China's steel industry has sent a high-level delegation to Brazil to gather support for a campaign opposing BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's iron ore joint venture in Australia, a report said Monday. The Australian Financial Review said officials from the China Industry and Steel Association flew to ...

* Annual target output of 39,000 tonnes over first 5 years * Deal to be sealed by March with federal, state approvals * BHP to reverse $441 million post-tax in impairment costs * New owner...

BRISBANE, Nov 26 - BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc <BHP.AX> <BLT.L>, a major supplier of iron ore to steel mills globally, said on Thursday it was surprised by the continuing strength of China's steelmaking sector in the...

SYDNEY, Oct 16 - Australian iron ore prospector United Minerals Corp <UMC.AX> has received a A$204 million conditional takeover offer from BHP Billiton <BHP.AX>, it said on Friday. The offer is conditional on United dropping...

By Zhang Wen BHP Billiton lobbied Australia last year to stop a $19.5-billion investment in Rio Tinto Group proposed by Aluminum Corp of China, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Thursday, citing a former Australian government official. "E-mails from BHP were circulating at the highest levels, c...

HONG KONG, Sept 24 - Former BHP Billiton CEO Charles "Chip" Goodyear briefly addressed his departure from Temasek on Thursday and stood up for the importance of long-term shareholder gains. "Differences of strategic vision is...

SYDNEY, Sept 16 - BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc is still in talks over some current year benchmark iron ore contracts with Chinese steel firms, and will start next year's talks in October, its head of marketing...

JAKARTA, Sept 16 - BHP Billiton Ltd <BHP.AX> may opt to sell part of its stake in its Indonesian coal project on Borneo island and form a joint-venture with other investors to run the project,...

PERTH, Sept 2 - Miner BHP Billiton Ltd <BHP.AX> <BLT.L>, major shareholder of the Newcastle Coal Industry Group, said on Wednesday it remained committed to long-term reforms designed to ease congestion at Australia's Newcastle coal...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 26 - BHP Billiton <BHP.AX> said on Wednesday that a strike planned for Thursday by a metalworkers union would not affect production at its South African manganese alloy plant. BHP <BLT.L><BILJ.J> said in...