BHP Billiton

Equity raising

GEAR plans to raise $86.9 million via placement a week after reporting record earnings

A week earlier, GEAR announced record earnings of US$251.3 million for FY2021, up 629%

Emerging Markets

Jokowi roots for private investment as Freeport dispute lingers

JAKARTA (Oct 17): Indonesia will turn to private investors for the hundreds of billions of dollars in investment needed to develop the archipelago’s infrastructure and natural resources, President Joko Widodo said, brushing off claims he was increasingl

Commodities

Indonesia pays price of protectionism as commodity exports sink

SINGAPORE (March 29): Indonesia’s economy is losing out on commodity gains after lawmakers wrapped protectionist policies around the nation’s resources. Their next problem: finding a lucrative replacement.

Singapore caught in centre of BHP Billiton’s alleged $1 bil tax avoidance storm

SINGAPORE (Sept 28): Singapore has found itself caught in the centre of a $1 billion tax dispute as the Australian Taxation Office alleges that BHP Billiton is making use of a marketing hub based in the city-state to avoid tax.
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