Deals

Aleator Energy has secured a $US20 million loan to fund exploration at its Povorotnoye gas and condensate development in the Ukraine.

Torque Mining has pulled its initial public offering off the table after it failed to meet the minimum subscription threshold of $3 million.

 Qantas and Emirates have been given the green light to form a global alliance, albeit with special conditions for flights across the Tasman.

Virgin Australia has received approval from the High Court of Singapore for its purchase of Skywest Airlines.

Crusader Resources has secured a $20 million debt finance facility with Macquarie Bank which will fund the development of its Brazilian projects - the Borborema gold project and Posse iron ore deve

Shares in takeover target Norfolk Group were up strongly today after bad news on a contract termination was outweighed by the disclosure that its takeover price could be nearly twice the 38 cents p

Hanlong's troublesome 20 month-long takeover of Sundance Resources looks to be almost dead, after the Chinese suitor disclosed it would not meet a key funding deadline for the $1.3 billion dea

Gold junior Hannans Reward has raised $2.8 million to fund exploration at its Pahtohavare copper-gold project in northern Sweden.

Cedar Woods director Robert Brown has sold off just over $4.7 million shares in the company.

RCR Tomlinson has made a $62 million offer to purchase engineering contractor Norfolk Group.

Investor Craig Burton and Navitas executive Scott Jones have backed a restructurting at Verus Investments, which has announced a capital raising and a new managing director to support its oil &

Commonwealth Bank is free to seize control of independent mortgage provider Aussie Home Loans after the competition watchdog gave its blessing to the deal.

Sundance Resources has raised the possibility of terminating its long-running $1.3 billion takeover agreement with China’s Hanlong Mining, while also confirming it is in discussions with other part

AN investment group backed by private equity player KKR, and forestry veterans Tony Jack and Bob Bunning, is set to become the second largest owner of Indian sandalwood plantations in the Ord River

Perth-based oil and gas minnow Kairiki Energy has announced a $12.1 million capital raising to pay back company debts and provide additional working capital.

One of Perth’s largest commercial printing businesses has been sold to its local management team following the collapse of national operator GEON Australia.

The Tony Sage-chaired Cauldron Energy has made an off-market, all-scrip takeover bid for uranium explorer Energy Minerals, valuing the target at just under $6 million.

Buru Energy has sold off interests in two petroleum exploration permits in the Canning Basin to Rey Resources and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation for cash considerations of around $21 million.

ASG Group’s mystery suitor has slashed the price of its non-binding takeover offer for the Perth-based telecommunications and computing firm.

Melbourne’s M2 Telecommunications Group has announced $248 million worth of acquisitions, including a $44.1 million bid for Perth-based internet service provider Eftel.

Southern Cross boss Rhys Holleran insists the TV and radio broadcaster has not yet made up its mind on a possible takeover bid from Nine.

Tap Oil has secured more than $68 million in debt finance to fund the development of its Manora oil project in Thailand.

Silver producer Alcyone Resources' shares have tanked after it announced a management shake-up following the resignation of the company’s managing director Andrew King and two other board members.

Aurora Oil & Gas has expanded its convertible notes offering, initially announced to market yesterday, to $US300 million.

Wesfarmers is raising million (.8 million) following the successful pricing of a bond issue in the United States.

A proposal to sell the sandalwood plantations managed by agribusiness Elders in the Ord River region to Santanol Pty Ltd has been endorsed by growers.

Skywest Airlines shareholders have approved the company’s proposed $98 million tie-up with Virgin Australia.

The Ed Eshuys-chaired Apex Minerals has solved its need for short-term capital to support its Wiluna gold mine, selling off the asset to a China-based investment house for $50 million.

 South Perth company Gulf Mines has announced plans to acquire an interest in an Indonesian manganese project developed by Western Australian mining veteran Michael Kiernan.

One of the state’s busiest directors, Ian Middlemas, is seeking to take a big stake in Aviva Corporation and become its chair in a proposal that appears to have been rejected by the listed company’

Range Resources has announced the sale of its producing Texas oil and gas assets for $US30 million, to fund the ramp up of production at its Trinidad operations.

The head of Australian poultry producer Ingham has agreed to sell the 95-year-old family business to US-based private equity group TPG Capital.