Oil futures have ended slightly higher, extending crude's rally to a sixth straight session after a decline in weekly US crude production temporarily eased concerns about deepening oversupply.
Gold prices have fallen as signs that central banks may scale back their ultra-loose monetary policy pushed bond yields higher on both sides of the Atlantic, though a decline in the US dollar to its lows for the year lent support.
Global demand for lithium is expected to increase by three to four times by 2025 and projected supplies will not keep up, Tianqi Lithium Australia general manager Phil Thick told a Mining Club lunch today.
A quarterly review of the comings and goings of ASX-listed exploration companies by accounting and corporate advisory firm BDO has highlighted a broad recovery in the resources sector, with battery related commodities leading the way.
Cedar Woods Properties has found a buyer for a commercial development in Melbourne suburb Williams Landing, which is currently under construction and will become the Australian headquarters for Wesfarmers-owned department store chain Target.
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Perth-based Wolf Minerals has received a $16.8 million extension to its existing debt facility with Resource Capital Funds, as problems at its Drakelands tungsten mine in England continue.
Monadelphous Group has hosed down speculation that it is eyeing a $300 million acquisition of a civil engineering company, but the rumours have fuelled investor interest.
PeopleSense started as a three-person operation servicing the local market, but has grown into a large organisational consultancy firm with 100-plus staff and a national presence.
The executive team at Quality Printers & Cartridges has a simple strategy to become the dominant player in their industry – if you can't beat them, buy them.
Passing Paws Pet Cremations has tapped into a niche (but growing) market for personalised pet bereavement services, as part of the move towards greater humanisation of domestic animals.
Fifty years after Ronald and Valerie Frank started a camera repair business from their home, their two sons oversee a fast-growing business that combines a new bricks-and-mortar store with an expanding online presence.
As the only Australian-owned manufacturer of pipeline spacers, and with just four full-time employees, Bunbury-based kwik-ZIP is the embodiment of a small business punching above its weight.
Diggers & Dealers chairman Nick Giorgetta says the forum has been assured by the state government that its August event in Kalgoorlie will go ahead, despite the venue's sudden closure by the state.
The auditor general has reiterated his disappointment with state government agencies consistently not taking appropriate steps to protect and manage their IT systems despite the recent global malware attacks.
The boss of beleaguered law firm Slater & Gordon has quit and the board will be cleaned out under a shake-up that passes almost full ownership of the company to its lenders.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has rejected warnings the Liberals would face an electoral wipeout in Western Australia if the federal government doesn't give the state more GST money.
The Australian share market has opened sharply higher, mimicking an overnight climb on Wall Street where the S&P 500 had its best one-day percentage gain in about two months.
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Oil futures have climbed more than 1 per cent to their highest in more than a week as buyers were encouraged by a small weekly decrease in US production and shrugged off a surprise build in crude inventories in the world's top oil consumer.
Gold prices have risen as the US dollar has weakened for a second straight day following a global cyber attack and a delay to US healthcare legislation that fuelled doubts about President Donald Trump's ability to pass measures expected to boost the economy.
