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Japan’s announced phasing-out of nuclear power by 2040 is the latest blow to an industry that has been reeling since Fukushima. Our governments should be nervous, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

Just what is the status of the Olympic Dam expansion plan? BHP boss Marius Kloppers finally made it clear yesterday — it’s nothing but a pipe dream. Kevin Naughton of InDaily reports.

Crikey readers have their say.

Slowing Asian economic growth mean more projects than Olympic Dam are likely to be put on hold, writes Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

The rate of change in external circumstances blind-sided BHP Billiton and its peers. The silver lining is that the change came soon enough to prevent unaffordable mega-projects from being set in motion.

The Olympic Dam expansion is now a genuine “mirage in the desert”. Kevin Naughton of InDaily looks at the history of the project from Mike Rann to now.

When the head of a major transnational corporation announces an epiphany on corporate social responsibility it is appropriate to be sceptical, writes freelancer David Ritter.

Ever since the SA premier began spruiking the mining boom in 2005, BHP has held the cards in negotiations, writes Kevin Naughton of InDaily.

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 Kevin Naughton of InDaily.

BHP is charging ahead with its Olympic Dam project despite the worldwide pause on nuclear power caused by Fukushima.

For anyone concerned that the Australian resources boom may be upended by a slowdown in demand from China over coming years, remember just two words: Olympic Dam.

Monday’s glittering tax cuts overshadowed any number of interesting figures and forecasts tucked away in the Treasury’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook - things like the prediction that BHP is going to be stuffed in three years’ time, writes Michael Pascoe.

Marius Kloppers’ new team at BHP Billiton is taking shape with the diversified miner clearly alluding to the importance of the Olympic Dam and its huge uranium deposits by creating a new Customer Service Group.