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On Three trades all day. Not many other shares do that.

Always the same, going well till USA opens for business at 2pm and down everything goes.

Back to a penny again. Hate aim makes no sense.

Has moved this so much all of a sudden on not many buys or trades at all, mm just playing games?

Market atm, not market arm, Bloomin phone.

First off I think you meant ceo. Although blt is a massive player across all of its assets it (and it's ceo) can't actually decide the price it gets for its products and it's that which is the main factor in dragging the sp down. The Brazil disaster kick started and turbo charged the drop and now the ? Over the divi is not helping any. Having said that, the recent crash I believe is a little overdone, it may not be the bottom yet it may test high five quid which is absoluty unbelievable really but that's the market arm. Think if you fast forward 5-10 yrs though, and look at the sp graph, 6-7£ will be at the bottom of a large trough. At least that's the way it should go but you never know with shares. Gl.

In Australia again tonight, another 3% down. When will the bottom Come?

Don't think many long termers will actually be in profit to sell. Not many shares bought in this company since June and 2p. Three trades in a day was big volume! And they were usually sells. I held, got faith in the company now, there was a long time when they just didn't give us any news or there was none to give. Commodities prices weren't that good so the sp tumbled. This news today is way out the blue and the normal aim reaction to the biggest riser board betting is the enormous volume today. Hope the spread stays wide til tomorrow to discourage quick flippers. This has legs, last yr we were talking 8p but since then copper prices have tumbled. Not sure how titanium is doing, will have to look it up. Good thing is the company is not dead and buried. Gl all. Take your profit if you want but I believe this has a long way to go up yet.

This volume is off the scale bonkers!!!

People betting, sorry, buying this morning even knew know or are even bothered what fam is or do? Long termers here probably still aren't in profit and meanwhile the locusts swarm in and strip it bare. That's aim for ya I guess.

I reckon a divi cut of 50% would signal good buying here for a 5.5% div. And a gradual recovery of the sp..... I hope. A divi cancellation or suspension on the other hand and it may drop more. Not many are up at all at this price so there shouldn't be much selling should there? Can't see the company going from progressive increase in divi to totally axing it, IMHO. But what do I know.

Easy answer mate, nobody really knows! If we did we'd all be millionaires. Just gotta look long on this I think, doubt the divi will be axed totally, so you'll get some return while the markets correct and commodities rally again but may be 5-10 yrs. Just gotta jump in when you're comfortable with the price/return /risk, and accept you are never going to buy at the very bottom. Gl with your investing. Stay away from aim is my advice too!

Silly me t'was the news from opec. Bloody saudis!

So can anybody tell me what happened at 2pm today, the volume went sky high and the graph fell off a (small) cliff. Big institution selling?

Anyone actually understand all those graphs and charts? And what have elephants got to do with oil?

Well they have struck the is oilfields so we'll see soon enough, I guess.

I think and hope, it was way oversold on the looming court case news. Now just leveling up to where it should be, shouldn't really have dropped to 755. I may be wrong and we'll be back down there again soon but now the figures from Brazil are out there and official, I reckon we'll see consolidation at this level and hopefully back to nine quid next yr.

Also remember we were £11.00 and holding before Nov 5. Is the disaster worth £3 off the sp? It's yet to be seen, but a 5 billion lawsuit plus re homing the village plus the loss of 3% of bhp revenue from the mine, in my estimation doesn't equate to such a drop. In long, picked up some at 759, cheaper than I thought I'd get today. Gl all.

To go to 770 today I would say, sadly. Commodities prices really aren't helping however the Brazil disaster is really really dragging down sentiment for bhp. Will get a clearer picture when the lawsuit is filed. Even if it's going to cost $10b it really shouldn't have lopped 25% off the pre Nov 5 sp. Today could be the day to buy? I'll set a cheeky order for 765 I think.

Hi, most concensus of opinion is that they simply have to cut the divi. Had the Brazilian disaster not happened it may have survived at least the same which is their policy, however a 10% yield for a ftse company very very rarely stays. The good news as has been said, a 50% cut (quite drastic for a company whose policy is for progressive increases) will still get you a better than average ftse yield. Also a decision to cut the div will signal confidence in the company, that they are not putting the unsustainable divi at the expense of the finances of the company which in turn may have the effect of increasing the sp. Win win in other words. You maybe sacrifice 5% for a couple of yrs while commodities recover, which they should, and maybe get a 10-20 % rise on the sp and thus your capital in the meantime. Well, I've just convinced myself to buy more Monday, you got to look at it as you don't need the capital for at least five yrs though. Gl.