Asian demand to offset effect of oil rise: BHP
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DESPITE high oil prices affecting global spending, BHP Billiton chairman Don Argus yesterday assured shareholders this would be offset by increased demand for commodities from the world&#39;s two fastest-growing economies - China and India.
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Oil prices hit record highs on  Thursday, fueling gains in some energy stocks, but fears that  high power costs will dent household incomes, raise firms'  expenses and hurt global growth weighed on Asian share markets.
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China&#39;s appetite for raw materials shows no sign of abating, with four Chinese steel mills agreeing to buy an extra $3.2 billion of Australian iron ore over the next 10 years, global miner BHP Billiton said Tuesday.
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World oil demand will rise faster than  expected to 2012 while supply lags, the International Energy  Agency said on Monday, leading to a tighter market than  previously anticipated.
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Oil prices struck a fresh record high  above $47.50 a barrel on Thursday as fresh evidence of demand  growth in China and India underlined how rising appetite for  oil is straining the world's supply system.
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, approved a total of $1.5 billion to expand its copper and iron ore output amid increasing global metals demand led by China.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, more than doubled second-half profit as Chinese demand boosted commodity prices. The company is considering returning as much as $2 billion to investors, including share buybacks.
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The world&#39;s biggest mining group, BHP Billiton, says its second-half net profit has more than doubled on strong demand for industrial raw materials and forecast sustained high prices for commodities.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Continued strong steelmaking demand from China is expected to drive an 18.6% lift in iron ore prices for Australian producers into 2005, the government&#39;s Australian Bureau of Agricultural &amp; Resource Economics said Monday.
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Growing demand for resources in Asia is being served by a group of big Western companies.
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Tokyo shares gained on a key corporate spending survey that boosted optimism Japanese growth figures would be revised upwards, but most other Asian stock markets were under pressure on Monday after a US tech sector sell off.
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Australian resources firm BHP Billiton is expected to post sharply higher earnings in the year to June aided by rising commodities prices, high production levels and continued strong demand from China, analysts said.
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World demand for oil will rise more than expected while supplies will remain tight between now and 2012, experts say.
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The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton has reported a record first-half profit of 6.168 billion dollars, and said it expected China to continue to drive global demand for commodities.
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Oil prices keep climbing but for the moment the economists are sticking to the line that the global and Australian economies will weather the storm.
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Japanese shares fell on Wednesday as a stronger yen and worries over earnings outlooks weighed on tech stocks, but hefty gains in mining giant BHP  pushed the Australian market to fresh record highs.
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The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton reported a record first-half profit of 6.168 billion dollars, and said it expected China to continue to drive global demand for commodities.