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BHP Billiton to take a $2.8 billion write-down on US assets

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2015 | 3:55 am Base Metals Energy Top Companies Europe Coal Copper Iron Ore Potash 

[caption id="attachment_829051" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Fayetteville Shale, Arkansas, U.S. (Image courtesy of BHP)[/caption] BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT), the world’s No. 1 miner by market value, said Wednesday it expects to record a pre-tax impairment charge of approximately $2.8 billion this year against the...

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