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Investors on Wall Street are set to closely monitor upcoming corporate results. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsWall St rises amid investor hopes for tariff relief

US stocks have opened higher as investors await any further details on tariff policies.

Staff Writers

X jumps on healthcare and financial stocks. Photo: Gaye Gerard / NewsWire

MarketsPremiumASX rises on renewed tariff hopes

Major healthcare stocks and the big four banks drive the market into the green on a relatively subdued day of trading.

Cameron Micallef

Peter Coleman was chief executive officer of Woodside Petroleum Ltd.. Seen in 2019. Photographer: David Moir/Bloomberg

Administration and liquidationPremiumFormer Woodside boss called experts for Infinite fix

Former Woodside boss Peter Coleman spearheaded moves to bring administrators into troubled hydrogen hopeful Infinite Green Energy.

Matt Mckenzie

Revo Australind welcomed an influx of members when it opened on Tuesday morning. 

‘I’m just competitive’VideoCommentsWA gym junkies line up from 4am for new regional Revo venue

Doors opening at 7am didn’t stop these fitness fanatics from lining up early.

Sofia Fimognari

Xi Jinping met his counterpart To Lam (right) and paid his respects at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessPremiumXi makes case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping continues his charm offensive in Southeast Asia as he aims to strengthen trade ties amid an escalating trade war with the US.

Huizhong Wu

Askari Metals plans to undertake excavator trenching at its southern Uis licence in Namibia if initial geochemistry, mapping and sampling deliver new tin and tantalum exploration targets.

Askari to spear new tin-tantalum targets at Namibian project

Askari Metals’ recent trawl through a historical exploration database at its Uis project in Namibia has identified significant tin, tantalite and rubidium mineralisation within its licence area.

Doug Bright

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The decision means the Chris Ellison-led miner can proceed with construction of the proposed operation

MiningCommentsPremiumMinRes’ little Lamb Creek mine given all-clear by WA umpire

Mineral Resources’ plans to build a small-scale iron ore mine in the Pilbara have been waved through by the State’s environmental watchdog. 

Simone Grogan

Drill chips showing the mineralised 147m-152m interval that includes 5m at 2.64g/t gold within a broader 12m zone of lower grade gold from 147m at Kalgoorlie Gold Mining’s Lighthorse gold project near Pinjin in Western Australia.

KalGold strikes rich gold in fresh rock at high-grade Pinjin prospect

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has hit 9m at 3.52g/t gold from 58m in fresh rock at its Lighthorse discovery near Pinjin, confirming high-grade primary mineralisation below a recently discovered shallow supergene zone.

James Pearson

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Recent market shifts are giving buyers a new edge.

Is the dream still alive? Navigating WA’s housing market as a first home buyer

 We spoke to REIWA President Suzanne Brown about how recent market shifts are giving buyers a new edge.

 Olivia Senior and REIWA

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US President Donald Trump.

EconomyCommentsTrump’s trade war continues to sour consumer confidence

Donald Trump’s trade war continues to sour Australian consumer confidence as the US President presses ahead with plans to impose tariffs on semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports.

Cheyanne Enciso

St George Mining’s Araxá project in Brazil contains mineralisation including total rare earths up to 32.98 per cent TREO and niobium pentoxide (pictured) up to 8.29 per cent

St George sees Brazilian rare earths upside from China export bans

St George Mining plans to start a maiden drill program within weeks focussing on expanding a 40.64Mt rare earths resource estimate from early April for its Araxá project in Brazil.

Doug Bright

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Southern Hemisphere Mining’s exploration team at its Llahuin copper-gold-molybdenum project, 350km north of Santiago in Chile.

Southern Hemisphere geophysical survey wins over market punters

Southern Hemisphere Mining’s deep penetrating geophysical survey has indicated a potentially large copper-gold deposit at its Llahuin project in Chile, winning over punters who boosted the share price by 75%.

Craig Nolan

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NEWSPremiumRBA reveals why it kept rates on hold

The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed why it poured cold water over back-to-back rate cuts for mortgage holders.

Cameron Micallef

All this talk of tariffs has stirred up a passionate defence of our local producers and manufacturing industries. It’s also a time to remember what we have right on our doorstep.

Your MoneyCommentsBoxing clever for the local little guys amid trade wars

All this talk of tariffs has stirred up a passionate defence of our local producers and manufacturing industries. It’s also a time to remember what we have right on our doorstep.

Daniel Newell

Ex-Macquarie banker James Mactier.

BoardsCommentsPremiumEx-Macquarie banker James Mactier takes over as Iluka chair

Iluka Resources has turned to ex-Macquarie banker and Regis Resources chair James Mactier to steer its board as the miner embarks on a $1.8 billion rare earths refinery build.

Simone Grogan

Star Entertainment reveals $302m black hole. NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

MarketsPremiumStar reveals massive financial loss

Star Entertainment Group has finally announced its half yearly results, revealing the challenge for the new business owners

Cameron Micallef

Accent Group will launch British sporting goods giant Sports Direct Down Under.

RetailCommentsUK sporting goods giant Sports Direct launching Down Under

Australia’s biggest footwear retailer Accent Group has signed a deal with London-listed Frasers Group to launch British sporting goods giant Sports Direct Down Under.

Cheyanne Enciso

The sixth diamond rig has arrived and is now set up at Strickland Metals’ Gradina gold-rich prospect, which is part of the company’s broader Rogozna gold and base metal project in Serbia.

Strickland marches in sixth rig to target Serbian gold resource

Strickland Metals has fired up a sixth rig at its 7.4M-ounce gold equivalent Rogozna project in Serbia as the company eyes a maiden resource at the gold-rich Gradina deposit by year’s end.

James Pearson

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Aurumin Limited has been spinning the drills at its Johnson Range project, which is part of its wider Central Sandstone project in the Sandstone region in WA’s Mid West.

Aurumin readies Sandstone gold play for early cashflow

Aurumin Ltd has wrapped up its latest drill program at its Johnson Range project, which is part of its wider Central Sandstone gold project in WA, as it aims to ramp up an existing 64,700-ounce resource.

Craig Nolan

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RBA Governor Michelle Bullock has presided over the first meeting of the Monetary Policy Board.

BusinessCommentsRate cuts near certainty after RBA minutes release

JACKSON HEWETT: The first meeting of the new Monetary Policy Board at the Reserve Bank has revealed it has an optimistic view of the domestic economy, but global turmoil is a looming threat.

Jackson Hewett

Turnover has continued falling into the second half at Star.

MarketsPremiumStar’s financial woes laid bare as rescue deal looms

Struggling casino group Star Entertainment Group is still bleeding customers as long-delayed financial accounts showed it lost $302 million in the December half-year.

Sean Smith

Which way will Aussie inflation go in Trump’s trade war? Michele Bullock’s team isn’t yet sure.

EconomyCommentsWhy RBA is unsure how trade war will impact inflation

A big fall in Australia’s exchange rate or major supply chain disruptions would restart inflation, the Reserve Bank has warned as it readies for the global trade storm.

Matt Mckenzie

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up one per cent on Tuesday. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsGlobal shares edge up on some Trump tariff reprieve

Asian shares have gained and European stocks are up in early trade after President Donald Trump mulled possible tariff relief, while US bonds held on to gains.

Samuel Indyk and Rae Wee

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Federal PoliticsPremiumDutton to open bank of mum and dad to kids

The Opposition Leader says the Coalition housing policy is about supporting all young people into the housing market, as he said he would help his own three kids.

Sarah Keoghan and Blair Jackson