Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch believes all successful companies are built by individuals, not boards or committees. Some of his children disagree.

Auric Mining has planned a starter pit at its Munda gold project near WA’s Widgiemooltha, aiming to extract 6100 ounces of gold and generate $5.3m in free cash.

A hefty $500 million tax bill has threatened to scupper a multibillion-dollar deal between 138-year-old Perpetual and a private equity firm.

Receivers KPMG says all of the embattled fashion retailer’s Katies stores will shut, while dozens of stores across its Millers, Rivers and Noni B brands will also close by mid-January.

Suvo Strategic Minerals has entered a JV with an Indonesian management company to turn its nickel slag stockpile into low-carbon cement and concrete products.

Terrain Minerals has wheeled in an RC rig in search of the bedrock source of gold unearthed during air core drilling at its Wildflower project in WA.

Strickland Metals’ Gradina prospect in Serbia is showing all the hallmarks of a company maker. One lode is now within 150m of surface and mineralised to at least 603m.

Two class actions filed allege the world’s two largest miners sent female staff to remote sites knowing there was a high risk of personal danger, and then punished them when they reported it,

The Australian sharemarket declined for a second day, following Wall Street where stocks drifted lower in the runup to the latest update on inflation in the world’s largest economy.

With overseas travel comes the unfortunate reality that some will require urgent medical care away from home.