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Aspiring copper miner Altona Mining is one step closer to a $93 million merger with Canada-based Copper Mountain Mining after Altona shareholders approved the scheme of arrangement today.

Japanese group Mitsui & Co has announced it will not extend the deadline on its $602 million takeover offer for AWE and confirmed its offer price of 95 cents per share is final.

Telstra is being taken to court by the consumer watchdog, and is facing fines of up to $10 million and user refunds of $5 million after the telco allegedly charged its own customers unawares through a third-party billing service.

A joint venture between Perth-based companies SRG and Georgiou Group has been awarded a $43.4 million contract for road upgrades in rural NSW.

Graphex Mining is pleased to advise that it has received subscriptions to purchase 8,750,000 fully paid ordinary shares at $0.28 cents per share to raise $2.45 million through a placement to profes

Peru-focused Titan Minerals has announced plans to acquire West Perth-based Andina Resources, which owns a number of assets in close proximity to Titan, in a scrip deal worth approximately $19 million.

A 35-metre seadragon has taken shape across grain silos in Albany, the fourth instalment in a series of murals across regional towns by arts group FORM and grain handler CBH Group.

Wealth manager AMP has announced chief executive Craig Meller will step down at the end of the year, as the hunt for his successor begins.

Incoming chief executive Matt Comyn has already started his overhaul of the Commonwealth Bank's leadership team, with three senior executives set to depart.

Australian shares have started the day lower, following a plunge in industrial metal prices and US stocks amid ongoing concerns of a possible trade war between the US and China.

ASX braced for trade war fallout

The Australian dollar is back where it finished the local session on Friday, managing to hold its ground despite falls in base metals prices and US stocks.

Crude prices on Friday hit their highest level since late January after the Saudi energy minister said OPEC and allied producers would need to keep coordinating supply cuts into 2019, and as concer

Gold prices surged to a one-month high on Friday as the threat of a global trade war sent investors scrambling for safe assets.

Three months after the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority rejected its $450 million Iconic Scarborough proposal, developer 3 Oceans Property has emerged with a set of revised plans that feature slimmer towers and a renewed focus on tourism.

Junior miner Orinoco Gold has announced a $12.1 million capital raising to target a ramp-up in production at its Cascavel operation in Brazil.

Australian shares have plunged to a six-week low after fears of a US-China trade war, with Bluescope Steel and a number of local resources stocks suffering the worst impact.

Pacific Energy has strengthened its position in the remote power market by striking a deal to acquired Kewdale-based Contract Power Group for $90 million in cash and shares, adding to its existing operations through subsidiary Kalgoorlie Power Systems.

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Auris Minerals chairman Bronwyn Barnes has disclosed that some of the people seeking to oust her had been negotiating a farm-in proposal last year without the knowledge of the company’s board.

Lazy Frog Booking is a travel booking website that provides users with the ability to search for deals on flights, hotels, cruises, car rentals and travel insurance.

Perth-based mining company South32 has implemented new leave provisions that exceed those of most other employers, offering six months’ parental leave on full pay and up to 10 days of paid domestic violence leave.

Subiaco-based Carbine Resources has pulled the pin on its planned redevelopment of the Mount Morgan copper-gold project in Queensland, in which it has already invested $12 million, while managing director Tony James and two directors have tendered their resignation.

Alkimos Beach and Elizabeth Quay have won top honours at the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s national awards for excellence, presented in Melbourne last night.

More than $140 million was spent on the cancelled Perth Freight Link project, the state government has revealed.

Internet service providers Dodo, iPrimus and M2 Commander will compensate almost 6,000 customers after admitting they likely breached consumer law by offering national broadband network speed plans they could not deliver.

Opinion: Local branch members got their man when David Honey won the recent Cottesloe by-election.

Australian shares are sharply lower after the Trump administration slapped sanctions on $US48 billion worth of Chinese imports, and imposed restrictions on Chinese investment.

Trump to slap China with $US50b in trade sanctions

Oil prices have dropped after investors took profits after this week's rally and as US stock markets fell, but losses were limited by the continuing efforts of OPEC and its allies to curb supplies.

US stocks have fallen about 1 per cent on the growing threat of a global trade war as the Trump administration plans to impose import tariffs on China and as technology stocks stayed under pressure