Global mining giants BHP Billiton and Brazil's Vale have offered new loans to their Brazilian joint venture, Samarco, as it assesses whether it can reopen the iron ore project where a dam disaster killed up to 19 people last year.
The share market is flat in early trade with strong gains from gaming giants Tabcorp and Tatts Group, and utilities offsetting weakness from the banks and miners.
Oil prices are little changed ahead of next week's meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to discuss implementation of its proposed cap on production.
Gold has edged lower as the US dollar trades within reach of an almost 14-year high hit on positive US economic data, which increased expectations the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates in December.
Weakest GDP in five years loomsA growing number of economists are warning that the Turnbull government could be confronted with the weakest national accounts in more than
Three local businesses have been inducted into Family Business Australia's hall of fame, including an electrical contractor established in 1920, a fertiliser supplier and an engineering business that recently listed on the ASX.
Augusta seafood group Ocean Grown Abalone's $5 million fund raising campaign is progressing under the stewardship of adviser View Street Partners, with the launch of its official offer document as
Real Estate Institute of Western Australia boss Hayden Groves says residential leasing activity continues to improve across the Perth metro area, as the central sub-region's median rent falls to $380 per week.
Australia have made a solid start to the third Test, with a new-look slips cordon helping to restrict South Africa to 3-89 at tea on day one at Adelaide Oval.
Australian architects and engineers are lagging behind global counterparts in the adoption of new technology, resulting in errors, delays and lost productivity at development sites.
Stevedoring industry veteran Chris Corrigan has announced he will retire as chairman of QUBE Holdings, saying the time is right as the logistics group enters a new phase.
Sales activity was up over the week, with Reiwa members reporting an increase in weekly sales to 659. The overall 17 per cent increase in weekly sales is attributed to a 15 per cent increase in sales for houses, 11 per cent for units and 49 per cent for vacant land.
Woolworths bosses have sought to reassure shareholders about the future of its struggling discount department chain, Big W, a week after its newly installed chief executive resigned.
Senior executives have created a poor compliance culture at the four major banks and should be named and shamed over mistreatment of customers, a parliamentary inquiry has found.
The transport and logistics subsidiary of Perth-based, family-owned CFC Group has acquired McAleese Group's entire heavy haulage fleet for an undisclosed sum.
Probuild has awarded Perth-based Global Construction Services a $59 million contract for work on the $500 million Ritz-Carlton hotel and The Towers apartments project at Elizabeth Quay.
Rio Tinto has flagged a possible 2019 start date for construction of its next big greenfields project in the Pilbara, but in the interim will rely on the rollout of its rail automation program and better asset utilisation to drive a major round of productivity improvements.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit an all-time high for the third straight day, helped by a record-setting surge in industrial stocks, but a drop in technology heavyweights kept the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in negative territory.
The Australian dollar has fallen as the US dollar has hit a 14-year high after strong US economic data fuels investor hopes that the Federal Reserve will raise its interest rates in December.
Gold has fallen more than two per cent to a nine-and-a-half-month low as a buoyant US dollar extends its rally to the highest since 2003 on the back of upbeat US economic data that further cemented a case for increasing interest rates next month.
Oil prices have slipped slightly lower amid investor doubts that OPEC will agree to a production cut large enough to make a significant dent in the global glut of crude as US drilling rises.
Prices in one of Perth's newest residential enclaves, The Springs at Rivervale, are holding value better than apartments across the wider Perth metropolitan area, despite concerns of excess supply restraining capital growth.
Morrison won't rule ‘bonkers sugar tax' outTreasurer Scott Morrison has declined to rule out a tax on sugar, only hours after Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce said it was a
Hotel and resorts operator Mantra Group has been confirmed as the partner for a new property at 900 Hay Street by local developer George Atzemis, following the opening earlier this month of Mantra's new Peppers Hotel opposite Kings Square.
Australian shares have hit a five-week high as high commodity prices, a Wall Street tailwind, and adjusted expectations of local interest rate cuts helped deliver gains across several sectors.
