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3:48pm

US paints bearish outlook for grain prices

John Shedd, 85, loads a container with Bt-corn harvested from his son's farm October 9, 2003 near Rockton, Illinois

USDA says corn and soya production could rise to record levels

From COMPANIES 2:45pm

Chesapeake profits hit by gas price fall

US shale gas and oil producer’s earnings drop 87%

From WORLD 2:27pm

Israel grants Golan exploration licence

Approval for US group Genie likely to stir diplomatic tensions

From THE COMMODITIES NOTE 9:04am

Kloppers’ legacy: iron ore pricing reform

Departing BHP chief created real market for the commodity

From WORLD 7:12pm

Currency crisis hits Egypt’s wheat supply

Inventories fall as Cairo struggles to buy grain

Middle East The strong arm of the law
Egyptian opposition seeks a game plan

The Commodities Note - Javier Blas

Javier Blas

Kloppers’ legacy is iron ore pricing reform

Departing BHP chief created real market for the commodity
Coffee price fall exacerbates fungus woes

Weak arabica prices will hurt farmers’ regeneration efforts
Mining industry hit by ‘capital strike’

Funds raised by companies fell more than 25% last year from 2011

From COMPANIES 7:25pm

Mining’s new guard focuses on returns

Big operators start to show a new caution in their ambitions

Lombard Countrywide and IPOs / BHP / Bank of Georgia
Lex BHP Billiton

From COMPANIES 5:50pm

Chesapeake review clears McClendon

Review of departing chief’s loans finds no case to answer

6:47pm

Gold dims after Chinese buying spree ends

Precious metal continues to slip as risk appetite grows

From COMPANIES Feb 20, 2013

US ruling will cut BP’s Deepwater penalty

Judge says captured oil should be excluded

From COMPANIES Feb 20, 2013

South African strikes cut AngloGold profits

Gold miner reports sharp drop in fourth-quarter earnings

BHP Billiton

Lex

Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton's Mount Newman iron ore mine in Western Australia

©AFP BHP Billiton: new direction

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Andrew Mackenzie (R) speaks as it is announced he will be replacing Marius Kloppers (L) as BHP Billiton CEO while company chairman Jac Nasser (C) listens, in Sydney on February 20, 2013. The 56-year-old Mackenzie, currently chief executive non-ferrous, has over 30 years experience in oil and gas, petrochemicals and minerals and joined BHP Billiton in November 2008. South African Kloppers has been running the world's largest miner since October 2007, steering it through the global financial crisis.

©AFP Mackenzie, the investor-friendly scientist

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