BHP Billiton is the world's largest diversified natural resources company
We are distinguished from other resource companies by the combination of the quality of our assets; our deep inventory of growth projects; our customer-focussed marketing; our diversification across countries, commodities, and markets; and our petroleum business.
As at 30 June, 2009 we had some 40,990 employees working in over 100 operations in 25 countries. Reflecting our aim to be a premier global company, we occupy significant positions in major commodity businesses, including aluminium, energy coal and metallurgical coal, copper, manganese, iron ore, uranium, nickel, silver and titanium minerals, and have substantial interests in oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and diamonds.
The central tenet of the BHP Billiton business model is that its diversified portfolio of high quality assets provides stable cash flows and an enhanced capacity to drive growth. In FY2009, we generated revenue of US$50.2 billion, attributable profit (excluding exceptional items) of US$10.7 billion and net operating cash flow of US$18.9 billion.
BHP Billiton was created through the Dual Listed Companies (DLC) merger of BHP Limited (now BHP Billiton Limited) and Billiton Plc (now BHP Billiton Plc), which was concluded on 29 June 2001.
BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc continue to exist as separate companies, but operate on a combined basis as BHP Billiton. The headquarters of BHP Billiton Limited, and the global headquarters of the combined BHP Billiton Group, are located in Melbourne, Australia. BHP Billiton Plc is located in London, United Kingdom. Both companies have identical boards of directors and are run by a unified management team. Shareholders in each company have equivalent economic and voting rights in the BHP Billiton Group as a whole.
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07 Mar 2024 - Curious about how BHP (ASX:BHP) and Newmont/Newcrest will react to the news that London-based, Ecuador-focused SolGold has garnered a new ally in the form of the coun…
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04 Mar 2024 - Quietly, an American appeals court has given a new lease of life to the chances of a new copper mine in Arizona, promoted by Rio Tinto and BHP for years. However, the…
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20 Feb 2024 - BHP (ASX:BHP) has slashed its interim dividend after net earnings plummeted 86% to just $US927 million.
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15 Feb 2024 - BHP (ASX:BHP), the global mining juggernaut, finds itself at a crossroads as it grapples with significant challenges in its Western Australian (WA) nickel operations …
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23 Jan 2024 - The likelihood of BHP (ASX:BHP) being compelled to impair the value of its Nickel West business and potentially consider its closure has increased. This development c…
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19 Jan 2024 - South Australia has quietly emerged as BHP’s (ASX:BHP) future, with the company's December quarter and half-year report hinting at a massive extension of its already …
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18 Jan 2024 - Iron ore looks good, nickel faces challenges, coking coal struggles, thermal coal holds steady, and copper shines in BHP's (ASX:BHP) December quarter and half-year pr…
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20 Dec 2023 - Australian mining giant BHP (ASX:BHP) has decided to pull out of a deal with Havilah Resources (ASX:HAV), dealing a significant blow to the development of the Kalkaro…
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02 Nov 2023 - Believers like BHP in China's economy, and the stimulus it brings to countries like Australia, remain steadfast even as the country's property sector groans under bad…
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01 Nov 2023 - BHP (ASX:BHP) has increased the value of its massive Jansen potash project to over $23.5 billion, with the approval of Stage 2 in Saskatchewan, Canada. This stage wil…
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18 Oct 2023 - BHP (ASX:BHP) has left its 2023-24 production guidance unchanged after making a solid start to the year in the three months to September 30.
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06 Sep 2023 - Typically, corporate fixed-interest fund raisings don't make headlines, but when it's BHP, the world's largest mining company and a major player in financial markets,…
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22 Aug 2023 - Contrary to sensational headlines, the 37% drop in earnings and subsequent dividend reduction from BHP, the global resources company, shouldn't come as a shock.
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19 Jul 2022 - Fund Manager Chris Pedersen discusses inflation, iron ore, BHP Group, Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group, Deterra Royalties.
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26 Jun 2023 - As the financial year draws to a close, the Australian sharemarket is poised to end in positive territory. The S&P/ASX 200 index has experienced an approximately 11% …
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21 Jun 2023 - BHP has announced that it will not accelerate its decarbonisation plans beyond its existing target of reducing emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.
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02 Jun 2023 - Just over a week ago on May 21, there was BHP (ASX:BHP) telling the world that – while it supported the goal of protecting vulnerable workers – the Albanese governmen…
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11 months ago
31 Mar 2023 - In a surprise statement to the ASX on Thursday, Mincor revealed that BHP had refused a request to alter its nickel ore offtake agreement, throwing a big roadblock in …
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22 Feb 2023 - Despite sharp falls in revenue, earnings and dividends for the December half year, BHP Group (ASX:BHP) CEO Mike Henry remains pretty upbeat about the rest of the fina…
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21 Feb 2023 - The Reserve Bank of Australia considered raising the cash rate by 0.5 percentage points due to concerns that high inflation may persist, leading to higher interest ra…
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20 Jan 2023 - Stocks fell Thursday as investors grew increasingly concerned the Federal Reserve will keep raising rates despite signs of slowing inflation. Overall, overnight’s per…
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20 Jan 2023 - A solid December quarter and half year for BHP (ASX:BHP) in its core iron ore and copper businesses while production and shipments of coking and thermal coal from its…
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19 Nov 2022 - BHP (ASX:BHP) has won out in its pursuit of OZ Minerals (ASX:OZL), with the copper company’s board agreeing to a higher $28.25 a share offer which gives OZ an enterpr…