The company also plans to make an investment decision on its Mad Dog 2 oil and gas and Spence copper projects within 18 months. "BHP Billiton to Forge Ahead with Expansions Despite Low Commodity Prices," published at 1207 GMT mistakenly suggested the Spence project was an oil and gas project in the last paragraph.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 10, 2016 09:48 ET (13:48 GMT)

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