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Diggers & DealersUranium prices poised to ‘go ballistic’ in climate action push

Anxiety over nuclear energy may take a back seat to tackling climate change, a mining executive predicts, tipping a major uranium market recovery.

Rebecca Le May

Maiden profitPremiumBunge finally posts first WA profit

Six years after opening a terminal at Bunbury, Bunge has at last posted its first profit.

Jenne Brammer

Proteomics looks to develop endometriosis diagnostic test

Proteomics International has entered a research collaboration with two leading Australian institutions aimed at developing the world’s first diagnostic test for endometriosis, a painful condition affecting one in nine women which currently takes between seven and twelve years to diagnose.

Matt Birney

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Shares stoushPremiumCourt freezes assets of adviser in Longley legal tussle

A Supreme Court judge has frozen the assets of a Mt Hawthorn financial adviser facing $1.7 million-plus of claims from peeved investors, including champion former basketballer Luc Longley.

Neale Prior

“Watershed” momentPremiumSoaring number of women in ASX300 company boardrooms

Gender parity in the boardroom could be achieved by 2030 if the rate of change on gender diversity continues on its current trajectory, a new survey by Australia’s peak body for governance shows.

Danielle Le Messurier

EconomyRetailers slam uncertainty in Qld shopping

The Queensland government has been blasted about uncertain terms surrounding essential workers in the retail sector.

Fraser Barton

BusinessAustralian car market in July: the numbers

The top selling vehicles and vehicle companies in Australia in July.

Tim Dornin

BusinessVehicle sales remain strong in July

The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries says vehicle sales remained strong in July despite ongoing coronavirus and supply issues.

Tim Dornin

MarketsASX edges to record, mining shares spring

A record high has been notched on the ASX for the second day this week after mining shares improved on iron ore demand.

Steven Deare

Scaled downPremiumD-day looms for resized Cottesloe apartments

Revised plans for a smaller, greener beachfront apartment complex in Marine Terrace Cottesloe will go before the WA Planning Commission tomorrow.

Kim Macdonald

Strickland primed for Yandal gold drilling push

Strickland Metals is set to kick off reverse circulation and aircore drilling programs this month at a keystone deposit and an emerging prospect at its Horse Well gold project on the north-eastern flank of the Yandal-Millrose greenstone belt in WA’s north-eastern Goldfields.

Matt Birney

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MarketsAsian shares rise but Delta woes mount

Strong US earnings have helped lift Asian stocks to one-week highs but the spread of the Delta variant is keeping investors wary.

Swati Pandey

Worst-ever yearPremiumPassenger data reveals horror year for global airlines

The International Air Transport Association is putting a positive spin on the industry’s worst-ever year which saw global carriers lose a combined $US126.4 billion.

Geoffrey Thomas

Shares soarPremiumResApp strikes deal with Medgate

WA-founded ResApp Health has signed a deal with a major telemedicine services provider for the use of its smartphone diagnostic test, which uses algorithms to analyse the sound of a patient’s cough.

Danielle Le Messurier

Bubble troubleAir NZ flags bigger hit from bubble pause

Air New Zealand has outlined steeper losses than earlier forecast are likely due to suspended travel arrangements with Australia.

Steven Deare

Leave entitlementsHigh Court stymies leave pay for casuals

The High Court has overturned a judgment that found a worker employed as a casual by a labour hire firm should be paid for annual, sick and other leave.

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BusinessNZ jobless rate sparks inflation fears

New Zealand has returned to pre-pandemic unemployment levels, posting a 4.0 per cent jobless rate in the June quarter.

Ben McKay

Price hikePremiumCosts grow for Woodside’s Scarborough gas dream

Woodside has upped the capital cost of its long-awaited Scarborough gas project off WA’s North West coast as it closes in on a final investment decision.

Daniel Newell

Update aheadPremiumAphrodite key to Bardoc gold boost plan

Bardoc Gold has initiated a cash-flow optimisation study aimed at boosting production, margins and cash flow at its developing gold project 40km north of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Moving onPremiumOra Banda leaves Davyhurst problems in its dust

Ora Banda Mining concedes there have been some teething issues with the start of mining at its flagship Davyhurst processing plant.

Jason Mennell

Not nowPremiumKarora not ready yet to list on ASX: Huet

Karora Resources executive chairman Paul Huet says the Canadian-based company is still committed to listing on the ASX, but says the timing is not right to make the move right now.

Tom Robinson

Pulled outPremiumPresentation evaporates as Salt Lake ducks for cover

Salt Lake Potash has ducked for cover, pulling out of presenting at the annual Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum after revealing it had hit hurdles at its processing plant near Wiluna.

Jason Mennell

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No WACA pool but $155m towers still make a splash

Finbar boss Darren Pateman says the absence of a public pool from the WACA redevelopment is of no concern to its residents, as he reveals first images of the group’s neighbouring towers.

Kim Macdonald

Subi stalematePremiumSubiaco developer’s shock ultimatum over Hay St site

A rebuffed developer has refused to rebuild two century-old buildings in Subiaco and is threatening to turn its site into ‘the next Pavilion markets’.

Kim Macdonald