date:Feb 24, 2014
ate rates of growth. In the longer term, the fundamentals of wealth creation and urbanisation should benefit general commodities demand, although the transition to consumption-led growth in the emerging economies should provide particular support for industrial metals, energy and fertilisers, it added.
Analysts welcomed the cost cutting and BHP's drive to push down debt, which currently stands at US $27.1 billion, although Goldman Sachs said that despite the solid numbers, it does not see anyt