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First uranium mine in WA a step closer

The first uranium mine in Western Australia is a step closer after the Environmental Protection Authority gave the project the go-ahead.South Australian miner Toro Energy is seeking to develop the mine ...

Yahoo to sell 40% stake in Alibaba

Yahoo to sell 40% stake in Alibaba

Orica announces ammonium nitrate plant

Orica has shrugged off doubts about growth in iron ore demand by announcing it will build an $US800 million ($A815.87 million) ammonium nitrate plant in Western Australia.Orica, global chemical company ...

Police to escort large convoy past protest camp

Police to escort large convoy past protest camp

Toro seals WA's first uranium mine

Western Australia's first uranium mine is on the way.The WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) on Monday backed Toro Energy's plan to develop its Wiluna mine in the state's mid-west region.It is ...

$A grinding higher as pessimism wanes

The Australian dollar is bouncing back from six-month lows reached at the end of last week as the market mood improves.At 1200 AEST on Monday, the local unit was trading at 98.75 US cents, up from 98.25 ...

MP offers Nyrstar smelter assurances

The independent MP for Frome, Geoff Brock, says Port Pirie residents should be reassured about the future of the local lead and zinc smelter, which employs about 700 people.The smelter is facing a costly ...

Shares up almost 0.5% after G8

The Australian share market was almost half a per cent higher at noon after world leaders said they wanted Greece in the euro zone.At midday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 26.4 points, or 0.45 ...

Qantas axes 500 heavy maintenance jobs

Qantas axes 500 heavy maintenance jobs

Elders returns to profit in first half

Agribusiness and automotive interiors supplier Elders has returned to profitability, boosted by a large tax win.Elders on Monday reported a net profit of $40.5 million for the first half of its 2011/12 ...

BMA unmoved over more strikes threat

BHP-Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) says more strike action at its mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin will not change its mind on enterprise bargaining negotiations.Eighty per cent of coal mine workers ...

Former ABC Learning executive testifies at Kemp trial

A former ABC Learning executive has told Brisbane's District Court there was an angry reaction when former director Martin Kemp tried to spruik the purchase of more childcare centres prior to the company's ...

Stocks to watch at noon on Monday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Monday:CPB - CAMPBELL BROTHERS LTD - down $1.12 cents, or 1.95 per cent, at $56.18Laboratory group Campbell Brothers' full year profit is up ...

Miner held to account over water quality

The State Government says environmental officers are continuing to monitor water quality near a Tablelands mine site, west of Cairns in far north Queensland.Kagara Limited was issued with an environmental ...

Live exports boost Elders profit

Farming conglomerate Elders says a rebound in its live export business and farm supplies income helped it return to profit in the half year.Elders made $40.5 million in the six months to the end of March, ...

Meatworkers return to work after pay deal struck

Work will resume today at an abattoir on southern Queensland's Darling Downs nearly five weeks after an industrial dispute shut down the operation.Staff at the Oakey Abattoir went on strike and were subsequently ...

Seeney stresses 'choice' in FIFO debate

Queensland's State Development Minister Jeff Seeney says growing numbers of public sector employees want to work on a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) basis.Mr Seeney says the State Government is not against FIFO ...

Women urged to trade up to mine job

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) is encouraging more women to take up a trade in the mining industry.The QRC says women only make up 3 per cent of 'tradies' employed in the sector.QRC spokeswoman ...


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