Edgar Basto

Tim Day
ENVIRONMENT

Key BHP bosses named

WAIO role necessitated by last year's management reshuffle

23 January 2024

 Edgar Basto speaking at Austmine 2023.
MANAGEMENT

Basto puts faith in SA copper province

Has the job of combining Carrapateena and Prominent Hill with Olympic Dam

10 May 2023

Underground at Prominent Hill.
MANAGEMENT

And so it begins

BHP getting ready to reap synergies from OZ deal

02 May 2023

Edgar Basto
SURFACE

Edgar Basto named Mining Figure of the Year

Australian successes led to Edgar Basto being named BHP's chief operating officer

02 December 2022

Edgar Basto is moving into the newly-created role of BHP COO.
ENVIRONMENT

'Significant' change near the top for BHP

Executive team changes at BHP.

16 August 2022

Edgar Basto believes the Queensland government's rate hike is hurting investment.
MANAGEMENT

Basto weighs in on Qld royalty hike

Says the rate rise undoes the good work Australia has done and threatens future investment.

15 July 2022

A report into a rock fall at a site important to Traditional Owners shows historical blasting may have been to blame.
SURFACE

BHP rock shelter wreck investigation complete

Deemed likely the 2021 rockfall was set in motion by blasts between 2013 and 2016.

07 February 2022

Edgar Basto says the science is clear that vaccination saves lives.
ENVIRONMENT

Miner vaccinations spread

Union set to oppose any company driven vaccine mandates but support government mandates.

08 October 2021

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