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BHP has defended its climate strategy despite involvement in Woodside's contended Scarborough LNG project, which has been subject to increasing environmental campaigns.
BHP has blamed Western Australia's tough border controls for a shortage of train drivers which contributed to producing less iron ore in its first quarter.
There are very few chief executives who get to announce a company defining multi-billion deal on their first day in the job. That's what Meg O'Neill did last week.
BHP is reshaping its business and corporate structure, with the company selling its petroleum division, making a big investment in potash and ending its dual-listed structure.
BHP chief executive Mike Henry has declared the mining giant is in great shape after a strong quarterly report showed good results on production and costs.
BHP has struck its third agreement with a major steel producer to study new technologies and production techniques designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
BHP has announced a big increase in its interim dividend after delivering strong growth in underlying earnings and presenting a bullish outlook for its key commodities.
BHP has raised its iron ore expectations for the first half of the financial year, following record production in the Pilbara and a restart of its Brazilian operations.
BHP's full-year profit has slipped four per cent and it expects its major revenue earner, iron ore, will have less demand from China and greater competition from Brazil.
BHP has selected former iron ore boss Edgar Basto to lead its Australian mining operations, after he served as acting minerals president since the appointment of chief executive Mike Henry last year.
BHP has announced it is establishing a $50 million Vital Resources Fund to help support regional Australian communities in areas of its operations, including the Pilbara and Goldfields regions, fac
BHP will start paying invoices from small business suppliers after just seven days and has created a $6 million fund to support labour hire companies affected by COVID-19.
BHP shareholders will receive a heftier, fully franked 65 US cents per share interim dividend after the global miner lifted its first-half statutory profit 29 per cent to $US4.87 billion ($A7.25 billion).
BHP has detailed the rapid expansion of its recently established Operations Services subsidiary, which it says is delivering better results than the maintenance contractors it has displaced from its iron ore and coal operations.
BHP Billiton expects to lower costs in its Australian mining operations by a further 10 per cent, and has forecast the division will deliver $US1.6 billion ($A2.2 billion) in productivity gains over the next two years.
BHP has approved initial funding for its $3 billion-plus South Flank iron ore project in the Pilbara, and the company's top Australian executive said he wanted to hear from local suppliers who could add value to the development.
BHP Billiton's top Australian executive has stepped up the company's criticism of the WA Nationals' planned iron ore tax hike, two days after an opinion poll found high support for the proposal.
Rio Tinto has announced a new executive team in a major reorganisation that will include iron ore boss and one-time CEO hopeful, Andrew Harding, leaving the mining giant.
BHP Billiton is looking for $800 million in new savings from its coal operations as the global miner maintains an optimistic outlook for the coal business.
The recent BHP Billiton organisational restructure will drive productivity improvements without significant operational job losses, according to new BHP operations president of Australian minerals Mike Henry, although the company won't commit to a deadline for its targeted 290 million tonnes per annum iron ore run rate.
BHP Billiton has responded to its mammoth interim loss and the prospect of a prolonged downturn by slashing its dividend and adopting a new management structure that leaves Western Australia without a representative in the company's leadership group.
Premier Colin Barnett has strongly criticised Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, accusing the major iron ore producers of flooding the market and hurting the state.
BHP Billiton has celebrated sending its one-billionth tonne of iron ore to Japan at a ceremony in Port Hedland to mark almost 50 years of the business partnership.
