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Some of the Gorgon gas project’s major backers are warily eyeing prices as the project nears production.

Local explorer Dacian Gold has kicked off a $25 million capital raising to fund ongoing work at its Mt Morgans project near Laverton, where it hopes to start construction in 2017.

Northern Minerals is cutting salaries and reducing its head count to reduce costs as it seeks to complete the next stage of funding for its Browns Range rare earth project near Halls Creek.

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Oil and gas producer Santos plans to cut its debt by $3.5 billion through two capital raisings and one asset sale, in an effort to ride out weak oil prices, and has recruited Clough boss Kevin Gallagher as its new chief executive.

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Credit card surcharges of up to 23 times the average fee undermine consumer confidence and hurt business, a Senate inquiry has been told.

Global miner BHP Billiton does not yet know what caused a tailings dam to burst at an iron ore mine in Brazil, killing at least two people and leaving 28 missing.

The Australian share market is lower as weak Chinese trade data cancels out any optimism from a very strong US employment report.

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The Australian dollar has plunged to a one-month low after strong US employment figures increased expectations that the US Federal Reserve will increase its interest rate in December.

Gold has fallen to a three-month low and set to post its biggest weekly drop in more than two years after US data shows job growth surged in October, making it likely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December.

Jonathan Carapetis has helped WA researchers take a more collaborative approach to securing national funding.

The competition watchdog has warned that the privatisation process for Fremantle Ports could deliver a high price to government but at the expense of port users.

The resources sector has dramatically increased productivity in the past year, as lower commodity prices drive a wave of cost cutting across the industry, according to the latest national accounts numbers from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

A visiting Canadian economist has warned that Australia requires urgent reform to its labour market laws if the nation is to remain internationally competitive.

Perth-based online property portal Rent.com.au is making good on its ambition to become the website of choice for renters, with traffic to its website surging past 500,000 unique visitors during the month of October.

A program that links PhD students with industry is attracting support from companies as diverse as iron ore miner CITIC Pacific Mining, software developer Lateral, and aged care provider Southern Cross Care.

The Australian share market has closed slightly higher as investors await key jobs figures in the US which are likely to influence whether the US Federal Reserve lifts interest rates in December.

Perth-based app services company Global Agenda Technologies is seeking an ASX listing through a reverse takeover of Marion Energy.

Osborne Park-based contractor Otoc has continued its move into defence-related work, winning approval for a $13 million contract on Nauru.

Evolution Mining appears close to finalising a protracted takeover bid for smaller rival Phoenix Gold, with both companies announcing their boards had reached an agreement after Evolution increased the cash component of its offer.

An app that provides businesses (real estate, cars, finance, retail) with short alphanumeric codes, or ‘tiings’, for their display advertising.

Canada's Brookfield Infrastructure is determined to take over ports and rail operator Asciano despite Australian logistics firm Qube Holdings having a 19.99 per cent blocking stake in the target.

The Australian share market has opened higher, before flattening out in early trade as the banks offset losses in the minerals sector.

Brookfield to take $9b takeover bid to Asciano investors

US stocks have drifted lower on the eve of the highly anticipated jobs report, seen as a litmus test for a Federal Reserve increase in interest rates.685

US stocks have drifted lower on the eve of the highly anticipated jobs report, seen as a litmus test for a Federal Reserve increase in interest rates.685

Gold has fallen to a seven-week low as the US dollar hit a three-month high, and looks vulnerable to further losses after Federal Reserve officials left the door open to a US interest rate rise in December.

The Australian dollar is treading water ahead of crucial US employment data.

Oil prices have slipped for a second straight day as traders worry about abundant supplies and a dollar made stronger by Federal Reserve hints of a hike in interest rates.