Bhp Share Discussion Threads

[banjomick] 11/2/2007 02:12

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Beatles The - Strawberry Fields Forever (colour)


Brel Jacques- Au Suivant


Birthday Party on Gotterdamerung - Junkyard


Brooks Elkie - Pearl's A Singer


Breeders The - Iris (live 03-07-03)

[banjomick] 11/2/2007 02:12

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Animals-House Of The Rising Sun

[banjomick] 11/2/2007 02:12

Welcome to my little thread of music/poem in sound,vision or lyrical form,feel free to add anything and if good (imo) will add to the appropriate section.
Edit-Think I had one too many Single Malts-lol

another edit:can't see this thread lasting too long-lol

[jackpipe] 19/10/2006 06:55

I'm sorry but I can't make head or tail of this thread.
The charts say the price is about 40p. Some of the posts and news show the price to be several pounds. What the heck is greatbear talking about, waiting for it to drop to 750, with a target of £10.50 ???

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[greatbear] 22/10/2005 17:28

Waitng for these to drop to 750-735. Shouldn't be much longer now. Target £10.50.
GB.

[cottlet] 10/10/2005 21:43

What's new here?
Think they have recently bought a South African Company. Anybody have any more info?

[darias] 27/9/2005 15:33

Nobody showing any interest in this.

[jezinho] 14/4/2004 08:30

14/04/2004 GHANA
BHP Weighs Bauxite Projects' Impact



BHP Billiton is presently conducting an environmental impact study as a prelude to exploring the bauxite deposits of Nyinahin in the Ashanti region and the Kibi deposts in the eastern region. The mining giant has applied for prospecting licenses in the two areas but must first obtain an environment go-ahead.

Indeed, the two bauxite deposits are located in forest reserves and a green light from the Environment Protection Agency is needed before Ghana's Minerals Commission can award the licenses. BHP Billiton requires the exploration go-ahead in order to study the feasibility of developing the deposits - the biggest is Nyinahin - before deciding whether it would be viable to establish an integrated bauxite (bauxite, alumina, aluminum) operation in the country. Such a project would cost several billion dollars.

Other leading mining groups are also interested in Ghana's bauxite. Visiting Ghana in late March to negotiate the sale of its 10% stake in the Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) smelter, the U.S. firm Alcoa displayed an interest in developing minerals resources in the country and let it be known it could even retain or indeed increase its stake in VALCO. In the past, the Chinese Aluminum Company, Mitsubishi and Glencore all took a look at the Valco project.

[energyi] 21/4/2003 09:54

BHPB confirms diamond plans ... By: Ken Gooding
Posted: 2003/03/16 Sun 17:00 | © Mineweb 1997-2003

LONDON – BHP Billiton [LSE:BLT], the world's major natural resources group, today (March 14) took the wraps off two initiatives to illustrate how it will fulfil its ambition to become one of the biggest long-term players in the diamond business.

One initiative involves an exploration venture in Botswana, the biggest national producer of diamonds by value, and the second, at the other end of the marketing chain, involves the launch of a new trade-marked brand for Canadian diamonds: CanadaMark. At present BHPB's only operating diamond mine is the 80 percent owned Ekati project in Canada's Northwest Territories.

BHPB has established a new company, Kalahari Diamonds, to explore in highly prospective areas in Botswana. The group has contributed land and technology for 20 percent of Kalahari, while other investors, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, has 10 percent, and about 20 institutional investors and Antwerp diamond companies, between them have put in US$21m.

Kalaharia, which has John Bristow, who has 20 years diamond industry experience, including a spell with De Beers, as chief executive, is expected to list on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in two to three years.

BHPB will have the right to buy back between 51 and 60 percent of Kalahari's interest in any diamond or other mineral deposits discovered. It will also have the right to market Kalahari's share of diamonds produced.

The government of Botswana has the right to negotiate for a stake in any of Kalahari's mining projects at fair market value.

A key element in this venture is BHPB's proprietary Falcon airborne gravity gradiometer technology, first developed by the US military and then licensed and adapted by BHPB. Tom Whiting, vice president exploration, said some of the most prospective diamond territory in Botswana had so far not been explored by traditional methods because it was covered by a deep layer of sand. BHPB already had proved Falcon could penetrate the sand to locate kimberlite pipes.

The Kalahari venture was the brainchild of Kowie Strauss, a South African geology graduate who is now vice president and chief development officer of BHPB's diamonds and speciality products group. He said the venture illustrated the way his group intended to spread the exploration risk by established long-term joint ventures with partners or junior companies.

Listing Kalahari on AIM would provide a transparent value for the company which otherwise would simply be one of many BHBP subsidiaries. It would also enable Kalahari to raise funds for the development of any discoveries in Botswana not big enough to warrant BHPB's attention.

