The Anglo-Australian mining company will announce an expanded US$10 billion capital management programme as part of its half-yearly earnings report on February 16, which will include an off-market share buyback with a target of A$5 billion, according to documents obtained by asiamoney.com.

BHP Billiton is expanding its existing US$4.2 billion on-market share buyback programme to US$10 billion in total, which is set to include a targeted A$5 billion (US$5.01 billion) off-market share buyback, according to internal documents obtained by asiamoney.com...

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