More than 200,000 Brazilian people and groups will next week kick off a £5 billion ($A9 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP in Britain over a 2015 dam failure that led to Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
Oil prices rose slightly overnight as OPEC and its allies cut production by more than agreed to in June, although demand concerns lingered due to increased cases of COVID-19 in the United States.
Gold prices firmed above the key $US1,800 level overnight, underpinned by concerns over mounting coronavirus cases globally as many regions reintroduced curbs to restrict the outbreak.
Euroz subsidiary Westoz Funds Management has emerged as a strong critic of the proposed takeover of Zenith Energy, one day after Zenith revealed the scheme was at risk of failing.
Low energy prices have caused $US4.4 billion of write-downs for Woodside Petroleum, as the company gave the markets an insight into valuations of major operations today.
Sydney-based explorers Gateway Mining and Navarre Minerals are raising a collective $15 million for gold projects through underwritten share placements with Western Australian brokers.
Technology entrepreneur Bevan Slattery will invest $2.5 million into Subiaco-based Pointerra, which will use the funds to employ workers in Australia and the US.
Digital technology’s growing influence on defence has prompted Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal to appoint vice-president Andrew Malcolm to the newly-created role of chief digital officer.
Anyone who flies into Western Australia from coronavirus-stricken Victoria will be immediately tested for COVID-19 when they land and travellers from NSW could be next if the outbreak there worsens.
A technology startup, cofounded by previous 40under40 award winner Tim Brewer, has received a $598,000 commercialisation grant from the federal government.
Business insolvencies in April were at their lowest in almost a decade in Western Australia, suggesting emergency COVID-19 provisions for directors had a major impact.
Oil prices slipped about 1 per cent overnight after global coronavirus cases rose by a record daily amount, fanning fears of renewed government lockdowns, and on growing US and European tension with China.
Gold prices firmed above the key $US1,800 level overnight, as surging US coronavirus cases boosted hopes for more stimulus measures by the Federal Reserve to cushion the economic fallout from the pandemic.
One of Western Australia’s largest gold mines has been forced to shut down after a safety incident involving one of Saracen Mineral Holdings’ underground miners.
The national average shopping centre vacancy rate reached 5.1 per cent in June, up from 3.8 per cent in December, according to the latest figures from JLL.
The directors of Alto Metals have recommended shareholders vote against a takeover bid from Habrok Mining, saying the offer was opportunistic and undervalued the company.
An electrician based in North Perth has been ordered to pay more than $27,000 after having been found guilty of breaching WA’s electricity licensing regulations.
