	bhp to merge bhp minerals and utah international the broken hill pty co ltd brkn s said it will merge its bhp minerals division and utah international inc into a single business unit under a common management structure the merger will be effective june coinciding with the retirement of utah international chairman and chief executive bud wilson bhp said in a statement the new bhp utah minerals international group will be headed by jim curry as executive general manager and chief executive officer curry is currently executive vice president of utah international bhp said bhp petroleum americas inc formerly part of utah international will become a subsidiary of bhp s renamed bhp petroleum international now bhp petroleum pty ltd the company said bhp will also bring its queensland coal operations under one management structure and consolidate minerals marketing and sales offices in various markets throughout the world bhp uired utah from general electric co ge in utah s assets include stakes of to pct in seven large central queensland coking mines pct of the samarco iron ore operation in brazil pct of la escondida copper deposit in chile the island copper mine at port hardy in canada pct of a coal mine and pct of a gold mine in south africa and coal and other mines in the u s bhp minerals assets include wholly and partly owned iron ore mines coal mines manganese and base metal operations or prospects and pct of the ok tedi gold copper project in papua new guinea reuter 
