Mining giant BHP pays record dividend, but flags risks to global growth
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Group , the world's biggest miner, on Tuesday reported its largest annual profit in five years and posted record full-year dividends, boosted by a dramatic rally in prices for steelmaking ingredient iron ore.However, the dividend slightly undershot some expectations as BHP kept cash in its coffers in the face of risks to global economic growth such as the Sino-U.S. trade war.BHP has handed back some $20.9 billion (£17.2 billion) to investors for the financial year that..