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Mining and civil construction contractor Brierty has won a $15 million deal with Atlas Iron, for works at the miner's Abydos mine in the Pilbara.

Leighton subsidiary Thiess has won a new contract, worth $212 million, for work on Chevron's $52 billion Gorgon project in Western Australia.

The Australian share market has opened relatively flat as investors weigh up encouraging jobs data from the United States against disappointing economic figures from China.

Labor faces an absolute massacre in the September federal election if it doesn't respond to voter dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, a former state Labor MP says.

Australia's biggest resources companies will continue to enjoy the support of a conservative state government, industry commentators say.

The head of Australian poultry producer Ingham has agreed to sell the 95-year-old family business to US-based private equity group TPG Capital.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average set a fresh record for the fourth straight session on Friday helped by solid jobs data that was nonetheless seen unlikely to move the Fed to tighten monetary policy

The City of Fremantle has hit back at suggestions it was responsible for the demise of photographic competition FotoFreo.

The Australian dollar is almost unchanged ahead of the release of key US employment data.

Nickel miner Western Areas has secured $125 million in debt finance after revising its loan facility with ANZ.

The world's largest sandalwood plantation owner and manager, TFS Corporation, has teamed up with investment firm Hamilton Securities in pursuit of the sandalwood assets of agribusiness Elders.

Barrick Australia's Julie Shuttleworth has celebrated International Women's Day in style, having been named Women in Resources champion by the Chamber of Minerals and Energy.

The Australian share market closed higher, boosted by mining stocks after the release of a bumper trade report in China.

Australian firms are unlikely to get any relief from the relentless strength of the local dollar any time soon, particularly if overseas central banks keep pursuing policies that deflate their own

Mermaid Marine managing director Jeff Weber has picked up $4.5 million worth of the company's shares through the exercise of incentive options.

Phosphate miner Minbos Resources has secured $5.5 million in debt finance to boost working capital as it continues its search for a cornerstone investor to back its African projects.

Woodside Petroleum has played down suggestions that its gas project in Israel is under threat as it faces regulatory hurdles.

A Perth technology company has signed an exclusive deal with US giant Motorola to design cutting edge headsets for international markets.

Falling residential listings in the metropolitan area and strong population growth are putting upwards pressure on Perth house prices, new research says.

Premier Colin Barnett may say tomorrow's state election will go down to the wire, but bookies don't agree, paying out early for an expected Liberal win.

Banks have rejected calls for a new tax on the industry, saying the move would hurt retirees and small businesses.

The competition watchdog has delayed its decision on Virgin Australia's proposed takeover of Tiger Airways Australia.

Australian shares remain near four-and-a-half year highs, pushed up by a fifth straight day of gains on Wall Street.

Growing investor enthusiasm for equities in the wake of this week's records pushed US markets higher again on Thursday.

Cash Converters International managing director Peter Cumins has today sold $2.57 million worth of shares in the company he and his brother Brian Cumins helped build.

Global miner BHP Billiton has rejected allegations that it manipulated the iron ore market, saying it seeks to improve transparency in its trade with China.

Premier Colin Barnett can breathe easy now - the Community and Public Sector Union says it will hold off on potential industrial action until after the state election.

Five people have been taken to hospital after a leak of chlorine gas at James Packer's Crown Casino complex at Burswood.

The Australian dollar spent the day trading lower after better than expected US employment figures boosted the greenback.

A call for Health Minister Kim Hames to be sacked over his response to a string of fatalities among patients discharged from Northam Hospital is understandable, the opposition says.