Oil prices were little changed overnight as the market wavered on expectations for an imminent trade deal between the United States and China while awaiting US government crude stocks data.
Gold prices slipped overnight to their lowest in more than five weeks as the US dollar rose on stronger than expected economic data and rising US Treasury yields.
Wall Street's main indices have dipped in a choppy session as a drop in General Electric shares countered positive retailer earnings and investors eyed a key resistance level for the benchmark S&P 500 after the market's strong run.
Chevron has announced its Wheatstone domestic gas plant is ready to begin regular supply, two months after successful test flows into the market and two years after the first LNG shipment.
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The state government has continued its rollout of off-grid renewable systems, with Perth-based CPS National set to install micro power systems in the Esperance region.
The Reserve Bank has kept the official cash rate at a record low of 1.5 per cent despite noting Australian economic growth probably slowed in the second half of 2018.
Australia's current account deficit has narrowed 33 per cent to $7.2 billion in the three months to December as higher commodity prices boosted the value of exports.
Western Australian tourism businesses have won 16 medals at the 2018 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, the largest medal haul for the state since the awards' inception in 1985.
Coles is offloading management of its 87 pubs, including four in Western Australia, in a $200 million deal with private equity controlled Australian Venue Co.
Oil prices rose slightly overnight as the United States and China appeared closer to reaching a formal agreement to end a trade war that has slowed global economic growth while Russia said it would speed up its crude production cuts.
Gold dipped overnight to its lowest in more than five weeks as the US dollar and equities prices rose on optimism about a possible trade deal between the United States and China, while platinum shed 3 per cent as investors took profits from a recent rally.
Coolgardie Minerals has appointed Pitcher Partners’ Daniel Bredenkamp and Bryan Hughes voluntary administrators six months after the Neil Warburton-chaired gold hopeful was added to the ASX.
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Western Australia is the second most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment, moving up from fifth place in the year prior, according to the Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies for 2018.
The West Coast Eagles’ new $50 million training facility in Lathlain is now known as Mineral Resources Park, with the diversified mining group signing a sponsorship deal with the reigning AFL Premiers.
