BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) is selling its Guinea, West Africa-based Mount Nimba iron-ore project, the Sunday Times reported, without saying where it obtained the information.

BHP hired Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604) to find a buyer, the newspaper reported.

To contact the reporter on this story: Emma Charlton in London at echarlton1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dick Schumacher at dschumacher@bloomberg.net