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Rising market intervention and resources nationalism by governments globally was an understandable trend in times of uncertainty, BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser said today.

The rising Australian dollar took the gloss off another strong performance by WA exporters in the 2009-10 financial year.

The state government expects its royalties agreement with Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to stand even if a proposed joint venture between the two companies doesn't go ahead.

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, said it had cleared the first US regulatory hurdle in its bid for Canadian company Potash Corp of Saskatchewan.

BHP Billiton has approved the development of the $US1.5 billion ($A1.57 billion) Macedon gas field off the coast of Exmouth in Western Australia.

BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers has stirred debate with his forthright advocacy of action on climate change.

The royalty agreement reached by the state government with mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton has reduced BHP's underlying profit by US$126 million.

PERTH-BASED surveying and mapping firm McMullen Nolan says it will use the acquisition of mid-tier surveyor DM Gerloff & Associates to build its business outside of metropolitan land development and expand its capabilities of servicing mining and resource

The decision to overhaul a company's brand is not without risk, but many WA businesses are reaping the rewards. Russell Quinn & Blake Wilshaw report.

MINING giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have scrapped plans for a single over-arching state agreement with the Western Australian government for their proposed $US116 billion iron ore joint venture in the Pilbara.

MINING giant BHP Billiton has quietly opened a second front in its battle to prevent other miners from accessing its Pilbara iron ore railways, putting it in direct confrontation with the state government.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has won a contract with BHP Billiton subsidiary Nickel West to provide electrical and instrumentation at the Talc Redesign Project.

Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have reached a royalty agreement with the West Australian government for their iron ore operations in the state.

ENVIRONMENTAL consultancy Outback Ecology is one of the 2010 Rising Stars award winners.

BHP Billiton has joined the debate surrounding the Labor party's use of an American university student's report in to the disparity between the tax payed by mining giants as Treasurer Wayne Swan took another swipe at the sector.

A who's who of Perth's business elite have appeared in a full-page advertisement against the resources super profit tax as BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser speaks out for the first time against the controversial tax.

International ratings agency Fitch has indicated that while the Commonwealth's proposed super profits tax on the nation's mining and resources outfits "isn't good news for Australian miners", it will not affect the ratings of these companies.

BHP Billiton has held urgent talks with Mines Minister Norman Moore after it launched an inquiry into the death of a 45-year-old man at its Leinster nickel mine.

BHP Billiton has started oil production at its $2 billion Pyrenees project in the Exmouth Sub-basin earlier than expected.

Most of the directors in United Minerals Corporation have cashed in their options as part of a $204 million takeover deal with BHP Billiton. Five of the nine directors last week netted a combined $1.4 million from a total of 3.6 million options after acce

BHP Billiton has ruled out a dedicated rail link to its $500 million Yeelirrie uranium project near Wiluna, despite rejecting road-only transport options because of the higher accident risk.

WA's major sporting franchises remain bullish about the year ahead after mixed performances in 2009.

BHP Billiton has appointed company insider Chris Campbell to head its lucrative iron ore division.

Shares in West Perth-based Otto Energy have surged higher today after it signed a farm-in option deal with BHP Billiton over an oil project in the Philippines, some 10 months after the initial agreement lapsed.

BHP Billiton has boosted NRW Holdings contract value for work at the Rapid Growth Project 5 by $105 million, taking the total amount to close to $200 million for the mining services company.

Shares in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have dropped as the mining giants enter the next stage of merging their Pilbara iron ore assets, expected to deliver more than $US10 billion in savings.

BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are remaining quiet over their proposed Pilbara iron ore joint venture, a day before a binding merger agreement is due to be delivered.

West Perth-based Breakaway Resources has signed a $10 million joint venture agreement with BHP Billiton over the Eloise copper mine in Queensland.

Shares in United Minerals Corporation have surged after BHP Billiton confirmed a $204 million takeover for the company.

THE proposed $140 billion joint venture of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's Pilbara iron operations stands to have a major impact for local contractors.

BHP Billiton has given the go-ahead to a $US152 million ($A177 million) investment to enhance the processing of ore at its Mount Keith nickel operation in the eastern Goldfields.

Development of BHP Billiton's $1 billion Macedon domestic gas project off Exmouth has moved closer, following the formal start of front end engineering and design work.

BHP Billiton has elected to extend a nickel offtake agreement with miner Mincor Resources for a further nine years.

A new book provides a fresh insight into the workings of mining giant BHP-Billiton.

BHP Billiton has settled almost a quarter of its total iron ore volumes at the newly agreed benchmark prices while one-third will be sold at spot and index-based prices.

BHP Billiton Iron Ore and World Vision have teamed up to form a $5 million partnership to boost care and health activities for pre-school aged children in the east Pilbara.

BHP Billiton has today confirmed that it will start the formal evaluation of divestment as a potential future option for the Ravensthorpe nickel mine.

An anti-uranium alliance has stepped up calls for a public inquiry into BHP Billiton's "secretive" Western Australian uranium mine, Yeelirrie.

The state mining engineer has ordered BHP Billiton to carry out an independent engineering study at its Perseverance nickel operation following the second rock-fall incident in less than a month.

It is not that Perth dealmakers are joining the dole queues, they have just had a little more time on their hands recently.