Mineral sands company Iluka Resources is planning to demerge its BHP iron ore royalty business into a new ASX-listed entity, while at the same time announcing its 2019 full-year results.
Mining services provider Perenti Global has secured $155.5 million in new and extended contracts for works in Australia and Africa through its surface mining operation.
Super Retail Group's shares have jumped more than 10 per cent despite announcing a 20 per cent drop in first-half profit and admitting its underpayments problem is worse than first thought.
Boral has halved its interim payout on a 40 per cent first-half profit dive, with the troubled building materials firm weighed down by higher costs and weak housing construction activity in Australia and South Korea.
Gold has risen, holding above $US1,600 per ounce, as worries over the new coronavirus and its impact on global growth boosted safe-haven demand, while palladium continued its record run driven by short supplies of the metal.
A 10 per cent fall in membership revenue and a spike in administration, marketing and redundancy costs have conspired to deliver a $1.6 million annual loss for the Fremantle Dockers.
Warring joint venture partners Northern Star Resources and Tribune Resources have been cautioned by a Supreme Court judge to avoid a 'Stalingrad' outcome of mutual commercial devastation.
The Australian share market has clawed back its losses from earlier in the week to hit a fresh all-time closing high - even as five more companies announced their earnings had been affected by the coronavirus epidemic.
Cedar Woods Properties is targeting a stronger second half of FY2020 after recording an expected profit dip in the first six months of the financial year, while Stockland said its results were also in line with expectations, with its earnings also weighted towards the second half.
Vocus shares have risen after the broadband provider said it had made progress digging out of its mountain of debt and had delivered on major projects as part of a three-year turnaround.
Western Australia's tourism industry could receive a much welcomed boost in the coming months, as Princess Cruises diverts several of its routes to Australia due to port closures throughout Asia.
Rio Tinto has purchased a third jet for Western Australia's aeromedical fleet, as part of a six-year partnership extension with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
Crown Resorts has posted net profit of $173 million for the year to December 2019, an 11 per cent drop on the previous period that chief executive Ken Barton attributed to mixed trading conditions across various arms of the business.
A focus on the emerging downsizers market and collaboration with some established firms has proved a successful strategy for one of Perth's newest developers.
For all the advances and disruptive opportunities available via everyday tech such as smartphones, Pubster founder Adam Mastey still sees opportunities in the hospitality sector.
Britain's EG Group had offered to acquire Caltex Australia for $3.9 billion in cash and separate shares to be issued in a newly listed company on the ASX.
Fortescue Metals Group has reported a near four-fold jump in first-half profit as it cashed in on higher iron ore prices, while analysts said a lower than expected dividend reflected caution on the global economy.
Wesfarmers has sold $1.1 billion of Coles shares, reducing its holdings of the supermarket chain to 10 per cent, while revealing $24 million of payroll problems during its half-yearly results released today.
Gold has surged more than 1.0 per cent to fetch more than $US1,600 an ounce as Apple's surprise warning about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak fuelled concerns about global economic weakness, driving investors to lower-risk assets.
Macmahon Holdings has received a letter of intent from Silver Lake Resources for further work at the Mount Monger gold operations, including development of the new Santa mine.
The Australian share market has finished marginally lower for a second day as investors digest local profit results in the absence of strong offshore leads.
Contractors Monadelphous and Emeco Holdings enjoyed solid share price gains today after reporting their interim results, with Emeco posting higher profits and improved margins while Monadelphous forecast a 10 per cent increase in revenue for the full financial year after a soft first-half.
Work has begun on a Fremantle apartments project that promises to enliven the port city's east end, while a $6.8 million redevelopment of Beechboro's Altone Park Shopping Centre has also kicked off.
