The University of Western Australia has appointed John Barrington as the chair of the Perth International Arts Festival, following the retirement of Margaret Seares who served in the role since 2012.
Engineering group UGL has been awarded a $120 million contract to provide plant services for the operational phase of Santos’s Curtis Island LNG facility in Queensland.
BC Iron has moved forward with its cost-cutting initiatives by awarding a $40 million contract to Viento Group to provide crushing and screening at its Warrigal hub, which forms part of the Nullagine joint venture.
Fortescue Metals Group has cited the finer points of the Australian Competition and Consumer Act to justify calls by its chairman Andrew Forrest for Australia's biggest iron ore miners to cap production in order to lift prices.
Gold have risen to a two-and-a-half-week high, lifting for the fifth straight session on growing expectations that a US interest rate increase could be pushed to September.
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Wall Street stocks have finished lower after positive economic data lifted speculation the US Federal Reserve could move more quickly to raise interest rates.
A quick-fire century from opener Marcus Harris has put Western Australia back in contention, opening up a 280-run lead over Victoria at stumps on day four of the Sheffield Shield final.
China-based Citic Group has posted a big slide in full-year profit to $HK39.8 billion ($6.5 billion) for 2014, on the back of a $2.2 billion impairment charge on its Sino Iron project in the Pilbara.
The state government has announced its intention to phase out its $500 million-plus annual electricity subsidy within the next four years, paving the way for deregulation allowing households to buy their electricity and gas from competing suppliers.
Rio Tinto and Alcoa of Australia have struck an agreement with the state government to terminate a bauxite mining joint venture on the Mitchell Plateau in WA's far north, paving the way for the area to be included in a new national park.
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Perth-based building company Doric will soon start work on Westbridge Property Group’s Tenth and Beaufort Apartments, having signed a construction deal understood to be worth around $26 million.
Fortescue Metals Group may have to sell a stake in its iron ore mines or rail infrastructure as it looks to pay down debt after abandoning a $US2.5 billion refinancing.
Medical marijuana company Phytotech Medical has entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Canada-based MMJ Bioscience, in a deal worth about $20.7 million.
Shares in copper miner Latitude Consolidated skyrocketed on news it plans to exit the resources sector with a proposed acquisition of consumer services technology company Yatango through a scrip deal valued at about $18 million.
The board of iron ore miner Pluton Resources has regained control of the company after its major shareholder, General Nice Resources, retired KordaMentha as receivers yesterday.
TPG Telecom insists that its $1.4 billion bid for internet provider iiNet is good for the takeover target's shareholders, despite opposition from some investors.
Doubts have emerged over plans by Qantas and China Eastern to expand their alliance after the competition watchdog expressed concern about it possibly leading to higher airfares.
