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...Containment of the number of new cases has been impressive in mainland China, and we now expect a V-shaped recovery from the second quarter onwards there....
...After BHP Billiton announced results last month, its chief executive Andrew Mackenzie paused to reflect....
...Its $10.5bn acquisition of US shale assets from BHP Billiton, announced last month, is its biggest deal for almost 20 years....
...BHP Billiton, the world’s largest listed miner, is looking at stepping up its production of cobalt sulphate, used in batteries, to boost its exposure to the electric vehicle boom....
...Meanwhile South32, the Australian mining group with coal assets spun out of BHP Billiton in 2015, says it is getting out of thermal coal, used for power generation....
...and deepwater fields in the Gulf of Mexico....
...And if anyone thought BHP might once exit coal, remember that its ebitda contribution has climbed to second highest after iron ore, up 13 times year on year....
...investment in US shale oil assets in 2011 $50m Rio Tinto’s sale price for Mozambique coal assets it bought for $3.7bn >$90bn Combined debt of Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore and Rio Tinto at its...
...Large companies including Royal Dutch Shell, BHP Billiton and Statoil have had to take big writedowns on their US unconventional assets....
...One intended new conventional project — Mad Dog 2 in the Gulf of Mexico, where BHP has a 24 per cent share alongside operator BP — will reach a final investment decision within six months....
...Worst year for BHP Billiton after Samarco dam collapse BHP Billiton reported its worst ever annual loss after a year of financial turmoil and a mine accident in Brazil that killed 19 people, writes Pilita...
...BHP Billiton is spinning off a suite of smaller business divisions into a separate company, subject to a shareholder vote next month, while Barrick Gold is considering a disposal of a large copper mine that...
...If other assets are included in a spin-off, it could mean BHP Billiton’s investors being handed shares in a new company....
...Iron ore, the main ingredient in steelmaking, is key to the profitability of several leading mining companies, including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Vale....
...Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, the world’s dominant three producers, have collectively raised output from below 700m tonnes three years ago to well over 800m tonnes and have plans to push supply past...
...Global miners including BHP Billiton, Glencore and Vale have cut volumes in the face of weak prices....
...BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest resources company by market value, has reaffirmed full-year production guidance in spite of a lacklustre performance from several key businesses in the past quarter....
...But over the past few decades, a handful of genuine competitors emerged to create a new regime run by the so-called “Big Four”:De Beers , Russia’s Alrosa , Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton ....
...Earnings Accor FY €1.33 (€0.62) Akzo Nobel Q4 €0.50 (€0.17) BHP Billiton H1 $1.09 ($1.86) Compagnie Générale de Géophysique FY $1.09 ($0.10) Crédit Agricole Q4 €0.17 (€0.17) DSM Q4 €0.58 (€0.71) France...
...These include Vale of Brazil, London-listed Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Anglo American, as well as Japanese trading companies such as Mitsui & Co....
...The chief executive of BHP Billiton has warned there will be no return to the record commodity prices enjoyed by the industry over the past decade....
...Companies around the world, including ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil and BHP Billiton have all been on the acquisition trail....
...He started with Billiton, a South African miner, which listed in London in 1997, and subsequently merged with BHP to become the world’s largest mining company by revenues....
...BHP Billiton, for example, is enhancing its Hay Point export port in Queensland to protect it from cyclones, while Anglo American is constructing walls to prevent water from coming into open cut pits as...
...BHP Billiton said iron ore production rose for an 11th consecutive year, in a market update that underlines confidence the mining giant will next month report a near doubling in financial full-year net profits...
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