BHP Billiton has approved $1.2 billion in pre-commitment capital to start expansion work on its Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine, which analysts estimate could cost nearly 30 times that much to develop fully... more
BHP Billiton shares slip 2% as it announces a move to increase its presence in the shale gas market with a massive $12.1billion (£7.5billion) deal... more
London-listed mining giant BHP Billiton sets out plans to more than double its share buyback scheme to $10 billion (£6 billion) after enjoying record first-half profits... more
Connecting with the Facebook generation is the big issue for marketers. So little wonder that 71% of UK businesses are ambitious to improve their social media presence, according to a survey of 1000 companies by OfficeCavalry.com... more
Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton wins the backing of US authorities in its $39 billion hostile takeover bid for Canadian fertilizer-maker Potash.... more
BHP Billiton faces the prospect of a full-blown battle for fertiliser group PotashCorp as China’s Sinochem hires bankers for a possible rival bid... more
London-listed mining companies hail a victory over new Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard after forcing the government to water down plans for a new tax on minerals and resources... more
British mining giant BHP Billiton has pressed the button on a sale of its giant white elephant Ravensthorpe nickel mine for an auction that could fetch up to $1 billion (£604 million), reports said ... more
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest miner, today gave a guarded outlook for global commodity demand, sending a worrying signal for weaker rivals, after a slump in metals prices triggered its first profit decline in seven years ... more
Profile: After four decades at Shell, Paul Skinner swapped refining for mining. Now his sharp brain and calmness under fire could
put him right at the top of the oil business... more
Mining: Shares in Rio Tinto crashed 35% after the year-long attempt to create a titan of the global economy through a merger with fellow mining giant BHP Billiton was aborted... more
It's been a few days of differing fortunes for those investors who took up shares in the massive placings launched last week by Barclays and its rival Lloyds TSB... more
Marius Kloppers, the chief executive of mining giant BHP Billiton, says his hostile $111bn bid for Rio Tinto is more attractive amid the current “uncertainty” in global financial markets... more
Mining: Mining giant BHP Billiton’s prospects of pushing through its $121.5 billion (£69.5 billion) hostile takeover of Rio Tinto are improving with falling commodities prices, the company’s chief says... more
Rio Tinto is a big business. It's so big that its arch-rival BHP Billiton wants to spend over £60 billion buying it - quite a price for any old iron (ore). ... more
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