On Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released quarterly data on dwelling commencements and completions. Over the June quarter, 40,300 dwellings commenced construction, nearly ...
Analysis of budget data by The Australian shows that the number of full-time workers in Queensland’s public service has risen by 57,000 to 266,999 since the state government took office in early 2015.
As one would expect, this is lifting steel output a little: The average utilization at China’s blast furnaces increased to around 85.6% as of Oct. 4, up by one percentage point from the end of ...