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BHP Billiton CFO moving on

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Barry FitzGerald Chief financial officer Alex Vanselow says he's leaving the company in great shape.

BHP Billiton keen on selling new image but investors yet to buy it

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Elizabeth Knight A quest for innovation can produce great prizes, of which BHP Billiton is keenly aware.

BHP Billiton chairman buys up another $500,000 stake

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Christopher Webb Jacques Nasser now has a useful enough BHP stake worth about $2.6 million.

BHP Billiton's outlook rosy

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Barry FitzGerald BHP Billiton is backing home the idea that long-term demand for commodities from China and a band of other developing economies means that the good times for global miners will roll on for some time...

BHP Billiton's shale gas plans for US spring another leak

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Leonie Wood and Barry Fitzgerald BHP Billiton's $20 billion push into the US shale-gas industry, touted as a ''tier-one'' entry into a new business by its petroleum division, continues to be dogged by regulators as they crack down...

Olympic flame suddenly all of a flutter for BHP Billiton

Garimpeiro Continuing struggle to bring crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant to the north of Tokyo under control comes as BHP Billiton works towards making a decision early next year on a $30 billion...

BHP Billiton cautious on state of world economy

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BHP Billiton is cautious about the state of the world economy and is warning governments to be careful about tax changes and winding back stimulus packages.

BHP Billiton takes Supreme Court action against FerrAus on Pilbara

Barry Fitzgerald BHP Billiton's continuing efforts to keep its Pilbara rail system to itself have led it to take legal action against iron ore junior FerrAus in WA's Supreme Court.

Problems with BHP Billiton's Potash plan

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BHP Billiton reportedly has fresh problems on two fronts in its bid to capture Canadian chemicals giant Potash Corp.

Move on climate, BHP Billiton urges

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Adam Morton, Tom Arup and Philip Wen The world's biggest mining company has urged Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott to act on climate change before other countries.

Problems with BHP Billiton's Potash plan

BHP Billiton reportedly has fresh problems on two fronts in its bid to capture Canadian chemicals giant Potash Corp.

BHP Billiton chief given 9pct pay rise

BHP Billiton Ltd chief executive Marius Kloppers was handed a nine per cent rise on his pay package last year, to $US11.3 million ($A11.86 million).

BHP Billiton approaches Potash s/holders

BHP Billiton has bypassed its takeover target's board, going directly to shareholders of Potash Corporation with its all cash $US130 per share offer.

BHP Billiton bid for Potash goes hostile

BHP Billiton will pitch its $39 billion offer to buy Potash Corp directly to shareholders of the No 1 fertiliser supplier after arranging a massive bank loan.

New tax impact uncertain: BHP Billiton

Mining giant BHP Billiton says the impact on the company of a compromise resources tax plan unveiled by Prime Minister Gillard last week is still uncertain.

BHP Billiton seeks mineral-specific tax

Mining giant BHP Billiton says the proposed tax on resource super profits should be levied on the value of minerals alone and vary commodity by commodity.

BHP Billiton beats production records

BHP Billiton Ltd has unveiled a mixed third quarter production report, with record year-to-date production in key divisions.

BHP Billiton seal coal deal in Indonesia

BHP Billiton Ltd has sealed a binding joint venture deal with a subsidiary of Indonesia's PT Adaro Energy for a coal project in Kalimantan in Indonesia.

BHP Billiton cautious on world economy

BHP Billiton Ltd is cautious about the state of the world economy and is warning governments to be careful about tax changes and winding back stimulus packages.

BHP Billiton Q4 production jumps

The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton Ltd, has reported a surge in fourth-quarter production volumes, with another record for iron ore.