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April 9, 2018 •
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Minera Escondida, a subsidiary of BHP Billiton, has inaugurated the largest desalination plant in Latin America to supply the mine’s needs. The 25000LS plant is at the heart of the company’s water strategy, which consists of increasing the use of
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February 9, 2018 •
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BHP Billiton announced that its investments in the Olympic Dam project – one of the world’s most significant deposits of copper, uranium, gold and silver – have reached the $350 million mark. The upgrade, which began in mid-2017 and ran for over 100
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December 25, 2017 •
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BHP Billiton has announced that it has authorized a total of $181 million to be used for remediation and compensation programs at the Samarco iron ore joint venture in Brazil where the deadly dam burst occurred in November 2015. According to the official
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September 6, 2017 •
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BHP Billiton has celebrated the mining of the first ore from the high-grade underground expansion at the Southern Mining Area (SMA) of its Olympic Dam operations in South Australia. BHP began work on the underground expansion two years ago and invested about
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August 21, 2017 •
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BHP Billiton has announced that it will invest $2.5 billion in the Spence copper mine in Chile in order to extend the life of the mine for another 50 years. The investment in the Spence Growth Option (SGO) is set to boost the miner’s annual copper
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July 24, 2017 •
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Mining giant BHP Billiton has announced that it plans to modernise its Olympic Dam operations in South Australia. In a statement issued last week, the company said it will invest A$350 million in the operations where BHP produces copper, uranium and gold.
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June 30, 2017 •
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BHP Billiton has approved an initial funding of A$244 million for the South Flank project which is expected to be submitted for Board approval in the middle of the 2018. Located in the central Pilbara in WA, the South Flank project is BHP’s preferred option
