BHP reported 23% decrease in half-year earnings due to iron ore market challenges. CEO acknowledged operational resilience. Confident about long-term demand for iron ore.

According to the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry final report ... Following the largest ever recorded inflows for the dam, Wivenhoe Dam reached its highest level ever - 191 per cent of normal ...

The release is necessitated by the low dam level of the Vaal Dam that is due to the drought and the high evaporation as a result of high temperatures. The water will flow from the Sterkfontein Dam ...