BHP Billiton
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| lse:BLT nyse:BHP nyse:BBL asx:BHP jse:BIL FTSE 100 Component | |
| ISIN | GB00BH0P3Z91  |
| Industry | Mining and Metals |
| Founded | Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (1885); Billiton plc (1860); Merger of BHP and Billiton (2001) |
| 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 |
| Revenue | US$38.285 billion (2017)[2] |
| US$11.753 billion (2017)[2] | |
| US$6.222 billion (2017)[2] | |
| Total assets | 111,993,000,000 United States dollar (2018) |
Number of employees | 65,000 (2017)[3] |
| Website | www |
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.
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.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Global Headquarters". BHP.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). BHP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ↑ "About us". BHP 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". ABC News. 19 March 2001. Retrieved 18 April 2011.