Abbott Says Australia Backs Expansion of Olympic Dam
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BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, will get Australian government help as it consider options for the expansion of its Olympic Dam mine, a plan shelved after metal prices declined.
“I want to ensure that as far as is humanly possible everything that government does is directed towards making it easier, not harder, for this iconic project to go ahead,” Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters yesterday in Sydney.