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Silver Lake boosts WA gold exposure

25 Jan 2012 - Gold producer Silver Lake Resources Limited (ASX:SLR) inks a deal to merge Phillips River Mining's NL (ASX:TTR) assets into Silver Lake.

Rio gains Ivanhoe majority stake

25 Jan 2012 - Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO, NYSE:RIO) gains a majority 51 per cent stake in Ivanhoe Mines Limited (IVN:TSX, NYSE:IVN, NASDAQ:IVAN).

Etihad eyes Virgin Australia stake

25 Jan 2012 - Etihad Airways is reportedly eyeing a stake in its partner Virgin Australia Holdings Limited (ASX:VAH) as it looks to expand into Asia.

Lynas secures funding, reveals delays

25 Jan 2012 - Lynas Corporation Limited (ASX:LYC) secures a new funding facility and exposes a cost blowout and delays at its Malaysian rare earths refinery.

GUD H1 slips amid soft conditions

25 Jan 2012 - Kitchen and cleaning products distributor GUD Holdings Limited’s (ASX:GUD) first half net profit slips 1.3 per cent amid soft conditions in its operating markets.

Cockatoo Coal boosts Hume resources

24 Jan 2012 - Cockatoo Coal Limited (ASX:COK) reports a 288 per cent increase in all classifications of the JORC compliant resources in the Hume project in New South Wales.

Oil Search FY revenue rises 26%

24 Jan 2012 - Oil Search Limited (ASX:OSH) posts a 26 per cent rise in full year revenue, generating $US732.9 million in the 2011 calendar and financial year.

Gold One explores African JV options

24 Jan 2012 - Gold One International Limited (ASX:GDO) and South African gold miner Gold Fields Limited are exploring a joint venture.

Newcrest Q2 gold output lifts from Q1

24 Jan 2012 - Newcrest Mining Limited's (ASX:NCM) December quarter gold production lifts 3 per cent from the quarter before but drops 20 per cent from the year before.

Ludowici jumps 91% on takeover bid

24 Jan 2012 - Shares in Ludowici Limited (ASX:LDW) jump 91 per cent after receiving a takeover bid from Danish engineering group FLSmidth.

Investment fund AMCIL H1 profit dips

24 Jan 2012 - Listed investment fund AMCIL Limited (ASX:AMH) reports a 2.2 per cent fall in its net profit for the first half of the 2012 financial year.

Origin LNG project receives $US1.1B

23 Jan 2012 - Sinopec increases its interest in Origin Energy Limited’s (ASX:ORG) Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas project for $US1.1 billion.

AWE invests $US139M in Indonesia

23 Jan 2012 - Oil and gas company AWE Limited (ASX:AWE) will invest $US139 million into acquiring growth assets in Indonesia.

Quickflix teams up with Time Warner

23 Jan 2012 - Quickflix Limited (ASX:QFX) teams up with a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX), Home Box Office (HBO).

Woolies predicted to cull Dick Smith stores

23 Jan 2012 - Broker CLSA predicts Woolworths Limited (ASX:WOW) will cull almost half of its Dick Smith electronics stores and focus on its online strategy.

Moodys cuts Bank of Qld credit rating

23 Jan 2012 - Ratings agency Moody's cuts Bank of Queensland Limited's (ASX:BOQ) rating by one notch from A2 to A3.

WorleyParsons wins Asia and Africa contracts

23 Jan 2012 - Engineering company WorleyParsons Limited (ASX:WOR) secures two new contracts in Indonesia and South Africa.

CBA cutting regional branch hours

20 Jan 2012 - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) is reportedly cutting opening hours at regional branches but says it’s not following ANZ (ASX:ANZ) or Westpac (ASX:WBC) in sl…

Lynas shares climb

20 January 2012 - Lynas Corporation Limited (ASX:LYC) has been the best performing stock on the ASX200 today, up more than nine per cent in late morning trade.

African Iron accepts Exxaro offer

20 Jan 2012 - All African Iron Limited (ASX:AKI) directors have officially accepted Exxaro's (JSE:EXX) offer for all of the shared and listed options it controls.

OceanaGold production up 11%

20 Jan 2012 - OceanaGold Corporation (ASX:OGC, TSE:OGC) says its fourth quarter gold production was up 11 per cent on the previous quarter, to 65,750 ounces, slightly below expecta…

Nexus inks deal with Shell and Osaka Gas

20 Jan 2012 - Nexus Energy Limited (ASX:NXS) inks a deal with Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd and Osaka Gas Crux Pty Ltd to development its Crux resource.