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Rio Tinto board restructure

08 Feb 2012 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO, NYSE:RIO, LON:RIO) has named John Varley as a senior independent director.

Macquarie expects lower results

07 Feb 2012 - Macquarie Group Limited (ASX:MQG) says it’s expecting its result for the 2012 financial year to be lower than 2011 by as much as 25 per cent.

Thiess wins OZ contract

07 Feb 2012 - Leighton Holdings Limited’s (ASX:LEI) subsidiary Thiess has won a $1 billion mining contract to extend the life of OZ Minerals' (ASX:OZL) Prominent Hill copper and go…

Transurban H2 profit up 25%

07 Feb 2012 - Transurban Group (ASX:TCL) says its first half profit has grown by 25 per cent on an increase in toll revenues and traffic numbers.

Cochlear H1 profit down 123%

07 Feb 2012 - Cochlear Limited (ASX:COH) has posted a net loss of $20.4 million, down 123 per cent for the half year to December.

BHP facing overtime bans

07 Feb 2012 - BHP Billiton Limited (ASX:BHP) is preparing to face a wave of overtime bans at its sites in Queensland from mining unions.

Ruralco reports strong sales

07 Feb 2012 - Ruralco Holdings Limited (ASX:RHL) says December quarter sales were strong, and underlying net profit was broadly inline with last year.

Gloucester reports 37MT JORC coal resource

06 Feb 2012 - Gloucester Coal Limited (ASX:GCL) says its JORC coal resource for the Wenham Cox Road area is 37 million tonnes.

Cromwell raises $36m

06 Feb 2012 - Property company Cromwell Property Group (ASX:CMW) says it’s raised $36 million under the Shortfall Facility of its one for six entitlement offer.

Extract to receive offer by March

06 Feb 2012 - Taurus Minerals Limited has received acceptances under its offer for Extract Resources Limited’s (ASX:EXT, TSX:EXT, NSX:EXT) major shareholder, Kalahari Minerals, of …

Qantas fights draft laws

06 Feb 2012 - Qantas Airways Limited (ASX:QAN) boss Alan Joyce has told a parliamentary hearing that proposed legislative changes are a major threat to the airline's future; could …

PaperlinX shareholders pondering new chair

06 Feb 2012 - The largest shareholder in PaperlinX (ASX:PPX), Orbis Investment Management, is reportedly considering supporting fellow shareholder Andrew Price in his attempt to be…

Suncorp says clients rushing in

06 Feb 2012 - Suncorp Group Limited (ASX:SUN) says its client base has jumped 40 per cent over the last two years.

Austar delays Foxtel meeting

03 Feb 2012 - Austar United Communications Limited (ASX:AUN) is seeking court approval to postpone a meeting of its shareholders relating to its proposed takeover of Foxtel, until …

Panoramic makes offer for Magma

03 Feb 2012 - Magma Metals Limited (ASX:MMW, TSX:MMW) has received a takeover offer from Panoramic Resources (ASX:PAN).

Decmil to build new village

03 Feb 2012 - Decmil Group Limited (ASX:DCG) has been awarded a $90 million contract by BHP Billiton Limited (ASX:BHP) to build a village south east of Moranbah in Queensland.

Pharmaxis reports 13% loss

03 Feb 2012 - Pharmaxis Limited (ASX:PXS) has reported a net loss of $19.5 million, or 13 per cent, in the half year to December 2011.

Echo replaces MD of The Star

03 Feb 2012 - Frederic Luvisutto replaces Sid Vaikunta who has left the company because of "his behaviour in a social work setting".

Newcrest Fiji delays

03 Feb 2012 - Newcrest Mining Limited’s (ASX:NCM) chief executive Greg Robinson says discussions with the Fijian government concerning the gold project there are progressing more s…

PMP shares slip on FY12 guidance

02 Feb 2012 - Shares in PMP Limited (ASX:PMP) slip after the printing and marketing group lowers its full 2012 financial year guidance.

Wesfarmers posts strong Coles Q2 sales

02 Feb 2012 - Wesfarmers Limited (ASX:WES) posts 6.7 per cent total sales growth at Coles supermarkets in the second quarter of fiscal 2012.

BHP advances Port Hedland development

02 Feb 2012 - BHP Billiton Limited (ASX:BHP) approves $US917 million in funding for infrastructure related to its Western Australian iron ore operations.

Lynas Corp secures licence for LAMP

02 Feb 2012 - Lynas Corporation Limited (ASX:LYC) secures a temporary operating licence for its rare earths refinery in Malaysia, the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP).

Leucadia offloads more Fortescue stock

02 Feb 2012 - One of Fortescue Metals Group’s Limited (ASX:FMG) long term shareholders has reportedly sold down more of its stake in the iron ore miner.

Rio buys BHP stake in African miner

02 Feb 2012 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO, NYSE:RIO) has bought BHP Billiton Limited’s (ASX:BHP) 37 per cent stake in South African mineral sands miner Richards Bay Minerals.

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