Commodities will cool further: BHP chiefBHP Billiton , the world's biggest miner, said it expects commodity markets to cool further and that investors had lost confidence in the longer-term health of the global economy. The Reuters-Jefferies CRB index, a closely fol More… |
BHP unveils $9.5bn expansion planBHP Billiton has approved $9.5 billion of capital investment to expand its Australian iron ore and coal mining operations, showing that planned mining and carbon taxes are not crimping its growth plans. The world's biggest miner has de More… |
BHP scraps $39 billion Potash bidBHP Billiton scrapped its $39 billion bid for Canada's Potash Corp and bowed to calls from investors to return cash, a move that came days after regulators blocked the year's biggest takeover deal. BHP, conceding defeat for the thi More… |








