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Japanese and Australian stock futures fell amid concern Europe's debt crisis is worsening as Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy struggles to avoid tapping markets to fund a bailout of its third-biggest lender.

European stocks climbed, extending last week's advance, after Greek opinion polls eased concern that the country will leave the euro currency union.

Unless some evidence of construction work has been made by year end on the programmed $33 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine project, it is likely that It's now all systems go for BHP Billiton Ltd.

BHP Billiton Ltd. , the world's biggest mining company, will lose the right to proceed with the $33 billion Olympic Dam copper-uranium expansion in Australia if it doesn't start work by the end of the year, pressuring the the board to approve the project as commodity prices decline.

It's no secret that risk on has been turned off in earnest since the start of the second quarter.

The Canadian government is moving ahead with plans to increase the threshold for foreign takeover reviews, Industry Minister Christian Paradis said.

With all of the recent drama in Europe taking center stage, many quality U.K stocks have taken a dive in price and are near their 52-week lows.

BHP Billiton Group - SWOT Analysis examines the company's key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Although operators of the soon-to-be shuttered smelter plant in Hunter Valley cited the high Australian dollar and weak prices in the international market for aluminium as the short-term reasons why it would close its Kurri Kurri facility, the Opposition seized the closure of the plant to blame again the carbon tax for the economic woes of ... (more)

In the midst of a heated legal battle between Chilean state copper company Codelco and Anglo American PLC , Codelco's chief executive Diego Hernandez resigned Thursday.

MELBOURNE May 24, 2012--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it had assigned its 'A+' long-term credit rating to BHP Billiton Finance Ltd.'s drawdown from its existing EUR20 billion medium-term note program.

Australian stocks moved higher early Thursday, with resources leading the gains ahead of Chinese economic data later in the session and as news from an informal European leaders' summit trickled out.

Many exploration and production companies have written down the value of natural gas properties in the first quarter of 2012, as lower prices for the commodity have triggered a revaluation of these assets.

Tickers in this Article A AUSE , WOPEY.PK , XOM , CQP , EAW , COP , HES , BHP , BBL , CVX , RDS-A , RDS-B Much of Australia's investment thesis has come from commodities.

The conventional wisdom in commodity investing is that in the long run fundamentals will win out over short-term price swings caused by news headlines.

Yesterday's National Press Club speech by AWU boss Paul Howes and the latest economic update from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development provide a telling contrast that demonstrates where economic debate currently is in Australia and where our political debate may well be headed.

The world's largest mining companies led by BHP Billiton Ltd. are struggling with higher costs to complete $200 billion in new projects, prompting them to slow work and turn instead to acquisitions and asset sales.

BHP Billiton Ltd.'s loss-making manganese alloy operations in Tasmania secured a reprieve, with smelting set to resume after the mining company found areas in which to cut costs.

Australian shares build on yesterday's modest advance as bargain hunters pick up miners and mining services companies on hopes that China will take more steps to boost growth and Greece will be able to avert an exit from the eurozone.

The ongoing strike by BHP Billiton miners is expected to reach a peak on Thursday with about 4,000 employees from six mines expected to walk off their jobs following a deadlock in enterprise bargaining discussion.