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BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest miner, and its Philippine partner will meet in Singapore next week to settle a dispute covering a Davao nickel mine, one of the country’s biggest mining projects.
Initial talks will be conducted between representatives of BHP Billiton, Asiaticus Management Corp. (Amcor), and Environment Secretary Joselito Atienza, Mines and Geosciences Bureau director […]

GLOBAL MINING giant BHP Billiton Pty. Ltd. will exercise its option to participate in an oil and gas exploration project in southern Sulu Sea, the Department of Energy announced yesterday.
“The [Department of Energy’s] approval of this assignment will bring [BHP Billiton], the world’s largest integrated resources company, into the Philippine upstream sector, working alongside ExxonMobil, […]

By Alena Mae S. Flores
The oil and gas exploration unit of BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining company, has expressed interest to team up with PNOC Exploration Corp. to scout for fossil fuel in the West Balabac area off the southwesternmost tip of Palawan island.
Jacinto Paras, PNOC Exploration chairman, told reporters that BHP Billiton Petroleum […]

Wednesday , 13 Aug 2008
It has always been your Company’s intention to maximise the value of its large nickel resource base through product beneficiation. It is very pleasing therefore, to report that shortly after the end of the year under review, we signed a memorandum of understanding with Jiangxi Rare Earth and Rare Metals Tungsten […]

Reuters reported that mining groups from Brazil to Australia are combing the Philippines for copper, nickel and gold but patience is required to see a return on investment. Disagreement over contracts, communist rebel attacks, financial difficulties and local opposition have stalled some existing mining projects in the Philippines but with metal prices still high, overseas […]

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, and Philippine metals explorer NiHAO Mineral Resources International Inc. signed an agreement today to look for nickel deposits in the Southeast Asian nation.
BHP will provide technical assistance to an initial exploration of NiHAO’s 7,102-hectare (17,549-acre) property in Zambales province, NiHAO Mineral President Jerry Angping said in an […]

MANILA: Manila Mining won approval from the Philippine government to explore and extract minerals from an area that includes a planned development with Anglo American, the world’s second-biggest mining company.
Manila Mining, an affiliate of Lepanto Consolidated Mining, signed a so-called mineral production sharing agreement covering 5,000 hectares, or 12,355 acres, in […]