares have tanked nearly two per cent with falls across the board following a dive on US equity markets after a warning for Americans to prepare for the coronavirus.
Oil fell below $US56 a barrel overnight dropping for a third day, as concerns about the coronavirus and its impact on oil demand outweighed OPEC output cuts and Libyan supply losses.
Gold fell over one per cent on Tuesday as the metal's rally to 7-year highs in the last session prompted profit-taking even as worries about the coronavirus kept investors anxious about the fate of global economy.
Perth-based contractor Decmil has disclosed that its $185 million contract with New Zealand's prisons department has ended early, with the client halting payments and seeking to apply liquidated damages.
ASX-listed developer Mirvac is shifting its focus to the Burswood Peninsula as its $350 million Beachside Leighton precinct reaches the final stages, with the company's fourth residential building at the coastal enclave having recently topped out.
Australian stocks have suffered through second day of major losses, although they rebounded from their lows on news that US researchers had developed an experimental coronavirus vaccine.
Scott Morrison has described the coronavirus outbreak as a global health crisis, warning the economic impacts will stretch far beyond Australia's tourism and education sectors.
Subiaco-based Firm Construction has secured a $7.8 million state government contract to build a new helicopter landing pad at the Royal Perth Hospital.
Swick Mining Services has begun a strategic review of its drilling and mineral technology divisions, while at the same time announcing its first interim dividend in five years.
Andrew Forrest is increasing the scope of his agricultural investment vehicle, Harvest Road Group, reaching an agreement to acquire Albany oyster farm Ocean Foods International.
Former AFL footballer and Wirrpanda Foundation executive Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls is off to a flying start in the business sector, after establishing Oaks Civil Construction and buying a traffic management business in Geraldton.
Perth Glory owner Tony Sage will no longer proceed with a proposed deal to sell a majority stake in the football club to a London-based cryptocurrency exchange, following two weeks of questioning over the terms of a proposed sale.
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A move by Norwegian government-backed Equinor to withdraw from oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight has been labelled disappointing by industry groups, and welcomed by environmentalists.
The state government's most accomplished minister is planning to retire at next year's state election, dealing a blow to premier Mark McGowan, with a handful of current ministers seen as potential successors should Labor be re-elected.
Oil prices has slumped by nearly 4.0 per cent as the rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak in countries outside China added to investor concerns over the effect on demand for crude.
Gold has soared as much as 2.8 per cent on Monday to its highest level in seven years, as investors worried about global economic growth in the face of sharply rising coronavirus cases outside China.
The Australian share market has suffered losses across the board, with $60 billion in value wiped out in the local bourse's worst day in six months. Energy stocks were hardest hit, as concerns grow over coronavirus, while gold was one of the few positive sectors.
WBHO Infrastructure has been awarded a $43.3 million sub-contract from Perth-based engineering firm Mondium for works at Rio Tinto's Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 mine site.
Shares in mining contractor Macmahon Holdings have touched a new high for the year after the company reported a strong interim profit and upwardly revised its revenue and earnings guidance for the full financial year.
