copper in shanghai declines after china raises exp, page-16

re: struggling Low dividend yeilds may reflect just that the miners have run hard in such a short time.

By giving buy-back with fully franked dividend portions, investors benefit from a tax point of view and the company benefits by reducing shares on issue.

Therefore a low div yld may not be a bad thing

As for low P/E's this is a good thing when there is still EPS growth, which by all accounts there is for BHP.

BHP will obtain growth by mines coming into full production consistently over the next few years, therefore not requiring further gains in commodity prices to obtain increases in EPS

Can't see much on the negative for BHP - as for other miners some of them may have well been caught up in the hype........