METAL DETECTIVE

BHP's Olympic digging goes to tender

THE race is on for Australia's pumped-up mining contractors to clinch one of the juiciest jobs around - digging the world's biggest copper mine for BHP Billiton in the South Australian desert. <i>The Metal Detective, by Stephen Bell.</i>

Stephen Bell

BHP has confirmed that the pre-strip component of its $US5 billion ($A5.75 billion) plus Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion has gone out for bids. “Tenders have been called and are currently being...

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