Australia Breaking News

Qube (ASX:QUB) will delist from the Australian Securities Exchange on July 8 following final court approval for an $11.7 billion takeover.

Breakthrough Minerals (ASX:BTM) commenced a 4,000-metre resource expansion drilling programme at its Turpentine deposit in Queensland.

The Australian offshore regulator has directed Inpex to hire independent experts to review mercury emissions at two facilities following toxic chemical incidents off the coast of Western Australia.

BPH Global (ASX:BP8) dispatched its first direct commercial seaweed shipment to China from Makassar on June 29.

Cao Xudong, founder, chairperson and CEO of Momenta Global, says the autonomous-driving company is targeting breakeven next year and profitability by 2028. He also discusses plans to use proceeds of its IPO to expand AI computing capacity. Cao speaks exclusively on Bloomberg: The China Show.

Unions schedule an eight-hour strike at BHP's (ASX:BHP) Port Hedland terminal on July 16 after wage negotiations break down.

Sovereign Metals (ASX:SVM) concluded its exploration and development collaboration with Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) on the Kasiya Project.

IFM Investors finalised its takeover of Atlas Arteria (ASX:ALX) overnight, securing a 67.43% stake in the firm.

Brookside Energy (ASX:BRK) has commenced drilling operations at its Suttles pad in Oklahoma.

Ioneer (ASX:INR) signed non-binding agreements with two South Korean firms to advance its US$220 million Nevada mining project.

The USPTO has granted a patent extending until March 2041 to Proteomics International Laboratories (ASX:PIQ) for its non-invasive endometriosis diagnostic blood test.

QBE Insurance (ASX:QBE) announced that its Australia Pacific CEO, Sue Houghton, will retire at the end of 2026.