Sure there is debt but the industry has turned, so many of the service sector companies have had a turn around in the last 12 months with better $$$ on the horizon. The industry has picked up as a whole and announcements of large contracts are coming back. The Mining companies need to give back to the service sector.
For example Civmec - HQ is Perth and they've won over $90M worth of contracts in M&M and O&G last year.