BHP Billiton bosses have made a strong sales pitch regarding the company's proposed demerger, telling shareholders in London they'd benefit from the next step in the big miner's "evolution".
Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Nev Power has criticised what he calls "last man standing" expansion strategies by the major iron ore producers in the Pilbara while defending FMG's own expansion strategy.
Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski and Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Andrew Harding have joined some of Australia’s top business leaders in being honoured by the American Australian Association.
BHP Billiton’s annual meeting in Perth today resembled a debate on climate change, with chairman Jac Nasser expressing frustration that the company’s achievements in that field were not being recognised.
The new-found restraint characterising chief executive salaries has not extended to Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group Holdings, which has announced that new boss Don Voelte could earn $7.2 million each year.
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Rising market intervention and resources nationalism by governments globally was an understandable trend in times of uncertainty, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser said today.
A who's who of Perth's business elite have appeared in a full-page advertisement against the resources super profit tax as BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser speaks out for the first time against the controversial tax.
17 May 2010
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