BHP Buys Australia’s Leighton Pilbara Iron Ore Business
Reuters reported BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP,ASX:BHP) finalised the acquisition of Leighton Holding's (ASX:LEI) HWE Mining iron ore business.
Reuters reported BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP,ASX:BHP) finalised the acquisition of Leighton Holding's (ASX:LEI) HWE Mining iron ore business.
Mining Weekly reported BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP,ASX:BHP) has unveiled plans to increase its Pilbara iron-ore production to 450-million tons a year.
SMH reported BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP,ASX:BHP) has revealed its growth ambitions for Pilbara iron ore are big.
SMH reported West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says there is ''argy-bargy'' with BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP,ASX:BHP) over raised iron ore royalties.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) has entered an agreement to buy the iron ore contract mining division of contractor Leighton Holdings.
Bloomberg reports BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP) said fourth-quarter iron ore output rose 14 percent as Chinese demand pushes prices to all-time highs.
Bloomberg reports the FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index declined 46.98, or 0.2 percent, to 32,249.09 as BHP Billiton Plc (NYSE:BHP,LON:BLT,ASX:BHP) fell.
Market Watch reports BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE:BHP,ASX:BHP) is investigating the cause of a train derailment on one of its iron ore lines in west Australia.
Mineweb.com reports that BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) have received permission from the Australian government to merge infrastructures.
The Herald.com reports that Atlas Iron (ASX:AGO) has agreed to enter into discussions with BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) to discuss sharing railway transportation.
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