• Mining

Perenti rocked by deadly terrorist attack

Mining services company fears for workers after a deadly ambush on a bus convey in Burkina Faso.

• Nov 7, 2019
• Brad Thompson

• Street Talk

Wesfarmers sells out of Perenti; Macquarie on ticket

Wesfarmers is selling out of Perenti, the mining contractor formerly known as Ausdrill, in an after-market block trade.

• Sep 4, 2019
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

• Street Talk

JPMorgan wins Perenti bake off, launches block at nil discount

JPMorgan has bought Gresham Private Equity's stake in Perenti and is seeking fund managers to buy the stock on Friday morning. 

• Aug 30, 2019
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

• Street Talk

Brokers bid for Gresham's $90m Perenti stake

Equities desks are seeking to buy Gresham's stake in mining services company Ausdrill and sell it via a block trade. 

• Aug 29, 2019
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

• Street Talk

Ausdrill hires bankers, lawyers to prepare fundraising

Bulked up mining services company Ausdrill is mapping out a return to offshore debt markets. 

• Apr 28, 2019
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

• Rear Window

UBS across every angle on Ausdrill

UBS' Chinese Walls must be as solid as poured concrete. At least, going by recent events at Ausdrill.

• Updated Nov 7, 2018
• Myriam Robin

Ausdrill digs deep to secure underground mining contractor Barminco

Mining services company Ausdrill hasn't ruled out further buys after moving to secure underground mining contractor Barminco in a long-anticipated deal.

• Updated Aug 15, 2018
• Brad Thompson

• Street Talk

Deutsche Bank, UBS underwrite $250m Ausdrill raising

Ausdrill is seeking to raise $250 million to repay debt and buy Barminco.

• Updated Aug 15, 2018
• Sarah Thompson and Anthony Macdonald

Ausdrill shares dive after value of mining contract halved

Ausdrill, one of Australia's biggest mining services companies, has left investors in the dark about the circumstances that led to its slashing the value of a major contract with a Mineral Resources subsidiary.

• Updated Jun 12, 2018
• Brad Thompson

• Rear Window

Ron Sayers' lucky sell at Ausdrill

In February this year, Ausdrill's long-serving CEO and founder Ron Sayers sold his entire holdings, or 10 per cent of the company.

• Updated Jun 12, 2018
• Myriam Robin

Mineral exploration spending surges again

Spending on mineral exploration has surged to the highest level in several years as the sector's revival continues.

• Updated Apr 25, 2018
• Peter Ker

• Shares

Winning sectors in a volatile market include media, retail and mining services

The good news is that it's not all doom and gloom - investors can look to shares such as Nine Entertainment, Noni B and Ausdrill.

• Updated Apr 3, 2018
• Chris Stott

Should you buy, hold, or sell IRESS, HFA Holdings and Mineral Resources?

Eley Griffiths' David Allingham and Perennial Value Management's Andrew Smith look at companies leveraged to sharemarkets or resources.

• Updated Mar 6, 2017

• Construction

CIMIC makes $256m hostile takeover bid for Queensland's Sedgman

Spanish-led construction group CIMIC has made a $256 million hostile takeover bid for Sedgman after the Queensland engineering group rejected demands to shrink its board.

• Updated Jan 14, 2016
• By Jenny Wiggins

• Managed funds

Tribeca's Sean Fenton on why housing construction is the next big short

After successfully betting against the mining services sector, Sean Fenton has turned his attention to another area of overvalued stocks.

• Updated Sep 1, 2015
• Matthew Smith