BHP Billiton isn’t putting another nickel in
Recently there’s been some speculation that BHP Billiton – the world’s biggest mining company – may be about to exit from nickel production. In 2008, it pulled out of the Gag Island project in West Papua. See: http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=8921. The following year, the company also sold a major nickel refinery in Australia. See: http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9384. Then, last [...]
BHP Billiton pulls out of Gag Island project
Following last month’s BHP Billiton plc AGM in London, and before this week’s BHP Billiton Ltd AGM in Australia, the company has pulled out of one of its most severely criticised projects. Some commentators suggest that this was because of falling nickel prices. Others suggest it was because of the complexities of the Indonesian regulatory [...]
Half-truths and evasions
Report of the BHP Billiton plc AGM, Thursday 23 October, London Summary At its AGM (annual shareholders’ meeting) in London on 23 October, BHP Billiton was attacked over its record in the Philippines, Indonesia, Guatemala and Colombia, its failure to endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its role in worsening [...]
BHP Billiton: image and reality
Briefing for the BHP Billiton plc Annual General Meeting, 23 October 2008 BHP Billiton is the largest mining company in the world. Jointly listed on the London and Australian Stock Exchanges, it has a market capitalization of 180 billion US dollars, more than twice the size of its nearest rival, Brazil’s Vale Inco. In the [...]
