Palladium rose to its highest level in nearly three months following strong car sales, continuing a trend in which the component of petrol engine autocatalysts gains at the expense of platinum.
The Australian share market has closed higher for a second session in a row in the wake of positive overseas leads and better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data.
The national resource industry employer group is calling for urgent workplace reform after a report by the federal government revised down the forecast value of Australia’s exports by $113 billion in 2016-19.
It is hard to find a winner in the coal-mining industry these days but some investors were quick to spot a Perth-based winner yesterday in the form of Wesfarmers, which saw the value of its coal assets boosted by a deal in the Hunter Valley of NSW.
The Western Australian consumer watchdog has handed Mandurah-based A&J Training and Assessment a red card for failing to complete assessments for workers who had completed their high risk work courses.
Struggling steel and mining group Arrium says it is shortlisting parties to undertake due diligence for its mining consumables business, and has embarked on a fresh round of cost cuts.
A clean energy technology developed at the University of Western Australia with funding from Wesfarmers is the driving force behind Hazer Group, which is looking to secure up to $5 million as it prepares to list on the Australian Securities Exchange later this year.
Perth-based ATM machine operator Stargroup expects to return to the black after acquiring 109 ATMs from Cash Plus Australia for $6.5 million in cash and shares.
ANZ Banking Group insists chief executive Mike Smith is stepping down on schedule after fulfilling a pledge to help David Gonski settle as chairman and give the bank time to identify his successor.
This week REIWA members reported the total number of sales continued to trend downwards to 565, a decline of 6 per cent over the week and is the lowest number of sales reported since mid-July 2015.
The Australian dollar has bounced higher, helped by weak European inflation data which leaves the option open for more economic stimulus from the European Central Bank.
Wall Street stocks have finished a painful third quarter on a positive note, joining big European and Asian markets in rallying on speculation of more monetary stimulus.
Gold has hit its lowest level in two weeks and recorded its biggest quarterly loss in a year as US jobs data came in stronger than expected and the market awaited clarity on the timing of a hotly anticipated US interest rate rise.
The share market has recovered more than half of the $56 billion lost on Tuesday, as the mining giant at the centre of the plunge assured the world it is financially robust.
Fiona Wood-founded Avita Medical has received a $US16.9 million ($A24.1 million) commitment from a US government agency to fund a trial of its ReCell device.
Brierty has been unable to resolve a $9.1 million contract dispute with Main Roads WA ahead of today’s deadline for it to lodge its financial results, with the civil and construction contractor rep
Dacian Gold's share price hit a three-year high today after the explorer said the scoping study for its Mt Morgans mine project showed it would be "an outstanding WA gold project at every level".
Former iiNet boss Michael Smith has replaced Russell Withers as chairman of convenience store chain 7-Eleven, while chief executive Warren Wilmot has resigned following revelations the company’s franchisees had been underpaying their workers.
Transferring control of large swathes of WA’s electricity market to the east-coast based national regulator has been welcomed by dominant market player Synergy.
