Mining giant BHP's half-year earnings are hurt by operational issues including the forced derailment of a runaway iron ore train.

The corporate watchdog is contemplating more than 40 court cases — including criminal prosecutions — in the wake of the banking royal commission as it adopts a litigate-first strategy.

It has been a case of the good, the bad and the ugly on one of the busiest days in the ASX's February reporting season

A company proposing to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight releases its environment plan, but Greenpeace says it is downplaying the risk of a major spill.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei tells British media there is "no way the US can crush" his company, which he says is simply more advanced than its competitors.