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		<title>China holds steady but India looms as big buyer iron ore buyer</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/18/china-holds-steady-but-india-looms-as-big-buyer-iron-ore-buyer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/18/china-holds-steady-but-india-looms-as-big-buyer-iron-ore-buyer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Falling Indian exports will support global prices and maintain demand from China.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayne: Nasser, Murdoch sycophancy and the BHP-Billiton AGM</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/18/mayne-nasser-murdoch-sycophancy-and-the-bhp-billiton-agm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/18/mayne-nasser-murdoch-sycophancy-and-the-bhp-billiton-agm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jac Nasser]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=260072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BHP-Billiton AGM is the biggest event during the AGM season and only Telstra competes when it comes to serving up the lengthiest and craziest fare.]]></description>
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		<title>On executive pay, Don Argus just doesn&#8217;t get it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/on-executive-pay-don-argus-just-doesnt-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/on-executive-pay-don-argus-just-doesnt-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don argus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[keith lambert]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=253064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You’ve got to hand it to Don Argus. The former CEO of NAB, turned Australia’s most prolific board member, certainly is willing to speak his mind.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mike Rann delivers Kloppers&#8217; Kingdom in Melbourne</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/13/mike-rann-delivers-kloppers-kingdom-in-melbourne/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/13/mike-rann-delivers-kloppers-kingdom-in-melbourne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[marius kloppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympic dam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the SA premier began spruiking the mining boom in 2005, BHP has held the cards in negotiations, writes <b>Kevin Naughton</b> of <a href="http://www.indaily.com" target="_blank"><em>InDaily</em></a>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The long and winding road that leads to Olympic Dam</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/the-long-and-winding-road-that-leads-to-olympic-dam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/12/the-long-and-winding-road-that-leads-to-olympic-dam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympic dam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roxby downs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than six years after an excited South Australian government began spruiking a state mining boom, the proposed $20 billion expansion of South Australia’s Olympic Dam mine is getting close to a real deal, writes <b>Kevin Naughton</b> of <a href="http://www.indaily.com" target="_blank"><em>InDaily</em></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Now it&#8217;s China&#8217;s banks under the hammer</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/11/now-its-chinas-banks-under-the-hammer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/11/now-its-chinas-banks-under-the-hammer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[china banks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[europe banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The global banking strains have spread to China with the country's government last night surprising with a very public move to buy shares in its four biggest lenders after their shares have fallen 30% in recent months.]]></description>
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		<title>Profit-rich mining companies get $100m NSW budget handout</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/profit-rich-mining-companies-get-100m-nsw-budget-handout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/profit-rich-mining-companies-get-100m-nsw-budget-handout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[peabody coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=245507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The generosity of politicians towards the mining industry knows no bounds, whether it is the wobbling Gillard mob in Canberra or the smug lot led by suave Barry O'Farrell in Sydney.]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s frontier economy puts mega billions at risk</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/chinas-frontier-economy-puts-mega-billions-at-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/30/chinas-frontier-economy-puts-mega-billions-at-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For all its increasing financial, political military and economic clout, China is still a frontier economy when it comes to good business and investment good governance.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: BHP&#8217;s unique boom bonanza</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/bartholomeusz-bhps-unique-boom-bonanza/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/bartholomeusz-bhps-unique-boom-bonanza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[china economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petrohawk energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It would be tempting to look at the massive $US23.6 billion ($A22.5 billion) profit BHP Billiton announced yesterday and see, as some do, those earnings as easy windfall gains from the China-inspired boom in commodities. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: BHP&#8217;s gas play ticks all the boxes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/15/bartholomeusz-bhps-gas-play-ticks-all-the-boxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/15/bartholomeusz-bhps-gas-play-ticks-all-the-boxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=235852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A company such as BHP, with its vast balance sheet and cash flows, is able to accelerate development. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The story behind the Chinese miner&#8217;s land deals here</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/01/the-story-behind-the-chinese-miners-land-deals-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/01/the-story-behind-the-chinese-miners-land-deals-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=232752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese mining company's purchases of properties have been well known in the Caroona district of the Liverpool Plains. And guess who's got the project next door? BHP Billiton.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Selling off the farm&#8217; isn&#8217;t the problem for the mining industry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/30/what-economic-nationalism-overlooks-when-it-comes-to-multinational-miners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/30/what-economic-nationalism-overlooks-when-it-comes-to-multinational-miners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=232485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Selling off the farm" is no longer a metaphor, with a rising tide of complaints about foreign ownership of agricultural land. But the real problem is how multinational companies exploits tax laws.