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Business as usual for BHP despite NT moratorium

MINING major BHP Billiton is reviewing its position in the Top End after a moratorium on subsea mining was declared by the Northern Territory government but says it will have little impact on its $US279 million ($A263 million) manganese expansion plans at Groote Eylandt.

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Business as usual for BHP despite NT moratorium

The operation, which is the world’s largest producer of manganese, is owned 60% by BHP Billiton through operating company Gemco, with Anglo American holding the balance. A BHP spokesperson told MiningNews.net...

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