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BHP’s Annual General Meeting dominated by questions, angry Aboriginals and other speakers

Road ahead looks uncertain for BHPCanberra Times, BY GREG ROBERTS,18 Nov, 2011   “……Chief executive Marius Kloppers said yesterday businesses were cutting back on inventory and taking fewer risks as liquidity and trade financing dried up.

  The shareholders’ meeting was dominated by a question and answer session lasting more than three hours, with speakers – including indigenous people who had travelled from central Australia – angrily accusing the company of destroying the environment through uranium and coal mining. The planned Olympic Dam mine expansion would make it arguably the biggest mine in the world.

November 18, 2011 - Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, business, uranium

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