BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton is a multinational mining, metals, and petroleum company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The company was founded in 1885 in Broken Hill, a mining town in central Australia.
| Company type | Public |
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| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia (BHP Billiton Group & BHP Billiton Limited) London, United Kingdom (BHP Billiton plc)[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ken MacKenzie (Chairman) Andrew Mackenzie (CEO) |
| Products | Iron ore, coal, petroleum, copper, natural gas, nickel, and uranium |
| Website | www |
In 2017, BHP Billiton was the world's largest mining company by market capitalisation,[4][5] and Australia's third-largest company by revenue,[6] with revenue that nearly tripled between 2004 and 2012.[7]
BHP Billiton was formed in 2001 through the merger of the Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) and the Anglo–Dutch Billiton plc.[8] The Australian-registered BHP Billiton Limited had its primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, while the UK-registered BHP Billiton plc was primarily listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
In 2017, most of Billiton's assets were spun off and rebranded as South32, while the remaining company was renamed BHP.
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Logo of BHP, formerly known as BHP Billiton, since 2017.
The former Broken Hill Proprietary Company logo
Diesel locomotives in BHP Billiton Iron Ore "bubble" livery, at the company's Nelson Point Yard, Port Hedland, Western Australia
BHP office tower in Adelaide
Drill rig at Area C mine, near Newman, Western Australia.
Process facility at Mount Whaleback mine, Western Australia.
False colour satellite image of Escondida mine, Chile, courtesy of NASA
A village flooded in the Bento Rodrigues dam disaster (2015). The dam was a property of Samarco, a joint venture between Vale and BHP Billiton.
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References
- ↑ Global Headquarters. BHP.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Annual Report 2017BHP. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ↑ About usBHP Billiton. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ↑ Statista "Top mining companies worldwide based on market capitalization in 2017". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ Els, Frik "Top 50 mining companies reshuffle as Chinese, lithium firms climb rankings", Mining.com, 5 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ Hall, Ben et al. Archived 28 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine "The 2017 Melbourne top companies revealed: The top 10", Business News Australia, 2 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ Statista "2017 ranking of the global top mining companies based on revenue". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ BHP Billiton merger confirmed (19 March 2001)ABC News. Retrieved 18 April 2011.