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Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... of holdings. "The bigger questions is do we go down to the next level, to say that of that 10% in mining, one third is in BHP and you, the member, actually hold 722 BHP shares. Now, the people we're targeting, the 50-70% of super fund members who aren't ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... metals industries. The ICMM's members include: African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, AREVA, Barrick, BHP Billiton, Codelco, Freeport-MCMoRan Copper and Gold, Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Hydro, JX Nippon Mining and Metals, Lonmin, Minerals ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... pay their chairpersons relatively high annual fees due to the fact these entities changed chairperson during 2010, including BHP Billiton, Commonwealth Bank and ANZ," the report said. "Of the 598 individuals in the 2010 sample 10 received director fees ...

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... adviser as decision maker is undesirable, but Don Argus, director of Australian Foundation Investment Company, and former BHP Billiton chairman, went further and said that the use of proxy advisers is a disintermediation of the process. "I don't believe ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has welcomed copper producer Codelco as a member company. Meanwhile, BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers has taken over as chair of the ICMM. "We are pleased to have Codelco aboard as an ICMM member," ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Upper Hunter and the region's future." The Upper Hunter is the site of coal mining for producers Anglo American, Ashton Coal, BHP Billiton Mt Arthur Coal, Bloomfield Colliery, Coal & Allied, Muswellbrook Coal, Peabody Energy Australia, Vale Australia ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... human rights policies, managed the exposures and provided reporting on the subject - he pointed to Rio Tinto, ANZ, Fosters and BHP Billiton as positive examples. In general, miners, the finance sector and consumer staples have the highest demonstration ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... identifying the needs of the board. The best way of doing this is through a board skills matrix. In the book, I include a copy of BHP Billiton's board skills matrix from its 2010 Annual Report, as an example of a matrix which all boards should prepare. ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... sector," the ICMM briefing states. "A number of mining firms including Xstrata, Rio Tinto, Centennial, Anglo American, and BHP Billiton are already investing significant funds in the development of these new abatement technologies. The scale of the existing ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... on an analysis of recent output, emissions and earnings levels. Michael Salvatico According to MSCI's analysis, Alcoa and BHP Billiton would see EBITA reductions of -0.9%, Rio Tinto would see EBITA cut 0.8% and Norsk Hydro would see a benefit of 0.1%. ...