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Saracen Mineral Holdings has purchased the Thunderbox gold project from Norilsk Nickel for $23 million, in a deal which could double the company's production to up to 270,000 ounces per year.

The Australian share market shook off a negative start to finish higher on Tuesday as strength among the major banks outweighed weakness in the resources sector.

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The signing of two long-term leasing deals by BAE Systems has highlighted the defence sector’s role in the state’s economy.

Resources giant BHP Billiton has signed a final agreement to pay $US3 million ($A3.4 million) to Otto Energy to withdraw from an oil and gas exploration joint venture in the Philippines.

Analysts say Australia's major iron ore players are under pressure as the price of the steel-making ingredient continues to slide.

Sandfire Resources says it remains on track to achieve full-year production guidance, despite posting softer results from its DeGrussa copper-gold mine in the December quarter.

Global management consultancy and technology firm Accenture is growing resources in Perth as it aims to win work with operators in the state’s mining and energy sector.

CO2 Group has sacked long-serving chief executive Andrew Grant as it pushes on with its bid to recast the business as an environmental services and aquaculture player.

Australian shares have fallen as China's economic growth numbers continue to weigh on the market.

The Australian dollar has been pushed back above 88 US cents by stronger-than-expected Chinese gross domestic product data.

Gold has traded near a five-week high in London as investors weigh signs of increasing physical demand against the outlook for less US stimulus.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude has fallen from the highest closing price in two weeks amid slowing economic growth and weaker industrial output in China, the world's second-biggest oil consume

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Royal Dutch Shell has announced it will sell its minority stake in Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project and a related joint venture to the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company for $US1.13 billion.

Finbar Group has repositioned its stalled Port Hedland apartment project, announcing today that it has obtained ministerial approval to build more than 700 apartments in a 10-storey tower near the town centre.

Wolf Minerals has announced a substantial increase in capital and operating costs for its Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in England, which is now budgeted to cost $230 million to develop.

Financial planning technology group Decimal is embarking on a reverse takeover of listed cashbox Aviva Corporation in a $9 million deal.

Blackham Resources shares are up 44 per cent after the minerals explorer agreed to pay $2 million for the Wiluna gold plant in Western Australia from the receivers of Apex Minerals.

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Gage Roads Brewing Company founder Peter Nolin has been appointed CEO of the WA Farmers Federation.

The Australian share market closed lower but recovered from solid losses in the middle of the day to be only slightly down.

One of Asia’s largest real estate companies is looking to capture more of Perth’s business travel market with a rebranding of its central city serviced apartments.

Shares in Silver Lake Resources are trading higher after the company boosted its gold production guidance on the back of a record-breaking quarter.

Wesfarmers is set to acquire a coal development licence worth $70 million from Peabody Energy, in a purchase which the company says will boost its total coal reserves by about 29 per cent.

Paladin Energy managing director John Borshoff says the company's $US190 million sale of a minority stake in its Langer Heinrich mine vindicates a decision to walk away from sale negotiations last year.

Australian shares are weaker as a mixed lead out of Wall Street dents the big banks.

Sino-Australian investment house ASF Group will become the single largest shareholder in Perth-based Key Petroleum after agreeing to a 19.9 per cent placement of Key shares as the company expands its interests in Canning Basin oil and gas plays.

Decmil Group has won a contract with Atlas Iron for the design and construction of a major road project in the state's Pilbara region.

The Australian dollar has hit fresh three-and-a-half-year lows amid concerns over China's shadow banking sector and growing strength in the US economy.