Mining services company Ausdrill has signed on as the major sponsor of the Hockeyroos, Australia’s women’s hockey team, in a two-year deal that ends a long search for financial backing.
The Australian share market has followed offshore markets higher in opening trade, with investors encouraged by signs from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest r
The Australian dollar has risen almost one cent and pushed past 105 US cents for the first time in six days following indications from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep i
US stocks have surged following gains on European markets and after Ben Bernanke said a still-weak job market merited the Federal Reserve keeping easy money policy in place.
UK-based engineering group Kentz says it lodged a 26 per cent increase in revenue across its Australasian operations for the year ended December 31, driven by increased activity in Western Australi
Arafura Resources expects to convert a rare earths sales deal with Germany's ThyssenKrupp into a formal agreement and expand the intended customer base in Europe.
Labor leader Mark McGowan has proudly claimed underdog status in next year's state election but denied unpopular Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a millstone around the party's neck.
The state government has launched a new dispute resolution service for small business, following the appointment of Small Business Commissioner David Eaton.
Bank of Queensland today announced another step in the rebuilding of its senior management group, in tandem with unveiling a $91 million half-year loss and a large capital raising to bolster its ba
Shares in Quickstep Holdings gained ground after the advanced composites manufacturer completed the first production parts for the international F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter military airc
Atlas Iron has signed an agreement to buy out its joint venture partner in the Daltons tenements at its Mt Webber iron ore project in the Pilbara, for $33 million in cash and shares.
The coalition says the federal government's decision to ban Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from taking part in tenders for work on the national broadband network (NBN) is "clumsy, offensive and unpr
India will eventually take over from China as the main engine of growth for the iron ore market but its consumption will be less intense, an analyst says.
Fresh from withdrawing plans to list its gold assets on the ASX, Korab Resources has completed a $1.78 million capital raising to fund exploration and development activities at its projects in West
The Australian share market managed to claw back most of its early losses to close flat after negative offshore leads and lower commodity prices overnight.
