Qantas Airways says passenger traffic across the airline group rose 7.4 per cent in October.

Sundance Resources says a long-running takeover deal with Hanlong could be completed by Christmas after financial market turmoil curbed its price.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to ease interest rates at its upcoming meeting but the decision will be a close one.

Rare earths miner Lynas Corporation has become a producer, feeding rare earth concentrate into the kiln at its controversial Malaysian plant