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.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has flagged an impairment of up to $US2 billion ($A2.7 billion) in its end of financial year results against the value of its onshore gas assets in the US.
BHP Billiton's new boss Andrew Mackenzie has shaken up the global miner's leadership group, with petroleum boss Michael Yeager leaving the company but Perth-based iron ore president Jimmy Wilson an
