BHP Billiton shareholders call for moral stand on lucrative trade
Jan Mayman in Perth
Monday October 1, 2007
The Guardian
The world’s biggest mining company is facing a revolt from shareholders who want the group to stop excavating uranium.
Activist plan to use the annual meeting of BHP Billiton, which last year made record-breaking profits of $13.4bn (£6.7bn), to force the company to take a "moral stand" and pull out of the highly profitable trade in uranium, which has soared in price (...)