Parts of corporate Australia have attacked the federal government's axing of 457 immigration work visas, claiming it is a politically driven move and unfairly targets less than 1 per cent of the workforce.
Investment group Zeta Resources has announced plans to make an all-cash takeover offer for gold-focused Bligh Resources, competing with Saracen Mineral Holdings which had agreed to buy the target's core asset in February.
OPINION: Corporate events such as takeovers and break-up proposals do not always have a political edge to them, but when they involve BHP Billiton, once Australia's biggest company, politics are not far away (and neither is Western Australia).
Dacian Gold has formally awarded GR Engineering Services a $107.1 million contract to build processing infrastructure at its Mt Morgans gold project near Laverton.
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The Australian dollar is trading slightly higher as the weaker greenback is offset by lower iron ore prices and dovish comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Gold turned higher on Tuesday, nearing the prior session's five-month peak, bolstered by a softer dollar, lower US Treasury yields, North Korea tensions and nervousness ahead of the French presidential election.
International share registry and shareholder management firm Link Group has inked a nine-year lease at office tower QV1, taking the building's occupancy rate past 90 per cent.
The share market has fallen after the heavily weighted mining, energy and banking sectors were sold off amid commodity price falls and global political concerns.
The University of Western Australia could be forced to pay nearly $5 million to Bibra Lake business TSW Analytical after the Court of Appeal found its relationship with the spin-out company was largely undocumented and opaque.
Lithium Australia is pushing ahead with its takeover plans for Lepidico, extending the deadline by two weeks despite only a small portion of the target's shareholders taking up the offer so far.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the abolishment of the 457 skilled visa program, which will be replaced by a visa with new requirements for temporary foreign workers.
Northern Minerals plans to spend $56 million developing a pilot plant for its Browns Range heavy rare earths project in Halls Creek, with first production expected next year.
SPECIAL REPORT: Henderson shipbuilders have plans to put on hundreds of apprentices as billions of dollars in naval investment is expected in the next few years.
SPECIAL REPORT: A 19 per cent drop in the number of trainees and apprentices in WA over the past five years is a challenge for the new state government, but also an opportunity to grow the sector.
Shares in mineral sands miner MZI Resources were higher on news one of the company's existing offtake partners had agreed to take additional leucoxene product from its Keysbrook mine near Serpentine.
Eastern Goldfields has announced a $28 million capital raising and share sale facility as it works towards commissioning of its Davyhurst gold operation near Kalgoorlie.
South32 has scrapped its $US200 million purchase of a NSW coking coal mine after deciding against making what it called significant concessions to gain approval from the competition watchdog.
TPG Telecom shares have slumped in their first trading session since the internet provider launched a capital raising to help fund its plan for its own mobile network.
The Australian share market is trading lower following falls in iron ore and oil prices and as tensions between the US and North Korea weigh on investor sentiment.
Gold pared gains from a five-month high on Monday, losing steam as U.S. Treasury yields turned higher and the dollar came off its lows, after rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea spurred earlier safe-haven buying in bullion.
