COAL miner, BHP Billiton has announced that Jac Nasser will succeed Don Argus as Chairman when Argus retires as Chairman and a Non-executive Director in early 2010.
05/08/2009
THE CSIRO and BHP Billiton have signed an agreement aimed at delivering significant benefits to the iron ore, manganese and metallurgical coal industries, and Australia.
15/05/2009
BHP Billiton says that the financial year to end-June 2009 was a very challenging but it achieved solid operational performance across a range of commodities including coal.
23/07/2009
BHP BILLITON is planning an expansion of its Mt Arthur coal mine as the company takes advantage of rising prices
27/07/2009
INDUSTRY officials expect BHP Billiton’s June quarter production report to reveal a recovery in Australian coal exports.
22/07/2009
BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal has invested $23 million in a new longwall sheerer.
05/05/2009
A GROUP of farmers have taken BHP Billiton to court over potential coal mining of the Liverpool Plains, New South Wales.
14/04/2009
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced that the State Government has taken the unprecedented step of ordering stop work notices for any breach of workplace conditions related to BHP Billiton sites until the problem is fixed.
01/04/2009
THE government has given BHP Billiton the green light to explore for coal in Wedderburn, near Campbeltown in NSW.
28/11/2008
BHP Billiton says it will ensure the protection of the prime agricultural land on the floodplain and deep alluvial irrigation aquifers in the Liverpool Plains.
02/09/2009
A LEAKED report suggests BHP Billiton is modifying plans to develop its coal mine in north western New South Wales.
08/08/2008
CHINESE Government-owned Shenhua Watermark has been cleared to buy key farms in the Liverpool Plains region as it moves to develop coal mining operations in the area.
23/07/2009
BUCYRUS has signed a contract with BHP Billiton to supply a new walking dragline for use in its Australian mines.
12/11/2008
BHP is narrowing its search for coal on the Liverpool Plains, citing environmental concerns as the main reason.
02/09/2008
SENATOR Doug Cameron has told the Senate that BHP Billiton should not be able to mine for coal at the Liverpool Plains.
14/05/2009
BHP Billiton has cut around 360 coal workers from its Saraji mine in central Queensland Macmahon lost a contract at the mine.
28/04/2009
BHP Billiton has announced that the New South Wales Government has approved the expansion of the Mt Arthur coal mine.
30/07/2009
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance has reportedly shipped 21% less of the fuel from its largest Australian port in January 2009 as demand slumps.
18/02/2009
Concerns have been raised by the Senate over the potential damage to farmland and water tables from proposed coal mining in the Liverpool Floodplains of New South Wales .
07/12/2009
A PROPOSED coal mine in the Bowen Basin has sparked hope for job seekers that have been sent rock bottom due to the declining global economy and subsequent slowdown in the mining sector.
16/07/2009