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Gold miner Newcrest says it expects to produce more than three million ounces of the precious metal annually within a few years.

Australian stocks have opened higher, with local market players looking past a weak lead from Wall Street.

Wesfarmers has overcome tough times in the retail world and lifted its first quarter sales.

ANZ Banking Group has posted a record $5.66 billion full year profit as it grew earnings from its domestic and international operations.

US stocks have closed lower, unable to hold on to earlier gains amid weak corporate earnings and after the Federal Reserve left policies on hold as expected.

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has struck a blow against the Fairfax Media board, voting against the company's executive pay report after a torrid annual general meeting.

Labor's controversial carbon tax might not push up consumer prices in its first year by as much as the federal government expected.

The Australia dollar jumped in response to a larger than expected rise in inflation, but ended the session weaker.

Mineral Commodities has announced plans to raise $14.5 million through a placement a, to fund the development of its Tormin mineral sands project on the west coast of South Africa.

Engineering and construction contractor Forge Group has outlined a new divisional structure to support a planned diversification of its business into the process infrastructure and oil & gas se

Industry has welcomed the state government’s establishment of a round table to discuss electricity market reform.

Electricity network operator Western Power says it still doesn't know the cause of the 2009 Toodyay bushfire that destroyed 38 homes and continues to deny any liability, despite paying compensation

Global insurer QBE expects to achieve modest premium growth this financial year.Chief financial officer Neil Drabsch said QBE expected premium growth in the low single digits this year.

Australian stocks managed to avoid some of the heavy falls experienced on Wall Street, but the local sharemarket still finished 0.8 per cent lower.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has announced a $100 million contract with Rio Tinto as part of its Cape Lambert port expansion.

Mining productivity is expected to turn around and post big gains over the next decade, but the sector is unlikely to enjoy the same rate of growth in employment, a central banker says.

China's manufacturing activity contracted in October but at a slower pace than in previous months, a sign the slowdown in the world's number two economy is bottoming out.

Engineering firm WorleyParsons has bought South Africa-based company TWP Holdings for $100 million and extended a contract with BP in Iraq.

Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has attacked Tony Abbott's plan to repeal Labor's carbon tax as a sovereign risk.

Perth's local government structure badly needs to be overhauled and reduced to no more than 20 metropolitan councils, Premier Colin Barnett says.

The massive rises in electricity prices in the last five years should not have occurred and were due to a flawed set of industry rules, says the competition regulator.

Engineering and construction group Monadelphous has announced $320 million in new contracts for Rio Tinto in the Pilbara.

Shares in Fairfax Media have gained as much as nine per cent after its executives reassured shareholders a strategic review would help the troubled media company ride out tough trading conditions.

Struggling surfwear company Billabong has reaffirmed its earnings guidance, despite difficult trading conditions.

Economists say a larger-than-expected rise in inflation for the September quarter could encourage Australia's central bank to keep the cash rate steady at its next meeting.

Australian stocks have opened 0.7 per cent lower, outperforming the sharp declines from offshore markets during the overnight session.

Businesses have received some positive news as they head into the crucial Christmas sales period, in the form of a sharp rebound in consumer spending.

Poor earnings and forecasts from major US industrial firms have added to a global markets downturn to send US stocks plummeting, with DuPont losing 9.1 per cent on its earnings plunge.

Despite voter dissatisfaction in the western suburbs and cost-of-living pressures statewide, Colin Barnett and his government remain on track for re-election.

WA beer drinkers may be better served if the Japanese owners sold the ailing brand to local investors.

Australian consumers are resisting the temptation to get out and spend.

The CCI and other business groups have given the state and federal governments a clear agenda for future policy reform.