BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue are all confronting challenges – and responding differently – as they work on ties with their single most important buyer.
New BHP chairman Ross McEwan says Australia can’t afford to pick sides. Eamon Gallagher
For Australia’s big three iron ore miners, managing a relationship with China is a case of something old, something new, something borrowed, and trying to avoid a blue.
The old was back on the agenda at BHP’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, when chief executive Mike Henry found himself answering questions about the prospect of an iron ore merger with Rio Tinto.
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