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Gina Rinehart will become the world&#8217;s richest person</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/22/how-gina-rinehart-will-become-the-worlds-richest-person/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/22/how-gina-rinehart-will-become-the-worlds-richest-person/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=230825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart hates the label "Australia’s richest person". So how will she and the rest of the country react when (not if) she ranks as the "world’s richest", as can be forecast using the latest research? asks <b>Tim Treadgold</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The Point Lowly desal plant that’s got SA squabbling</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/05/23/the-point-lowly-desal-plant-thats-got-sa-squabbling/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2011/05/23/the-point-lowly-desal-plant-thats-got-sa-squabbling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 22:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=224951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BHP Billiton refuses to back down from its controversial plans to build a desalination plant at Point Lowly, South Australia, despite fears of significant environmental damage, explains <b>Esther Ooi</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>A media meltdown</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/17/a-media-meltdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/17/a-media-meltdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 02:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: an Amazonian effort</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/28/bartholomeusz-an-amazonian-effort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/28/bartholomeusz-an-amazonian-effort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The common denominator in the Amazon and Google results was that the increase in revenues significantly outstripped the increase in earnings.]]></description>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: Woodside&#8217;s shell is cracking</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/12/bartholomeusz-woodsides-shell-is-cracking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/12/bartholomeusz-woodsides-shell-is-cracking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marius kloppers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Woodside Petroleum]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=217022</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BHP Billiton has, perhaps temporarily, doused the flames of expectation that it was about to mount a $46 billion bid for Woodside Petroleum. ]]></description>
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		<title>Iron ore prices boost to dump on the gloomsters</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/iron-ore-prices-boost-to-dump-on-the-gloomsters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/01/iron-ore-prices-boost-to-dump-on-the-gloomsters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortescue Metals Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iron ore prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vale of Brazil]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=206976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prices for iron ore (our biggest export) are about to have another surprise boost.]]></description>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: BHP Billiton&#8217;s missing billions</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/22/bartholomeusz-bhp-billitons-missing-billions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/22/bartholomeusz-bhp-billitons-missing-billions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marius kloppers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=205337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week Marius Kloppers had analysts scratching their heads after he revealed BHP Billiton planned to spend $US80 billion investing in its current portfolio over the next five years.]]></description>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: keeping BHP&#8217;s powder dry</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/16/bartholomeusz-keeping-bhps-powder-dry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/16/bartholomeusz-keeping-bhps-powder-dry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marius kloppers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=204000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's odd to say a company expanding its capital management program, increasing dividends and boosting production is keeping its powder dry. But that's the conclusion from the BHP results.]]></description>
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		<title>Bartholomeusz: BHP&#8217;s divine intervention on coal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/08/bartholomeusz-bhps-divine-intervention-on-coal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/08/bartholomeusz-bhps-divine-intervention-on-coal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marius kloppers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=191632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year BHP Billiton succeeded in its quest to convert the iron ore market from one based on annual benchmark price negotiations to one where the prices are set by reference to the market. Now it could do something similar to the pricing of coking coal.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>BHP 3rd most valuable company as Liberal bank holdings hit $28m</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/bhp-3rd-most-valuable-company-as-liberal-bank-holdings-hit-28m/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/08/bhp-3rd-most-valuable-company-as-liberal-bank-holdings-hit-28m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal liberal party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the federal government warning of revenue shortfalls on its new mineral resources rent tax courtesy of the surging dollar, it is clear BHP-Billiton could comfortably afford to pay billions more in tax if the MRRT variables were tweaked.]]></description>
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		<title>Gottliebsen: why BHP&#8217;s Potash bid failed</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/05/gottliebsen-why-bhps-potash-bid-failed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/05/gottliebsen-why-bhps-potash-bid-failed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BHP Billiton has failed in three major corporate thrusts. Each time it has made serious mistakes, writes <b>Robert Gottliebsen</b> of Business Spectator.]]></description>
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		<title>Wesfarmers transparency sets example on contract disclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/wesfarmers-transparency-sets-example-on-contract-disclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/wesfarmers-transparency-sets-example-on-contract-disclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iron ore price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wesfarmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It can be argued that ASIC and the ASX are allowing the likes of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to trade in an uninformed market because of a failure to update the market on quarterly iron ore and coal contract prices.]]></description>
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		<title>Kloppers reignites climate debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/16/suddenly-the-climate-debate-is-going-like-the-kloppers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/16/suddenly-the-climate-debate-is-going-like-the-kloppers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BHP Billiton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Hunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marius kloppers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Politicians should be wary of business leaders - such as BHP CEO Marius Kloppers - urging action on issues like climate change.]]></description>
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