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Gloucester Q4 sales rise 16%

27 Jul 2011 - Gloucester Coal Ltd (ASX:GCL) reports a 16 per cent rise in fourth quarter sales through taking advantage of its port capacity.

Mirabela Nickel Q2 sales jump 88%

27 Jul 2011 - Mirabela Nickel Ltd (ASX:MBN) boosts nickel sales by 88 per cent to 3,909 tonnes in the June quarter.

Singtel cuts 250 Optus jobs

27 Jul 2011 - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (ASX:SGT) cuts 250 jobs from its Australian business, Optus.

Strikes puts BHP Escondida at standstill

27 Jul 2011 - Work at BHP Billiton Ltd’s (ASX:BHP) majority owned Escondida copper mine in Chile appears to be at a standstill with industrial action showing no sign of abating.

Aquarius Platinum Q4 output up 3%

27 Jul 2011 - Aquarius Platinum Ltd (ASX:AQP) reports a marginal 3 per cent improvement in fourth quarter output, compared to the year before.

Campbell Brothers forecasts record H1 result

27 Jul 2011 - Shares in Campbell Brothers Ltd (ASX:CPB) shot up yesterday after the company forecast a record first half result.

Regulators approve BHP Petrohawk bid

26 Jul 2011 - BHP Billiton Ltd's (ASX:BHP) $US15.1 billion bid to buy shale gas company Petrohawk Energy has been approved by US regulators.

Lend Lease scores $157M of US Army work

26 Jul 2011 - Lend Lease Group (ASX:LLC) scores $157 million worth of construction work for the US Army.

Rio struck with Federal Court ruling

26 Jul 2011 - The Federal Court has ruled that a non-union collective agreement at a Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) iron ore mine in the Pilbara was invalid.

Fortescue forecasts iron ore prices to fall

26 Jul 2011 - The new chief of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG), Neville Power, has forecast iron ore prices could fall as a result of new global supply.

Orica emerges as Burrup bidder

26 Jul 2011 - Reports emerge that Orica Ltd (ASX:ORI) is among the bidders for petrochemical firm, Burrup Fertilisers.

Macarthur Coal Q4 sales fall 22.5%

26 Jul 2011 - Macarthur Coal Ltd (ASX:MCC) says wet weather hit its June quarter production, resulting in a 22.5 per cent decline in sales.

Aston secures credit

25 Jul 2011 - Aston Resources Limited (ASX:AZT) has secured $350 million in revolving credit facilities.

Bandanna resource upgrade

25 Jul 2011 - Bandanna Energy Limited (ASX:BND) said its indicated resources will rise by almost 80 per cent.

Graincorp purchases German malt business

25 Jul 2011 - GrainCorp (ASX:GNC) has positioned itself more competitively in the African and South American malt markets, after announcing today it will buy GermanMalt for 58 mill…

Amcom to provide UWA with cloud cover

25 Jul 2011 - Telecommunications Company Amcom (ASX:AMM) will be one of the first companies to get the 'cloud computing revolution' started, having signed a $9 million contract wit…

BHP losing millions from strike

25 Jul 2011 - BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) may be losing as much as $28 million a day because of a strike at a Chilean mine.

Aus Ag Co sells asset to Xstrata

25 Jul 2011 - Australia's largest beef cattle company, Australian Agricultural Company Limited (ASX:AAC), is set to sell its Meteor Downs cattle station to Xstrata.

ConnectEast recommends Horizon bid

22 Jul 2011 - ConnectEast Group (ASX:CEU) recommends minority shareholders accept a more than $2 billion takeover bid from its largest shareholder CP2.

Rio considers selling UK power station

22 Jul 2011 - Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) is considering selling off one of its UK power stations according to London's Daily Express newspaper.

CBA CEO to retire

22 Jul 2011 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) announces chief executive Ralph Norris will retire at the end of November.

QBE splits Aust Asia Pac business

22 Jul 2011 - QBE Insurance Group Ltd (ASX:QBE) splits its Australia Asia Pacific business in two.

Telstra price cut win for rural

22 Jul 2011 - The ACCC's decision to slash the price Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX:TLS) can charge competitors to use its network could be good news for rural customers.

News Corp James Murdoch defends testimony

22 Jul 2011 - News Corporation's (ASX:NWS) James Murdoch denies a statement from former employees that he had given mistaken evidence to British MPs regarding the News of the World…

Santos posts mixed Q2 results

21 Jul 2011 - Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) says production rose 8 per cent from the quarter before but was flat when compared to a year before.

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