Oil prices are little changed as support from a sharp drawdown in US crude inventories was countered by fears of slowing global demand growth amid doubts over resolving the US-China trade feud.
Gold has slumped more than 2.0 per cent and silver fell over 4.0 per cent as stronger-than-expected US economic data and hopes of a thaw in the US-China trade war boosted Treasury yields and soothed fears of an economic slowdown, driving riskier assets higher.
Kibaran Resources has welcomed state government support in the development of its planned graphite plant, one of several potential projects in Kwinana's emerging 'battery valley'.
Gold Fields chief executive Nicholas Holland has suggested gold companies across the world have under-reported their actual costs, and that the industry is heading for a production shortfall.
South32's Graham Kerr, NRW Holdings' Jules Pemberton and Saracen Mineral Holdings' Raleigh Finlayson have received one-off benefits totalling $10.4 million, following the vesting of performance shares.
Claremont-based Geopacific Resources has appointed GR Engineering Services as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the processing plant at its Woodlark gold project in Papua New Guinea.
TPG Telecom's full-year profit has slumped 56.1 per cent to $173.8 million after the internet provider copped a $196.1 million hit from scrapping its planned mobile network.
Oil prices have risen by more than 4.0 per cent, boosted by a wider market pickup on positive news from China, after three days of losses due to fears about a weakening global economy.
The Australian share market has trimmed its losses late in the session but still finished the day lower, while the Aussie dollar has touched its highest point in more than a week.
Carnegie Clean Energy, which is seeking to raise up to $11.5 million after going into voluntary administration earlier this year, has issued a supplementary prospectus that tones down some of the key claims it made to investors only six weeks ago.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the financial services licence of Perth-based Platinum Perpetual Global Private Wealth, after an adviser from the firm was charged with stealing $948,000 of clients' funds.
Schneider Electric has secured an $11.5 million contract with the Child and Adolescent Health Service for a technology package at the Perth Children's Hospital.
Perth has continued to be ranked as one of the world's most liveable cities but sits below Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide because of the poor rating for its culture and environment.
An overhaul of the list of jobs Australia needs migrants to help fill will aim to get more locals into apprenticeships and more immigrants into regional areas.
Western Australia's economy experienced a seasonally adjusted expansion of 0.8 per cent in the June quarter, marking the state's strongest quarter of growth since September 2017.
Pilbara Minerals has undertaken a $91.5 million capital raising, underpinned by China's largest manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries, as it seeks to strengthen its balance sheet amid a downturn in the lithium sector.
Flow tests from the deepest well ever drilled in Australia are expected within days, but it has already refocused attention on the oil and gas industry in the Perth basin.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is launching legal action against the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and Bank of Queensland amid allegations of unfair small business lending terms.
Oil prices fell overnight, with US crude futures down 2.0 per cent after manufacturing data raised concerns about a weakening global economy while the US-China trade dispute continued to drag on investor sentiment.
Gold rose more than 1.0 per cent overnight after weak manufacturing data from the United States reinforced fears of an economic downturn while uncertainties over US-China trade ties and Brexit further boosted bullion's safe-haven appeal.
