Rio Tinto has named its nominees to the board of minerals explorer Ivanhoe Australia after taking effective control of the company's major shareholder.
Australian stocks have opened almost 1.5 per cent lower, following instability in European markets after the election of France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades.
US stocks plunged Friday after the government reported that hiring slowed sharply last month. The report confirmed investors' fears that the US economic recovery is faltering.
Former UWA Business School Dean Tracey Horton and former Mitsubishi Motors Australia chief executive Robert McEniry have been appointed to the board of Automotive Holdings Group as non-executive di
Premier Colin Barnett should leave the proponents of the $30 billion-plus Browse gas hub to make their own decisions and stop upsetting investors, the Labor opposition says.
Liberal leader Tony Abbott is unlikely to ensure Western Australia gets a better deal out of the GST carve-up after backflipping on his previous stance in favour of a per capita dist
Forge Group subsidiary Cimeco and its indigenous joint venture partner Pilbara Logistics have won a $41 million construction contract with BHP Billiton Iron Ore.
Poorer than expected growth from China reduced the market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies by 2.8 percent in April, according to new research released today.
Panoramic Resources has moved closer to completing its hostile $40 million takeover of Magma Metals, with the suitor’s third-largest shareholder moving to accept the bid.
The federal government insists there will be a floor price when the carbon tax transforms into an emissions trading scheme in mid-2015, despite independent MP Rob Oakeshott suggesting he could try
Westpac's business customers have received greater interest rate relief than mortgage holders, with the bank saying the sector needs a boost in the current economy.
A union representing 600 workers at the troubled Point Henry Alcoa aluminium smelter is optimistic the plant can be saved after meeting with US executives reviewing its future.
Wall Street made a brief incursion into positive territory early Thursday, but spent the rest of the day in the red as trepidation about weak data sent markets into a spin.
The Australian dollar fell about one-third of a cent to below 103 US cents after the publication of data showing weaker than expected Chinese economic output.
Australian stocks closed marginally lower on a day of low volumes as gains among finance-linked companies were offset by weakness in the energy sector.
Perth-based investor group Investmet Limited has agreed to underwrite a complex recapitalisation of Swan Gold Mining, adding to a string of mining deals it has undertaken this year.
Shares in Talga Gold have jumped on the Australian Securities Exchange, after one of the Perth based miner’s Swedish graphite deposits was rated as one of the highest-grade in the world.
Atlas Iron has outgrown its current home at Alluvion on Mounts Bay Road, and will move into the $500 million Raine Square office tower by the end of the financial year, highlighting the tight offic
Mongolia-focused minerals explorer Eumeralla Resources has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, after successfully completing a $3.5 million initial public offering.
Setting aside natural gas resources for the nation's own use would be counter-productive and could leave gas in the ground at a time when new supplies need to be developed, says oil and gas produce
