Zinifex picks tough fight with bid for Allegiance; Debutants fly in face of carnage on market; Rio Tinto flags $1.15bn expansion of coal mine as BHP ponders bid; Midwest admits directors sat on Sinosteel offer; Credit crisis savages Centro

Zinifex picks tough fight with bid for Allegiance; Debutants fly in face of carnage on market; Rio Tinto flags $1.15bn expansion of coal mine as BHP ponders bid; Midwest admits directors sat on Sinosteel offer; Credit crisis savages Centro