Creditors voted yesterday in favour of placing Willmott Forests into liquidation. Administrator PPB Advisory will seek court permission to wind up the MIS scheme. It has been in talks with Hancock Victoria Plantations about the sale of trees that sit on land leased to Willmott. Carrie LaFrenz

Commodities trader Noble Group will purchase another 18 million shares in Mongolian coal explorer Aspire Mining , lifting its stake from 5.24 per cent to 8.6 per cent.Luke Forrestal