BHP plans to stick with Australia's mining tax deal

BHP Billiton said it plans to stick with its agresilica sand for processing oreement with Australia's Labor government to accept a 30 percent tax on coal and iron ore profits, Chief Executive Marius Kloppers said on Wednesday.

The government, relying on support from two independents and one Green politician, is under pressure to review the tax that was agreed only with the three biggest miners in Australia, BHP, Rio Tinto and Xstrata. "We agreed to something, and our intention would be to stick to it," Kloppers said at a business lunch.