Staff Reporters

Proposed code: MBNIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Nickel exploration

Proposed code: OMCIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Heavy mineral sands exploration

Durban Roodepoort Deep increased its relevant interest from 33,355,606 ordinary shares (29.47%) to 41,439,139 ordinary shares (36.61%).

     3,670,719 shares will be released from escrow on July 22.

IMF (Australia) Ltd - 05-Jul-04           

Diabetes Australia WA is the State branch of Diabetes Australia.

Clint Holten has been appointed to Deloitte's Tax Services division.He was previously group tax manager at Clough Limited.

Nido Petroleum has appointed David Whitby as managing director and Gregor Dixon and James Brown as non-executive directors.

Proposed code: PPCIssue price $1.20 Principal activities: Property developer.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 38,250,000 ordinary shares (34.82%).

         Lyreco SA increased its relevant interest from 179,324,952 ordinary shares (70.54%) to 228,401,864 ordinary shares (94.6%).

         Lodged response to ASX query.

Information for tax practitioners regarding Draft Taxation Ruling TR 2004/D3 Income tax: plant in residential rental properties.

A productivity Commission study has found that the increased use of information and communications technology (ICT), particularly during the late 1990s, helped raise Australia's p

Californian Air Resources Board, chairman, Dr Alan Lloyd; Toyota Motor Corporation, general manager - Fuel Cell Commercialisation Conference of Japan, Hideaki Akamatsu; Chinese Ac

Mark English has resigned as company secretary of Bullion Minerals Limited, Stacey

FORMER adviser to Premier Geoff Gallop Hannah Fitzhardinge has joined Hawker Britton as an associate.

Proposed code: SLDIssue price: $0.25

       PBL (WA) increased its relevant interest from 93,904,931 ordinary shares (19.16%) to 127,928,304 ordinary shares (26.1%).

Has closed its Canadian initial public offering with the issue of 22,000,000 common shares at a price of $C0.71 (A$0.75) raising $C15.62 million. 

     Announced reorganisation of joint venture arrangements with Newcrest Operations Ltd in the Ashburton region of Western Australia.

              A General Meeting to be held on Monday, August 9 at 10am at Suite 4, 213 Balcatta Road, Balcatta, Western Australia

Fortescue Metals Group has appointed Worley Group as the definitive feasibility study manager for its $1.85 billion Pilbara Iron Ore and Infrastructure Project.

De Grey mining has appointed Darren Townsend (pictured) as general manager operations and Neil Lithgow as resource development geologist.

Cameron Fellows has been appointed company secretary of Loftus Capital Partners; he replaces Eleanor Hill who was previously in this position.

Proposed code: OLYIssue price: $0.20

     Commonwealth Bank of Australia became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,585,863 ordinary shares (6.04%).

    Peregrine Corporate Limited increased its relevant interest from 59,356,275 ordinary shares (25.43%) to 62,968,775 ordinary shares (26.98%).