The BHP Billiton corporation, which was born with recent merger of Australian mining giant BHP and the London-headquartered South African Billiton resources company, made a monster profit of US$2.189 ...

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed mining company Kingston Resources has entered into a binding definitive agreement with Ok Tedi Mining to divest its Misima gold project in Papua New Guinea ...

In an extraordinary move the Papua New Guinea government has passed legislation that prevents any government agency from taking or supporting "in any way" proceedings against BHP-Billiton "in respect ...

SYDNEY/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of copper producer Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. jumped 5 percent in U.S. trading on rumors of a takeover bid by BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc , but analysts gave an ...