18/02/2014at 15:37

Big growth for Australian mining giant

BHP Billiton improved both its underlying EBIT and underlying attributable profit as evident in the company's interim report for the first half of 2013. The result was especially caused by an increased focus on productivity and volumes.

BY CHRISTIAN CARLSEN

The world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, is focusing hard on productivity and volumes, and this focus has now paid off.

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