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LEIGHTON HOLDINGS STORIES

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Record profit for Leighton
(Monday, 16 August 2010)

THE world’s largest contract miner Leighton Holdings has announced a 39% increase in full-year profits to a record $A612 million.
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Leighton secures Martabe contract
(Monday, 26 July 2010)

HONG Kong-based G-Resources has awarded Leighton Asia a $A172 million, five-year contract for mining services at the Martabe gold mine in Indonesia.
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Leighton revives Indonesian contract
(Tuesday, 2 March 2010)

LEIGHTON Holdings’ wholly owned subsidiary Leighton Asia has restarted work on the $A125 million contract at the Toka Tindung gold mine in Indonesia.
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Things looking up for Macmahon
(Friday, 27 November 2009)

WITH the resource sector showing strong signs of a recovery, mining and construction services company Macmahon Holdings is expecting to report a healthier profit this financial year.
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Macmahon, Leighton extend partnership
(Tuesday, 3 November 2009)

THE successful partnership between Leighton Holdings and Macmahon Holdings has been extended, with the standstill clause blocking Leighton from increasing its stake in Macmahon now scrapped – meaning Leighton is free to launch a takeover bid for the smaller company.
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Leighton wins $300M Peak Downs contract extension
(Monday, 27 July 2009)

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance has awarded a three-year $A300 million contract extension to Leighton for overburden removal services at its Peak Downs coking coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.
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Contractors lose with Rio-BHP marriage: reports
(Wednesday, 10 June 2009)

BHP Billiton could be moving to owner mining and ditching its contract miners under its Pilbara tie-up with Rio Tinto.
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Leighton secures Moorvale extension
(Friday, 15 May 2009)

LEIGHTON Contractors has won a $A160 million four-year extension of its mining contract at Macarthur Coal’s Moorvale mine in the Bowen Basin.
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Port Bonython an infrastructure priority
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(Friday, 15 May 2009)

THE latest list from Infrastructure Australia has named the Port Bonython deep water commodities export harbour in South Australia a national infrastructure priority.
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Macmahon raises $46M
(Friday, 15 May 2009)

MACMAHON has successfully raised $A46 million through its institutional share placement, a move which also saw Leighton increase its stake in the contracting major to about 18.6%, strengthening its position as Macmahon’s biggest shareholder.
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Macmahon rattles tin too
(Thursday, 14 May 2009)

MINING and construction services company Macmahon Holdings plans to raise $A60 million to reduce its debt levels and improve working capital flexibility.
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Write-downs bring Leighton profits down 41%
(Thursday, 14 May 2009)

AUSTRALIA’S largest construction company Leighton Holdings has posted a 41% drop in profits for the nine months to March 31, 2009, with the company attributing this to $A190 million in write-downs.
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Macmahon, Leighton win $500M rail contract
(Wednesday, 8 April 2009)

MACMAHON Holdings and joint venture partner Leighton Contractors have won a $A500 million contract from BHP Billiton Iron Ore for work on its Rapid Growth Project 5 in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
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India ahoy
(Thursday, 12 March 2009)

INDIA could emerge as the next cashed-up country to go on a buying spree of Australian mining assets. By Noel Dyson.
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The next big thing in ASEAN
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(Wednesday, 11 March 2009)

LAOS may be the next big thing in mining in the ASEAN region. That is, assuming the country’s difficult mining laws can be dealt with.
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HWE picks up $400M Pilbara contract
(Thursday, 5 March 2009)

IN SOME good news for the mining services sector, HWE Mining has been awarded a five-year contract extension worth around $A400 million at BHP Billiton’s Orebody 23/25 iron ore mine near Newman.
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Leighton completes Masbate processing plant
(Monday, 23 February 2009)

CGA Mining announced today that Leighton Contractors Asia has achieved practical completion of the 4 million tonne per annum processing plant at its Masbate gold project in the Philippines.
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More Asia work for Leighton
(Monday, 16 February 2009)

AUSTRALIA’S largest contract miner, Leighton, has won $A2.6 billion worth of coal contract mining work in Indonesia and Mongolia, further bolstering the company’s Asian businesses.
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Leighton profits suffer
(Thursday, 12 February 2009)

LEIGHTON Holdings posted a 56% fall in profits for the first half of the 2009 financial year, but the news failed to scare off investors as company shares gained ground today.
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Worsley wins
(Saturday, 1 November 2008)

MONADELPHOUS Group and Leighton subsidiary John Holland have picked up contracts worth $265 million as part of the Worsley Alumina expansion.
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Leighton order book tops $28bn
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)

LEIGHTON’S work in hand has jumped 48% to $28.1 billion for the nine months to March 31, and the company is expecting net profit after tax for the full year to increase by at least 30%.
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Leighton order book tops $28bn thanks to resources boom
(Thursday, 15 May 2008)

LEIGHTON’S work in hand has jumped 48% to $A28.1 billion for the nine months to March 31, and the company is expecting net profit after tax for the full year to increase by at least 30%.
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Thiess wins major Indian coal contracts
(Thursday, 3 April 2008)

CONTRACT mining giant Thiess has secured two contracts totalling $A1 billion over 20 years to develop and operate an opencut coal mine in India’s northeastern coal fields.
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Leighton bags Philippine development contract
(Thursday, 27 March 2008)

LEIGHTON Contractors has been awarded a six-year mining contract for work on the Masbate gold project in the Philippines.
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Leighton shares plunge
(Wednesday, 12 March 2008)

SHARES in Australian construction firm - and the world's largest contract miner - Leighton Holdings have experienced a dramatic three-day loss, shedding $A8.40 on the Australian Securities Exchange since close of trade last Thursday.
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Powering up
(Saturday, 1 March 2008)

Australia’s underground contracting sector is expecting big things from 2008. By Charles Amery
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Leighton boosts record order book
(Friday, 15 February 2008)

CONSTRUCTION giant Leighton continued to secure billions in new work during the first six months of the 2007-08 financial year, contributing to the company's strong 32% increase in operating profit after tax.
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HWE lands yet another contract extension at Yandi
(Wednesday, 21 November 2007)

LEIGHTON Contractors announced today that subsidiary HWE Mining has been awarded a $600 million, three-year contract extension at BHP Billiton's Yandi mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
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Leighton wins BHP contract extension
(Tuesday, 6 November 2007)

HWE Mining has been awarded a two-year contract extension worth $700 million at BHP Billiton's Area C mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
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Leighton, Macmahon form partnership
(Monday, 5 November 2007)

CONSTRUCTION giant Leighton Holdings and rival Macmahon have signed a memorandum of understanding which will see Leighton promote Macmahon as a "Partner of Choice" for large infrastructure and resources related construction projects.
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