The Australian share market suffered near-across the board losses as the positive sentiment from the trade truce brokered at the G20 summit dissipates.
FBR and Caterpillar have terminated their memorandum of understanding for Caterpillar to build and distribute FBR’s robot bricklaying machines worldwide.
The Reserve Bank has kept the official cash rate at a record low and reiterated its economic growth forecasts, but is keeping a close eye on the stumbling east coast housing markets.
Valmec has secured $25 million worth of construction contracts, including at Mineral Resources’ Wodgina project, while fellow local contractor Weststar Industrial was awarded a $4 million contract at Rio Tinto’s West Angelas mine near Newman.
Exporters have agreed to place a three-month moratorium on sheep exports to the Middle East, months after TV footage revealed poor conditions on board a live export vessel departing Fremantle.
Subcontractors WA chair Louise Stewart has welcomed the state government’s decision to expand the use of project bank accounts (PBAs) to protect subcontractors, but is pushing for the introduction of legally binding statutory trusts.
Cedar Woods Property has received an unexpected first-half earnings boost, after the $58 million sale of a commercial building in Victoria settled ahead of schedule.
Nuheara has tapped investors for $5 million to primarily fund an increase in inventory levels and marketing for its IQbuds Boost hearing bud, after winning a contract to supply the UK’s National Health Service with the product.
The culmination of a five-year mine site rehabilitation project backed by BHP has created a slew of prospects for researchers and major mining companies.
Idle Australia has launched an online platform allowing customers to efficiently search, compare and book construction equipment hire from local trade and hire companies.
Oil prices jumped nearly four per cent after the United States and China agreed to a 90-day truce in a trade dispute and Canada's Alberta province ordered a production cut, while exporter group OPEC looked set to reduce supply.
Gold gained one per cent overnight, hitting its highest in more than three weeks, boosted by a sell-off in the dollar after the United States and China called a truce on fresh trade tariffs for 90 days.
The planned sale of BGC Australia has taken another step forward with the appointment of investment bank Macquarie Capital as corporate adviser to the family-owned business.
Perth-based commercial cleaning company Delron Cleaning has agreed to ongoing scrutiny of its workplace arrangements by the Fair Work Ombudsman after it was found to have underpaid staff more than $447,000.
Verdant Minerals has entered into a non-binding agreement for a $160 million debt facility from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund, adding to a string of mining projects in recent months to reach a funding agreement with the fund.
The Australian share market surged higher following a 90-day truce on tariffs between the US and China, with energy and mining stocks recording significant gains.
Disruption, a demerger and divestments are shaping Wesfarmers’ long-term approach to growth, managing director Rob Scott told last week’s Success & Leadership breakfast.
Shares in Resonance Health have doubled today after its FerriSmart technology, which uses machine learning to quantify liver iron concentration, received FDA approval.
CoreLogic has revealed a decline in Perth house prices for November, which is at odds with the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia’s data suggesting prices increased last month.
The developer behind a long-running bid to build a 24-hour Puma service station in Dunsborough faces an uphill battle to get the project approved, after Western Australia’s Court of Appeal overturned a Supreme Court ruling that gave it the go-ahead last year.
Piedmont Lithium has tapped investors for $12.2 million to fund an expansion and upgrade at the company’s namesake project in the US state of North Carolina.
GrainCorp shares surged by more than a third after the drought-hit grain handler received an all-cash $2.38 billion takeover bid from little-known asset manager Long-Term Asset Partners.
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