Mineral Resources Limited

The 2017 East Coles Corporate Performance Research has been completed and the Top 10 Finalists from the S&P/ASX100 for the 'Best CFO's' category for 2017 (not in ranked order) are: APA, BTT, CTX, JBH, JHG, MQA, QUB, TPM, WES. The Top 10 Finalists from the S&P/ASX101-200 for the 'Best CFO's' category for 2017 (not in ranked order) are: A2M, ALU, BAP, CGC, FPH, GUD, MTR, MIN, RWC, SDF.

The 2017 East Coles Corporate Performance Research has been completed and the Results are in. The Top 10 Finalists from the S&P/ASX100 for the 'Best CEO's' category for 2017 (not in ranked order) are: AGL, ALL, APA, GMG, JHG, MQG, RHC, SEK, TPM, WES.

Highlands Pacific Ltd (ASX:HIG) which holds an 8.56% interest, is continuing to exceed production targets, achieving record monthly output of 3,068 tonnes of nickel and 292 tonnes of cobalt in May. Highlands Managing Director Craig Lennon said he was delighted with the performance of the Ramu operations.

Boardroom.media and East Coles recently entered a partnership affording Boardroom.media access to East Coles data. As a result of this partnership Boardroom.media will act as a media partner for the annual East Coles Awards Night.

Neometals Ltd (ASX:NMT) and Mineral Resources Limited (ASX:MIN) have together announced that their jointly owned subsidiary, Reed Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd has entered into a conditional Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China's second largest lithium producer Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd (SHE:002460).

Australian Market Report of October 29, 2010 includes: Red Hill Iron Limited (ASX:RHI) resource estimates at Red Hill Iron Ore Joint Venture increase to 472 Million Tonnes; Alchemy Resources Limited (ASX:ALY) has started a 15,000m gold and copper drilling program in Western Australia; Coventry Resources Limited (ASX:CVY) intersected shallow high-grade mineralisation at Cameron Gold Project; Mineral Resources Limited (ASX:MIN) dispatched its first shipment of iron ore through Utah Point to China.

The Australian market Wednesday ended the last trading session of the 2010 financial year in a negative territory. The market clawed back some ground from the sharp loss in early trade. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 44.2 points, or 1.02 per cent, at 4,301.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 45.8 points, or 1.05 per cent, at 4,324.8.

Following an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Coorara iron project (MEI ASX Release 31 May 2010) Meteoric Resources (ASX:MEI) has commissioned a detailed aeromagnetic survey over the 40km strike length of banded iron formation (BIF) evident on the project area from outcrop and existing aeromagnetic data.

The Australian share market shrugged off the concerns over US investment bank JPMorgan and closed slightly higher on Monday. Australian banks rose as the upbeat mood continued in this session after Commonwealth Bank's profit upgrade on Friday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index advanced 11.5 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 4,911.1 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index gained 6.6 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 4,936.1 points.

The Australian shares closed lower on Thursday despite mining shares were stronger on expectations of higher iron ore prices. The fall was largely due to weakness in financial stocks. The market saw some profit-taking selling in miners in the afternoon. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 22.0 points, or 0.45 per cent, to 4899.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 16.3 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 4930.5 points.