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China steel exports slowly recovering: Hebei Steel

Prices "reasonable" but raw material costs hitting hard.  11 Mar 2010 7:23 PM

DEALS TV: Southern Cross celebrates

WHEELS AND DEALS:Refinancing allows Macquarie's media spinoff to set sail alone. Plus bonds, bonds, bonds.  11 Mar 2010 11:22 AM

BREAKFAST DEALS: Bullish Macquarie

WHEELS AND DEALS:Macquarie Group says it's optimistic on the US and is also rumoured to be sizing up UK broker Tullett Prebon.  11 Mar 2010 8:15 AM

Ansteel sees iron ore benchmark deal in April

China's biggest steelmaker says miners are upsetting market balance.  10 Mar 2010 6:49 PM

BHP Billiton director sells 50k shares

10 Mar 2010 6:39 PM

BHP Billiton director sells 60k shares

10 Mar 2010 6:39 PM

The mother of all policy blunders?

COMMENTARY:Tony Abbott's parental leave policy shows the coalition has abandoned its basic free-market philosophy and careful policy approach in favour of populism and guesswork.  10 Mar 2010 10:00 AM

WesTrac to expand at near-boom levels

Proposed merger partner with Seven making progress amid surge in mining, construction sectors.  10 Mar 2010 1:19 AM

DEALS TV: The Centrebet sell-off

WHEELS AND DEALS:Gaming group says takeover talks could take months, while Goldman Sachs slips down the hedge fund list.  9 Mar 2010 11:10 AM

BREAKFAST DEALS: QBE's still prowling

WHEELS AND DEALS:QBE remains on the lookout for acquisitions. Elsewhere, AIG has offloaded its foreign life insurance business to MetLife.  9 Mar 2010 8:12 AM
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BHP BILLITON Company Profile
BHP BILLITON
ASX:BHP
Resources and Energy, Mining
BHP is the world’s largest diversified resources company and is dual-listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (BHP Billiton Ltd) and the London Stock Exchange (BHP Billiton Plc). The two companies operate on a combined basis with the same directors and management and the global headquarters is in Melbourne. BHP operates in about 25 countries, employs more than 40,000 people and has nine primary operating units including; aluminium, energy coal and metallurgical coal, copper, manganese, iron ore, uranium, nickel, silver and titanium minerals. It has interests in oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and diamonds. The company was formed in 2001 from the merger of Australia’s Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) (which was incorporated in 1885) and the UK’s Billiton (from 1860).
Marius Kloppers
Rio Tinto, Vale, Alcoa, Xstrata, Woodside

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