CBH Resources confirmed it has a received a takeover proposal to rival that offered by Nyrstar NV last week. [More]

Macarthur Coal said the Foreign Investment Review Board has no objections to Noble Group being issued shares in Macarthur as part of Macarthur’s takeover of Gloucester Coal. [More]

CBH Resources said Nyrstar NV increased its takeover offer from 13.5c per share to 19.5c per share. [More]

Galaxy Resources announced a 23% increase to its ore reserve for the Mt Cattlin Spodumene Project in Western Australia. [More]

Westgold Resources posted a consolidated profit for the half year ended 31 December 2009 of $735,248, compared to a loss of about $3.23m a year earlier. [More]

Texon Petroleum announced a 40% increase to its nett production from all of its wells to 535 boepd compared to the mid January rate of 378 boepd in the company’s December quarterly report. [More]

BHP Billiton said it had reached terms for a significant portion of its hard coking coal volumes for 2010, based on a structural change to shorter term market based pricing for the contract period. [More]

Galaxy Resources said it has commenced pre-strip mining at its Mt Cattlin Spodumene Project, in Western Australia. [More]

Territory Resources reported a $13.7m NPAT for the six-month ended 31 December 2009, compared to a loss of $33.3m in the previous corresponding period. [More]

Western Areas has said that, with Finnish joint venture partner Magnus Minerals, it was looking to find a partner for six nickel, zinc and copper exploration projects located in central Finland [More]