Home BHP approves $1.2bn for Olympic Dam copper mine expansion BHP Billiton has approved a $1.2 billion pre-commitment capital for the first phase of the Olympic Dam project to develop an open-pit copper and uranium mine in South Australia “The Olympic Dam Project team is completing studies to create one of the world’s largest open-pit mines with the potential to increase copper production from around 180,000 tonnes per annum... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Barbara O'Donovan October 12, 2011 13:11 GMT London Keywords BHP Billiton Olympic Dam copper Marius Kloppers Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}