The iron ore giant has flagged it is open to potentially large-scale takeover plays in copper to increase exposure on metals vital to driving the shift to green energy.
BHP boss Mike Henry has thrown down the gauntlet to Anglo American’s shareholders,after the London-based miner rejected the Australian giant’s latest takeover offer.
A wide-ranging probe,established after five workers were seriously injured in a blast last year,has found gas drainage systems could not cope at the central Queensland mine.
Wayne Sellars recounted to the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry the methane gas explosion at Grosvenor Coal Mine last year.
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund has dumped one Australian company and warned another over their records on climate change.
The Australian billionaire has emerged as one of the only winners after embattled UK potash miner Sirius Minerals announced it was backing a low ball £405m offer from Anglo American.
As the climate change debate intensifies,output of the planet's dirtiest fuel is dropping,pushing up coal prices and boosting miners'profits.