Billiton to cut jobs as price falls
BHP Billiton plans to shed hundreds more jobs, adding to the thousands of contractors and employees that have left its operations over the past few years as it continues to cut costs in the face of a falling iron ore price.
Julie-anne Sprague and Tess Ingram
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