BHP iron ore chief steps down

30 March 2012 By admin

MELBOURNE, March 30 (Reuters) – BHP Billiton’s
veteran iron ore chief, Ian Ashby, is stepping
down after 25 years with the company, the world’s no.3 iron ore
miner said on Friday.

Jimmy Wilson, the head of the group’s energy coal division,
will take over the reins of the BHP’s biggest revenue earner and
most profitable division from Ashby.