SWISS-based mining giant Xstrata says it will implement the recommendations of a report detailing the results of tests for lead levels in young children in the northwest Queensland city of Mount Isa
CONSTRUCTION materials maker James Hardie Industries NV says the company has not made a decision whether to move domicile from the Netherlands and has no plans to close its Australian business
THE Australian dollar is tipped to reach parity with the US dollar as early as September, for the first time since the days of a fixed exchange rate in the early 1980s