METAL DETECTIVE

BHP: Sowing the seeds for a reversal?

IT’S back to the future for BHP Billiton, whose geographic mineral divisions sound very much like the 1999 model. Could CEO Andrew Mackenzie’s current head-lopping complete the time warp by putting a re-merger on the table? <i><b>The Metal Detective</i>, by Stephen Bell</b>

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BHP: Sowing the seeds for a reversal?

It seems incredible to suggest that BHP Billiton is laying the ground for a merger deal amid the current downturn and cost-out exercises, including the sacking of former iron ore president Jimmy Wilson...

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