BHP Billiton news

BHP has announced a partnership with Caterpillar Inc. to develop and deploy zero-emissions mining trucks at BHP sites to reduce operational green-house gas emissions.

BHP has approved US$5.7 billion in capital expenditure for the Jansen Stage 1 potash project in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.

21 mining companies joining as patrons, over 350 companies from across 19 industries registering their interest as vendors, and more than 80 organisations submitted expressions of interest in the Charge On Innovation Challenge.

Murray & Roberts has announced that its multinational mining platform secured two contracts in its Cementation Americas business to the value of approximately ZAR 1.2 billion.

To accelerate its push to become a net-zero operator by 2050, BHP is set to become a founding member of Komatsu’s GHG Alliance.

Komatsu and several of its customers, including Rio Tinto, BHP, Codelco, and Boliden, have formed the Komatsu Greenhouse Gas Alliance.

BHP and its power partner in the Goldfields TransAlta are to build two solar farms and a battery storage system to help power the Mt Keith and Leinster operations at Nickel West.

BHP has announced the signing of a nickel supply agreement with one of the world’s leading sustainable energy companies, Tesla Inc.

DRA has been awarded the engineering and design of the Mt Keith Debottlenecking project by BHP Nickel West.

BHP has advised Encounter Resources of its intention to start negotiating a farm-in and joint venture agreement covering the Elliott Copper Project.