Contractors benefit from mining resurgence

The construction and engineering sector has outperformed the broader market this year thanks to optimism surrounding the re-emergence of the mining boom.

Brendon Lau

Updated Nov 29, 2010 – 9.09am, first published at 5.55am

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The construction and engineering sector has outperformed the broader market this year thanks to optimism surrounding the re-emergence of the mining boom.

While the broader market is struggling to break even, the sector has turned in a total median return of around 5 per cent.