BHPB to buy WA contractors for US$735m

BHP Billiton has signed a heads of agreement with Leighton Holdings Ltd for the US$735 million purchase of its HWE Mining subsidiaries which provide contracted mining for the Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) operations

09 August 2011
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BHP Billiton has signed a heads of agreement with Leighton Holdings Ltd for the US$735 million purchase of its HWE Mining subsidiaries, which provide contracted mining for the Western Australia Iron

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