MANAGEMENT

Serious train pain

UNPLANNED production outages at Olympic Dam, Spence and maintenance and the train derailment at its Western Australian Iron Ore operations impacted BHP’s productivity by US$600 (A$839) million over the six months to December 31.

The November 5 train derailment has hit BHP's productivity.

The November 5 train derailment has hit BHP's productivity.

The news comes the day after a stoush between BHP and the Western Australian government erupted over the WA's government claim of up to $300 million in unpaid royalties. The big Australian has also...

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