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By Ross Kelly Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP.AU) said Sunday that operations at some mines in Queensland state remain suspended in the wake of tropical ... Wall Street Journal MarketBeat - 12:37 p.m. Sunday 21st March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Global mining giants aren't the easiest investments to understand. Sure, they put shovels into the ground and pull stuff out, just like the little mining companies. But they tend to ... globeandmail.com - 4:32 p.m. Saturday 20th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Rio Tinto set to defend merger between two as good for customers. 20 Mar 2010 12:44 PM Business Spectator resources & energy - 11:44 a.m. Saturday 20th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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New Delhi: India approved oil exploration contracts for Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), the nation's biggest energy explorer, and BHP Billiton Ltd as it sought to cut dependence on ... livemint.com - 2:12 a.m. Saturday 20th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Relations between Australia and China appear to be thawing quickly, just as Rio Tinto (LSE, ASX:RIO) and Chinalco, China's largest aluminium producer, start to look at ways to co-operate again ... Proactive Investors - 5:28 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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By Phil Cozens | 06:51:05 | 19 March 2010 The material on the site is the copyright material of Citywire Financial Publishers Ltd. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, disassemble, ... citywire - 4:55 p.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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by leave-I wish to speak briefly on the government response to the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, which Senator Faulkner has just tabled. The report was tabled ... Greens MPs - 11:58 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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However, the total quantity of manganese ore produced by major mines in the calendar year of 2009 finally had a decrease of 34% compared with that in the preceding year ... Proactive Investors - 4:08 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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RESOURCES giant Woodside Petroleum has sold its controlling stake in the Otway Gas project off Victoria's south-west coast for $520 million. Geelong Advertiser Business - 12:01 a.m. Friday 19th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Not everyone gets to say goodbye in a letter drop to 550,000 people. But that is what BHP Billiton's retiring chairman, Don Argus, has done. Business Day - 10:48 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Lateline Business 18/03/2010 Lateline Business - 10:20 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

* Athabasca Potash Shareholders Vote 99.8% In Favor Of BHP Billiton Arrangement spacer

For full details on (ABHPF) ABHPF. (ABHPF) has Short Term PowerRatings at TradingMarkets. Details on (ABHPF) Short Term PowerRatings is available at This Link. Learn new strategies, how to trade ... TradingMarkets.com - 9:10 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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TORONTO, March 18 (Reuters) - Athabasca Potash (API.TO) said on Thursday that its shareholders had voted in favor of global mining giant BHP Billiton's (BHP.AX) (BLT.L) C$341 million ($338 million ... Reuters - 9:04 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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BHP Billiton chairman Don Argus has fired a parting shot at possible tax changes warning they could threaten investment and growth. Courier Mail Business News - 7:32 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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By Ben Sharples March 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, the world's largest steelmaking coal exporter, said the Hay Point port remains shut as Tropical cyclone Ului bears down ... Bloomberg - 3:40 p.m. Thursday 18th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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BHP Billiton Limited is a diversified resources group. The Company is a producer of energy-related products, such as energy coal, oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and uranium. Its customer sector groups (CGS) are organized into nine business units: petroleum, aluminium, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal and energy coal. The Company generally extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas in the southern hemisphere from its production operations in Australia, Latin America and southern Africa. Its sales are concentrated in the northern hemisphere. In August 2006, BHP Billiton plc completed the sale of its 45.5% interest in the Valesul Aluminio SA joint venture to its joint venture partner, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. In April 2007, the Company acquired a 33.3% interest in Global Alumina's Sangaredi Refinery Project in Guinea, West Africa. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Anglo Potash Ltd.

Address: Level 27, 180 Lonsdale Street, MELBOURNE, VIC, AUSTRALIA, 3000

Phone: (61) 1300 55 47 57
Fax: (61 3) 9609 3015

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Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (Woodside) is the parent company of the Woodside group of companies. The Company is engaged in the hydrocarbon exploration, evaluation, development, production and marketing. Woodside’s business segments include North West Shelf Ventures, Australia Business Unit, Middle East & Africa Business Unit, United States of America Business Unit, and Group and unallocated. On December 25, 2007, the Company disposed of its onshore and offshore producing, developments and exploration interests in Woodside Mauritania Pty Ltd and WEL Mauritania B.V. to Petronas Australia Pty Limited.

Address: Woodside Plaza, 240 St Georges Terrace, PERTH, WA, AUSTRALIA, 6000

Phone: (08) 9348 4000
Fax: (08) 9348 4990