The central bank has made it clear a rate rise is expected in the second half of 2011 after lifting its inflation forecasts for the next two years, economists say.
Stonehenge Metals is deep in negotiations regarding the acquisition of a uranium and vanadium project in close proximity to its Daejeon project in South Korea.
Perth-based explorer Orocobre's shares have jumped after a definitive feasibility study for its flagship $US221 million Salar de Olaroz lithium-potash project in Argentina revealed low costs of production.
Sandalwood producer TFS Corporation says it is in discussions to buy Elders Forestry's Indian and Australian Sandalwood plantations in the East Kimberley and Queensland's far north.
Construction giant John Holland has won a $180 million contract with Chevron to design and construct administration and infrastructure facilities for the $44 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project project.
Engineering services firm Monadelphous says it has won new maintenance and construction contracts in the resources, energy and infrastructure markets, worth a collective $200 million.
Developer Aspen Group has received a conditional offer for a $117 million finance facility required to acquire and develop the Australian Taxation Office Building in Adelaide.
Global commodities trading house Traxys Group has agreed to take a 20 per cent interest in Perth-based tantalum miner Global Advanced Metals, subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval.
Australian businesses are repaying their debts at the slowest rate for three years, and the number of companies paying bills severely late has jumped by 20 per cent, according to a new report.
Clough Engineering's old base at 251 St Georges Terrace is up for sale, with Jones Lang La Salle and Burgess Rawson jointly appointed to manage the transaction.
Panoramic Resources shares inched upwards after the nickel miner announced a significant resource upgrade and high-grade drilling results from its Lanfranchi nickel project near Kambalda.
Four Western Australian suburbs have been ranked among the nation's top twenty building hotspots for 2009/10, according to a new report from the Housing Industry Association.
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The restructuring of Kerry Stokes' listed companies has been finalised, with West Australian Newspapers Holdings completing the acquisition of 100 per cent of Seven Media Group from Seven Group Holdings.
ASX-listed pearl farming and managed investments company, Arafura Pearls Holdings has been placed into voluntary administration by its directors after failing to secure a standstill agreement with its lenders.
Range Resources has announced it will acquire the remaining 90 per cent stake it does not already own in holding and subsidiary companies that hold three onshore oilfield production licenses in Trinidad.
Perth-based financial adviser Plan B Holdings has taken a 33 per cent stake in financial planning dealership My Adviser for $980,000 as part of a full takeover of the Queensland-based company over the next two years.
