DRYBLOWER

BHP wanders into a social-issues quagmire

BHP should report a strong profit tomorrow driven mainly by high iron ore prices but what <i>Dryblower</i> will be watching for is not in the numbers it’s whether BHP boss, Andrew Mackenzie, will deliver another sermon from his pulpit on morals and ethics.

BHP wanders into a social-issues quagmire

Most hard-nosed financial analysts will skip lightly over any comments on the company's Climate Investment Program or Aboriginal rights, but right-leaning politicians and media commentators will not. ...

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