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Aquarius shares drop 14%

01 Feb 2012 - Aquarius Platinum Limited (ASX:AQP, LON:AQP) is reviewing its Everest mine in South Africa after output was curbed following a two-week strike that cost 13 production…

Fairfax shares soar 15%

01 Feb 2012 - Fairfax Media Limited (ASX:FXJ) shares shot up 15 per cent at market open this morning with large parcels of shares in the media company being traded.

ERA ore reserves drop

01 Feb 2012 - Energy Resources of Australia (ASX:ERA) says ore reserves for its Ranger Project Area in the Northern Territory dropped by 16,364 tonnes of contained uranium oxide to…

Boral selling Indonesian business

01 Feb 2012 - Boral Limited (ASX:BLD) is selling its Indonesian construction metals business for an enterprise value of $135 million to Siam Cement Group.

Moody’s cuts Qantas credit rating

01 Feb 2012 - Qantas Airways Limited (ASX:QAN) affirms its strong financial position following Moody’s decision to cut its long-term credit rating from Baa2 to Baa3.

Navitas shares fall on H2 guidance

01 Feb 2012 - Shares in Navitas Limited (ASX:NVT) fall to yesterday’s worst performer after the education services provider warns its second half earnings are likely to fall.

Woolworths sales rise

31 Jan 2012 - Total first half sales for Woolworths Limited (ASX:WOW) rose five per cent to $29.7 billion.

Linc secures credit

31 Jan 2012 - Linc Energy Limited (ASX:LNC) has secured a new line of credit worth $120 million.

Zimplats admits to poor performance

31 Jan 2012 - Zimplats Holdings Limited (ASX:ZIM) says its mining performance was 11 per cent up on the year for the December quarter, but profit was down 68 per cent.

Lynas: new milestones in Dec quarter

31 Jan 2012 - Lynas Corporation Limited (ASX:LYC) says it reached new milestones in its journey to becoming a new source of Rare Earths supply. The total cash at the end of Decembe…

Roc Oil Q4 production lifts

31 Jan 2012 - Roc Oil Company Limited (ASX:ROC) says production improved at the end of 2011, capping off a positive and transitional year for the oil and gas explorer.

Arc shares slump as licence revoked

31 Jan 2012 - Shares in Arc Exploration Limited (ASX:ARX) lose almost a third of their value on news its Indonesian joint venture partner has had its licence revoked.

Guildford granted licence in Mongolia

30 Jan 2012 - Guildford Coal Limited (ASX:GUF) has been granted a mining licence in Mongolia.

Austal says Navy orders still strong

30 Jan 2012 - Despite substantial cuts to US defence spending, Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) says naval shipbuilding orders are still strong.

Rio to change Ivanhoe board

30 Jan 2012 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) is looking to gain more seats on the Ivanhoe (TSX:IVN) board and may replace members of its senior management. Meanwhile Rio has confirmed…

Leighton causes loss for Hochtief

30 Jan 2012 - Larger than expected write-downs at Leighton Holdings (ASX:LEI) have forced German construction group Hochtief to forecast its 2011 net loss to be worse than anticipa…

NSW govt set to save Downer Waratah

30 Jan 2012 - Downer EDI Limited’s (ASX:DOW) troubled Waratah contract with Reliance Rail looks set to be saved by the New South Wales State government.

Clough awarded $145M PNG contract

30 Jan 2012 - Clough Limited (ASX:CLO) is awarded a contract worth about $145 million for work at a liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea.

Reports former Rio execs help Rinehart

27 Jan 2012 - Former Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX:RIO) executives are reportedly helping billionaire Gina Rinehart expand her mining interests into uranium, diamonds, oil and gas.

Telstra ADSL pricing

27 Jan 2012 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is considering plans to “declare” wholesale ADSL. Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX:TLS) is fighting against the …

Rio cautiously optimistic

27 Jan 2012 - Rio Tinto Ltd’s (ASX:RIO) chief executive Tom Albanese has told Dow Jones he believes European leaders are taking the right steps to fix the region’s economic problem…

IAG flood claims

27 Jan 2012 - Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX:IAG) and Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX:SUN) have already recorded hundreds of claims mostly from south-east Queensland as torrential rains…

Westpac may break with RBA rate

27 Jan 2012 - Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC) could be the first Australian bank to move interest rates independently of the Reserve Bank.

Woodside Browse sale

27 Jan 2012 - Woodside Petroleum Ltd (ASX:WPL) has launched a more than $1 billion auction of the majority of its stake in the Browse gas project in Western Australia.

Atlas lowers FY output guidance

25 Jan 2012 - Atlas Iron Limited (ASX:AGO) posts lower quarterly shipments and has lowered its annual output guidance.

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