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BHP's already eye-watering Olympic Dam expansion bulked up again

Frik Els | June 13, 2012 | 2:01 pm Base Metals Energy Precious Metals Top Companies Australia Copper Gold Silver Uranium 

World number one miner BHP Billiton on Wednesday bought additional exploration plots near its Olympic Dam mine and expansion project from Tasman Resources. BHP paid $3 million for five tenements in the same geological zone as Olympic Dam, bringing the...

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