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By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP and Rio Tinto (NYSE:) have used confidentiality agreements to prevent female employees from speaking about sexual harassment at work, according to a lawyer leading Australian class action lawsuits against the miners. Brisbane-based law firm JGA Saddler filed a class action against each mining…
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP Group (NYSE:) is likely to flesh out plans next week to spend at least $7 billion over the coming years to recover more metal from the world’s biggest mine, Escondida in Chile, investors and analysts said on Thursday. The world’s biggest listed miner…
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – A hearing in a lawsuit against BHP over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam, will begin at London’s High Court on Monday, with claimants seeking up to 36 billion pounds ($47 billion) in damages. More than 600,000 Brazilians, 46…
Investing.com – European stock markets fell Wednesday, with rising bond yields unnerving investors ahead of the release of key inflation data amid fears of monetary policy remaining tighter for longer. At 03:05 ET (07:05 GMT), the in Germany traded 0.3% lower, the in France fell 0.3%, while the in the…
By Melanie BurtonMELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP Group (NYSE:) is likely to sweeten its $43 billion takeover offer for Anglo American (JO:) for a second time and possibly add cash, investors in both companies said on Tuesday, after the London-headquartered target rejected a higher bid.Anglo said the improved all-share offer, up…
By Daina Beth Solomon, Fabian Cambero and Ernest ScheyderSANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s state-run miner Codelco must focus on boosting its production, but it has a global prestige that would not be tarnished if it cedes its role as Chile’s top producer to rival BHP, Mining Minister Aurora Williams said on…
