The company announced a reduction of 290 jobs at their Muswellbrook site in the Hunter Valley. According to an ABC News report, BHP’s NSW Energy Coal asset president James Palmer said the...
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Sam Wylie, Melbourne Business School During the commodity price boom from 2004-2011 BHP Billiton’s board raised the firm’s dividend to an unsustainable level. Now, in the commodity bust, the board...
BHP Billiton today announced a new “simplified” operating model to accelerate productivity and create a more agile company “ready to respond to the challenges and opportunities...
A BHP Billiton iron ore train derailed south of Port Hedland in Western Australia’s Pilbara region yesterday. The company said a number of ore cars derailed from the Pilbara rail line, about...
The Brazilian Government intends to sue Samarco, Vale and BHP for $7.2b for clean-up costs and damages after dams collapsed at their iron ore operation in Minas Gerais killing 13 people. According to...
BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie has spoken in Brazil about the tragic incident at the Samarco iron ore operation in Minas Gerais last Thursday. “At BHP Billiton, we have been overcome with...
BHP Billiton chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie will head to Brazil this week, after a dam collapsed at an iron-ore mine causing a mudslide that killed at least four people last week. At least...
South Australia’s trailblazing women of mining and energy raked in a staggering four of the five awards presented at the 2015 Women in Resources National Awards held in Perth last night. Following on...
The South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy has announced the winners of its annual video competition for students, Dirt TV, following an awards ceremony at Adelaide Oval last night. Dominating...
Western Australia is home to eight of the top ten iron ore mines in the world, according to IntelligenceMine data. The top 10 iron ore mining centres, ranked by ore mined in the 2014 calendar year...
