• Construction

VDM resumes dividends

VDM Group earned net profit of $16.77 million in the year ended June 30 compared with a net loss of $105.97 million for the previous year.

• Aug 27, 2010

• Construction

Mining services in for a tough time

There are several signs pointing to tough conditions for mining services companies over the next 12 months.

• Updated Aug 9, 2010
• Trevor Hoey

Expectations are exceeding fundamentals

The reporting season is just about here and this will keep investors on tenterhooks with worries that earnings expectations have run ahead of fundamentals.

• Updated Jul 28, 2010
• Brendon Lau

• Market Wrap

Shot in the arm for Biota

Shares in the anti-influenza drug developer Biota Holdings have staged a rebound now that the bad news regarding the drop in royalty payments is out of the way.

• Updated Jul 24, 2010
• Brendon Lau

• Construction

VDM Group one of Hartley’s top picks

With some equilibrium being restored following the revamping of the Resources Super Profits Tax, analysts at Hartleys have run the ruler over engineering and construction companies that are exposed to the mining sector.

• Jul 22, 2010
• Trevor Hoey

• Opinion

Reporting season wrap - engineering, construction and mining services

The recovery among engineering, construction and mining services companies is at a delicate stage, with projects in the pipeline but not much money coming through.

• Updated Jun 8, 2010
• Trevor Hoey

• Construction

Brief: VDM Group

VDM Group expects earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the December half to be more than $17 million and net profit after tax $5 million.

• Jan 29, 2010

BRIEFS

'No' to pokies at Woolies...

• Oct 26, 2009
• Sue Mitchell, Michael Vaughan, Carrie LeFranz, Paul Garvey

Briefs

TFS raises $28m Sandalwood grower and processor TFS Corp has made an institutional placement of 28 million shares at $1 a share raising $28 million to reduce net debt and for growth opportunities

• Sep 7, 2009
• Carrie LaFrenz, Simon Evans

So far so good as minnows report

It's early days yet, but it almost seems like small-cap companies can do no wrong this reporting season

• Aug 17, 2009
• Brendon Lau

Macquarie Leisure in high demand

Macquarie Leisure Trust Group (MLE) Strong demand for its shares prompted Macquarie Leisure Trust Group to increase the size of its security purchase plan from $18 million to $25 million last week

• Aug 10, 2009
• David Ciampa and Peter Wells

VDM cancels payout to save cash

Engineering services provider VDM Group may sell property to pay down debt and aims to resume paying dividends next fiscal year as the value of orders from key clients for civil and mining projects recovers

• Jun 16, 2009
• Jeffrey Hutton

VDM Group (VMG)

Investors have sold down shares in engineering contractor VDM Group since the company announced it would not pay its second-half dividend for fiscal 2009

• Jun 16, 2009
• David Ciampa

More bad news costs VDM dearly

VDM Group (VMG) Shares in the engineering and construction services company plunged 12 per cent on Monday after it unveiled its second profit warning since the start of the year

• Jun 15, 2009
• Brendon Lau

VDM Group (VMG)

VDM's share price has been hammered since it released an extremely disappointing interim result for 2008-09

• May 6, 2009
• Trevor Hoey