BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) has celebrated the opening of its Jimblebar iron ore mine 40 kilometres east of Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) shares after opening at $70.88 moved to $71.14 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $70.75 . Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.69 and price to cash ratio as 16.67. BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.56%.
Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO) is gearing up to start testing driverless trains in Western Australia’s Pilbara, in what it believes is a world first for mining. A locomotive fitted out with auto-haul technology will cart iron ore to port along the Tom Price railway next month. Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO) shares fell -0.05% in last trading session and ended the day on $55.06. RIO return on equity ratio is recorded as 1.30% and its return on assets is 0.50%. Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RIO) yearly performance is 22.87%.
Some of the more mature technology companies have started paying dividends and are increasingly doing so. Among which, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Cisco and Microsoft, which are all paying cash back to investors. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares moved up 0.73% in last trading session and was closed at $571.94 while trading in range of $563.96 – $571.99 – Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) year to date (YTD) performance is 2.56%.
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) on Thursday said that it will reach out to hospitals, banks, financial institutions and industrial sector companies over the next few weeks to speed up the employment ofCisco Networking Academy graduates. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) weekly performance is -0.90%. On last trading day company shares ended up $23.00. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.61%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $23.84.