BHP Billiton May Consider Phased Olympic Dam Mine Expansion, Review Says

Sep 28 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd. told analysts it’s considering a revised expansion of its Olympic Dam copper- uranium mine in South Australia, the Australian Financial Review said. The company is considering a phased expansion, resulting in a slower increase in production than originally anticipated, the newspaper reported, without saying where it got the information. Goldman Sachs JBWere said yesterday in a trading note that copper production will increase by 200,000 tons per year, according to the report.