MELBOURNE, March 18 (Reuters) - Global miner BHP Billiton said on Thursday it expected to finalise its iron ore joint venture with Rio Tinto this year and said it remained cautious about the global economy.
'We do remain cautious about the state of the global economy and note the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report which highlighted the gap in growth between developed an developing economies,' outgoing Chairman Don Argus said in a letter to shareholders.
(Reporting by Sonali Paul; editing by Balazs Koranyi)
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'We do remain cautious about the state of the global economy and note the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report which highlighted the gap in growth between developed an developing economies,' outgoing Chairman Don Argus said in a letter to shareholders.
(Reporting by Sonali Paul; editing by Balazs Koranyi)
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