Wednesday, January 21, 2009

BHP takes $1.6 billion charge, to cut 6,000 jobs - Yahoo! News

SYDNEY (Reuters) – BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc (BLT.L) (BHP.AX) will cut 6,000 jobs and close its giant Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Australia, writing off $1.6 billion, as the global resources giant battles a collapse in commodity prices.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090121/bs_nm/us_bhpbilliton

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