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Libs want focus on farming

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:20:27 +0000

OPPOSITION leader Isobel Redmond says South Australia needs to focus less on the mining boom and more on farming and food security. Libs want focus on farming

BHP claim challenges Fair Work Act

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:45 +0000

A BATTLE looms afer BHP’s claims that the Fair Work Act has turned Australia into a high-cost country, writes Ken McGregor. BHP claim challenges Fair Work Act

Weatherill downplays dam concerns

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:45 +0000

SOUTH Australian premier Jay Weatherill has played down concerns that BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam project may be stymied by soft global conditions. Weatherill downplays dam concerns

Fund welcomes BHP’s pullback

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:45 +0000

BHP Billiton’s move to wind back plans to spend $US80 billion ($80.5bn) over five years on growth projects has been applauded by the head of Perennial Investment Partners’ growth funds, Lee Mickelburough. Fund welcomes BHP’s pullback

Investment cloud over Olympic Dam

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:44 +0000

BHP Billiton has backed away from a commitment to spend $80 billion on major projects over the next five years, including the Olympic Dam mine expansion. BHP reduces spending on major projects

BHP expansion in doubt

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:44 +0000

MINING giant BHP Billiton will take a sledgehammer to its plans to spend up to $80 billion on Australian expansion. BHP expansion in doubt

BHP steps back from $80b splurge

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:43 +0000

MINING giant BHP Billiton will take a sledgehammer to its plans to spend $80 billion expanding in Australia. BHP steps back from $80b splurge

BHP calls off $80b expansion plan

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:34:39 +0000

BHP Billiton chairman Jacques Nasser says the global miner will not spend the $80 billion on growth projects that it said it would, stepping back from previous commitments. BHP calls off $80b expansion plan

Pall over BHP’s potash plan

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:03:21 +0000

CANADA’S Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan believes plans by former suitor BHP Billiton to spend $US10 billion ($10bn) developing the Jansen potash project in the country does not stack up financially in the present market, fuelling speculation that it is the BHP mega-project most likely to be delayed under the mining giant’s new focus on capital rationing. Pall over BHP’s potash plan

Topshop, H&M hinge on Olympic Dam

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:03:19 +0000

MAJOR international retailers, including Topshop, H&M, Gant and MANGO, are holding off from opening in the city until BHP Billiton confirms its Olympic Dam expansion plans. Topshop, H&M hinges on Olympic Dam