BHP Billiton has negotiated a major development plan with the Town of Port Hedland that would see the mining giant pay more than $80 million for land, build a camp for 6,000 construction workers, serv
Surging profits at its Western Australian iron ore mines have enabled BHP Billiton to beat analyst expectations and deliver Australia's highest-ever annual profit result.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has announced a plan to take over the mining contractor that operates at its Pilbara iron ore developments, HWE Mining, in a deal worth $US735 million.
Texas-based engineering and construction group Fluor Corporation has announced its joint venture with Sinclair Knight Merz has won additional contracts with BHP Billiton for the mining giant’s 100 mil
BHP Billiton says the cost of expanding its Worsley alumina refinery has increased by more than $US600 million due to its complexity of construction and broader inflationary pressures.
A joint venture between Texas-based engineering and construction group Fluor Corporation and Sinclair Knight Merz has extended its relationship with BHP Billiton, winning new contracts, primarily for the expansion of BHP's Jimblebar iron ore mine.
BHP Billiton's Pilbara expansion plans have taken a major step forward, with the release of environmental reports required to obtain government approvals for its proposed Port Hedland outer harbour expansion.
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Leighton Holdings subsidiary Thiess has won a $166 million contract to provide earthworks and infrastructure at BHP Billiton Iron Ore's Jimblebar mine near Newman.
BHP Billiton has announced it will spend $7.4 billion to expand its Western Australian iron ore operations' capacity to over 220 million tonnes per annum, and has invested another $2.6 billion on its Queensland coal operations.
BHP Billiton is budgeting to spend at least $US80 billion to expand its business over the next five years, after its booming WA iron ore business fuelled the biggest interim net profit ever delivered in Australia.
BHP Billiton says two of its natural gas projects in Victoria will cost the company about $1.1 billion more than expected, after mercury contamination and fabrication issues blew out production timelines.
Perth-based engineering firm LogiCamms has won a $10 milion contract to deliver a new process facility at BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam copper, uranium and gold project in South Australia.
Premier Colin Barnett has introduced amended legislation into state parliament to implement the royalty agreement struck with BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto in June.
BHP Billiton has approved a further $US635 million of capital spending for two expansion projects it is proceeding with at its Pilbara iron ore operations.
Rising market intervention and resources nationalism by governments globally was an understandable trend in times of uncertainty, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser said today.
The state government expects its royalties agreement with Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to stand even if a proposed joint venture between the two companies doesn't go ahead.
BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, said it had cleared the first US regulatory hurdle in its bid for Canadian company Potash Corp of Saskatchewan.
