Original article by Amanda Saunders
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 8 : 20-Nov-15
BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie has indicated that the resources group will review its progressive dividend policy in February 2016, when its financial results are released. However, chairman Jac Nasser says that BHP’s balance sheet is its top priority. The progressive dividend policy has come under scrutiny in the wake of a downturn in commodity prices and the tailings dam disaster at BHP’s jointly-owned iron ore project in Brazil.
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