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AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» SURIA, Spain: The fate of three miners trapped deep underground at a potash mine in Spain was unclear Thursday after a tweet by a regional leader confirming their deaths was deleted.
AFP, Published on 21/08/2018
» SYDNEY: BHP posted a 37% slump in annual net profit Tuesday, hurt by impairment charges related to the sale of its US shale assets and costs associated with the Samarco disaster in Brazil.
AFP, Published on 21/10/2016
» SYDNEY - BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser is to step down next year after delaying his departure from the world's biggest miner to take charge of the fatal Brazil mine collapse.
AFP, Published on 05/10/2015
» BERLIN - Shares in German giant K+S, the world's biggest salt miner, plunged 23 percent at open Monday, after Canadian rival PotashCorp scrapped its near eight-billion-euro ($9 billion) takeover bid.
AFP, Published on 14/09/2015
» PHILIPPSTHAL (GERMANY) - There is more than a pinch of concern among many of the thousands of workers at German giant K+S, the world's biggest salt miner, who fear for their jobs following a near eight-billion-euro ($9 billion) takeover bid by Canadian rival PotashCorp.
AFP, Published on 18/05/2015
» SYDNEY - BHP Billiton's spin-off mining company South32 debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange on Monday at the lower end of expectations, valued at about Aus$11.3 billion (US$9.1 billion).
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» SYDNEY - The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton Thursday defended its plan to split the company by spinning off non-core assets, saying it would generate stronger growth, with a vote on the demerger set for May.
AFP, Published on 19/08/2014
» Global mining giant BHP Billiton posted a 23.2 percent jump in annual net profit Tuesday and said it would create a new independent company by spinning off non-core assets to cut costs and boost productivity.
AFP, Published on 25/08/2013
» Potash is being discussed as a possible future pillar for the world's biggest miner BHP Billiton, chief executive Andrew Mackenzie said Sunday.