Strauss said BHBP would grow its diamond business in several ways, starting with exploration, sometimes with junior companies, using its Falcon technology and kimberlite geochemistry capabilities. It would be willing to invest in "risky" countries where diamonds were likely to be found but through "risk-mitigating joint venture and financial structures." On the marketing front BHPB would "expand from being one of the few credible sellers of rough diamonds to capture more of the downstream value."

He suggested the group would achieve significant premiums for its diamonds through its existing Aurias brand, which BHPB hopes will evolve into a "universal consumer brand of quality and guaranteed source," and from the second initiative, the CanadaMark brand.

CanadaMark promotion is starting this year to show a diamond is guaranteed to be sourced in Canada. Strauss said the group was talking to a number of retail groups because the trade mark could be used in conjunction with their own brands. There had also been discussions with Rio Tinto (LSE:RIO) whose Canadian diamond mine will start up soon. "Rio says it might be interested if we made a success of it," Strauss told Mineweb.

BHPB started with two brands, using the Ekati label as well as Aurias. Ekati has now been dropped because it was principally aimed at internet purchasers but the experiment proved that people are unwilling to buy high priced products at premium prices over the web.

Marcus Randolph, president of the diamonds and specialty products group, explained why the diamond business was so attractive to BHPB. Return on capital in the global diamond business averaged 25 percent against 12 percent for copper and 14 percent for zinc, he pointed out.

Demand for diamonds was growing at an annual 2 to 3 percent, thanks mainly to China and India, and to the extra branding and marketing efforts being made by producers. Meanwhile, Russian output, accounting for 17 percent of supply, was falling.

Rough (uncut) diamond prices were near an all time high and were not expected to fall in real terms – something that cannot be said about some other commodities.

BHPB's diamond operations contributed US$63m of earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in the most recent half-year, 2.2 percent of the group total. They also generated $79m of cash.

The Ekati mine, which has a life of about 17 years unless more discoveries are made nearby, will have cut its cash costs from $65 to $45 a carat by the end of this year and its diamonds are being sold at an average of $140/carat – a price likely to be held through the mine's life.

Marcus Engelbrecht, the diamond and specialty product group's chief financial officer, produced a chart that suggested BHPB has the most profitable diamond operations. The chart compared EBIT with turnover and showed BHPB had an EBIT of 46 percent of turnover, Rio Tinto, 27 percent, De Beers, 17 percent, and Russia's Al Rosa, 13 percent.

[energyi] 07/1/2003 00:53

BHP deserves its own thread,
dont you think?:

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NEWS: 01/06 03:56
BHP Billiton Says Goodyear Succeeds Gilbertson as CEO (Update9)
By Dudley White and Jason Gale

Melbourne, Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton said Brian Gilbertson quit as chief executive after six months because of ``irreconcilable differences'' with the board. In London, shares in the world's largest miner shed their most in five months.

Charles ``Chip'' Goodyear, a 44-year-old American who was chief development officer, will succeed the 59-year-old South African immediately, the company said. Goodyear was BHP Ltd.'s chief financial officer when the miner bought Billiton Plc for $11.6 billion in 2001, while Gilbertson was Billiton's CEO.

BHP Billiton shares fell as investors speculated the rift may be related to plans for $8.8 billion of cash it is expected to accumulate over the next two-and-a-half years. The company, which is investing $10 billion in new projects, hasn't made an acquisition in 11 months, even as rivals such as Anglo American Plc. bought mines.

``Gilbertson may have differed from the board in that he may have been more aggressive in getting out the checkbook,'' said Mark Pervan, senior resources analyst at Daiwa Securities SMBC. Goodyear is more likely to focus on internal growth than acquisitions, he said.

BHP Billiton shares fell as much as 14.5 pence, or 4.3 percent, to 321.5p in London, the biggest decline compared with closing prices since Aug. 5. They were 12.5p lower as of 8:42 a.m. The shares fell 4 percent to A$9.92 on the Australian Stock Exchange, the biggest slump since Aug. 6. The stock was the second- most traded on the exchange with 31.7 million changing hands, more than twice their daily average.
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[energyi] 06/1/2003 16:10

CHARTS, etc. for this thread (need changing...): 359940

Yes. I do think it is cheap... but there are some risks...

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BHP Billiton Limited is a diversified resources company with major commodity businesses, including aluminum, iron ore, copper, energy coal and metallurgical coal. The Company also has substantial interests in oil, gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), nickel, diamonds and silver. The Company has operations in the three key resource regions of Africa, Australia and Latin America, as well as a presence in the markets of North America, Europe and Asia. BHP Billiton owns subsidiaries that operate in the following areas of business: Minerals, Petroleum and Steel.

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