The latest on Australia's biggest mining projects
The data showed that while the overall economy shrank, the mining industry's GDP increased by 4.9% in the 2019-20 period, totalling A$202bn. With a 10.4% share of the economy, this also made Australia's mining sector the largest industry in the country, allowing it to grow its workforce and further engage communities.
BHP
Moreover, being one of the largest mining companies worldwide, BHP's market capitalization amounted to some 137.97 billion U.S. dollars as of November 2021, making it one of the leading global ...
Western Australia's principal resources projects, 2020-21
In 2020-21, Western Australia had 125 principal mining projects. Each of the principal mining projects is export-oriented and high value. They each had mineral sales valued at more than $5 million (or more than 2,500oz of gold), or, in the case of projects on private land, for which sales are not reported, had employees of greater than 50.
BHP Group signs scheme deed for $6.4 bln buyout of OZ Minerals
In what could be the largest mining deal in Australia in 11 years, BHP made a revised cash offer of A$28.25 per share on Nov. 18, in a bid to take advantage of rising global demand for metals used ...
BHP wins over OZ Minerals in $9.6b copper play
BHP wins over OZ Minerals in $9.6b copper play. Mining giant BHP has won agreement from the board of OZ Minerals, the largest pure-play copper miner on the ASX, for a $9.6 billion buyout after ...
BHP raises bid for OZ Minerals as miners target green technologies
The world's largest miner and Australia's biggest company, BHP bid A$8.4bn for OZ Minerals in August but was rebuffed. It said last month that a deal, which …
List of subsidiaries of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc
This webpage provides a list of subsidiaries of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc as of June 30, 2009. The list includes the names, countries of incorporation and ownership percentages of the subsidiaries. The webpage also contains a link to the annual report of the company for the fiscal year 2009.
BHP Billiton – The Big Australian
Company Overview. BHP Billiton (BHPB), nicknamed "the Big Australian", is Australia's largest company and the world's largest diversified natural resources company. Since being formed in 2001 by the merger of BHP (an Australian mining company) and Billiton (a South African mining company), the company has experienced a tremendous …
Nickel Mines in Australia
Ravensthorpe produced nickel between 2011 and 2017, but was placed into care and maintenance due to low nickel prices. The mine was brought back into production in early 2020,; In 2022, the mine ...
BHP, the 'Big Australian', is about to get bigger and more Australian
Twenty years ago, Australia's most valuable company merged with a British firm to make BHP-Billiton: the biggest miner on earth, extracting minerals from the Pilbara to Peru.
BHP pays $18.5b in taxes, royalties thanks to boom
In the company's annual report, BHP said it paid an adjusted tax rate in Australia of 33.9 per cent and was one of the largest corporate taxpayers in Australia in 2022. BHP paid $18.5 billion in ...
BHP Billiton -- Company History
BHP Billiton was formed through the 2001 merger of Australia's mining and oil giant BHP and U.K.-based mining group Billiton. The merger created the world's largest diversified resources company, with operations in 20 countries spanning the aluminum, coal, copper, ferro-alloys, iron ore, titanium, nickel, diamond, and silver mining sectors, as ...
Woodside-BHP merger paves way for Australia's 'last' …
The merger between Woodside and BHP would create one of the world's biggest oil and gas players. ( Supplied: Woodside ) The deal would involve the merger of the two businesses in a transaction ...
BHP and Woodside combine businesses to form one of the world's biggest
Big miner BHP and oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum have announced a $40 billion merger of their oil and gas businesses to form one of the world's biggest energy companies. Key points:
London judges backtrack to revive $9.43-billion Brazil …
London's Court of Appeal has made a U-turn by agreeing to reopen a 5 billion pound ($9.4 billion) lawsuit by 200,000 claimants against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP, reviving a case over a dam ...
World's largest miner backs away from coal projects
The world's largest mining company is looking to reduce its exposure to coal as opposition to high-carbon energy sources takes hold.. BHP, which is based in Melbourne, Australia, said Tuesday ...
Minerals Australia | BHP
Minerals Australia. This includes iron ore and nickel operations in Western Australia, metallurgical (steel-making) and energy coal in Queensland and New South Wales, and …
BHP Group Ltd Company Profile
BHP Group Ltd (BHP) is a natural resources company that carries out the exploration, development, production, and processing of mineral resources. It discovers, acquires, and markets various commodities including iron ore, coal, nickel, copper, lead, silver, potash, molybdenum, uranium, zinc, and gold. The commodities produced are transported ...
BHP share price: Dividend slumps but still miner's fourth-biggest
Key Points. Why it matters: BHP is Australia's biggest company.; Iron ore sales were the weakest in four years. BHP shareholders will receive a US80¢ final dividend.
Rio Tinto and BHP battle Apache tribes to build North America's biggest
Through a joint venture named Resolution Copper, the global miners want to build North America's largest copper mine, on the Apache land, about 100 kilometres from Arizona's capital Phoenix.
Mining giants – the top ten richest mining companies
The world's biggest gold mining company Barrick Gold earned $12.5bn revenues in the year ending in December 2013 becoming the world's eighth biggest miner. The Canadian multinational mining giant reported revenues of $14.39bn for 2012. Barrick Gold carries out gold and copper mining operations in Australia, Africa, North America …
How BHP developed its most technically advanced mine
BHP has officially opened its $4.6 billion South Flank iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, celebrating the completion of the project's five-year …
BHP Says Australian Coal Mine Suspended After Worker Death
By Rhiannon Hoyle. BHP Group said operations at the Saraji metallurgical coal mine in eastern Australia are suspended after a worker was killed in a vehicle incident …
How BHP became the UK's biggest listed company
BHP has pulled ahead of Royal Dutch Shell to become the UK's biggest company by market value, underscoring the contrasting fortunes of the mining and oil industries during the pandemic. The ...
Biggest Uranium Mines in Australia
In the calendar year 2022, BHP produced 2,813 tonnes of uranium oxide at Olympic Dam. 2. Beverley-Four Mile, owned by Heathgate Resources. Beverley was Australia's first in-situ recovery uranium ...
BHP stays hungry
BHP's Nickel West operation in Western Australia. As the world's largest mining company, BHP understands its responsibility to inspire and incite the …
Peak Downs Coal Mine, Central Queensland, …
It has been owned and operated by Australia's biggest coal producer and exporter BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), a 50:50 joint venture between BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi, since 2001. Peak Downs that lies …
BHP Group Limited (BHP) Stock Major Holders
Dimensional ETF Tr-Dimensional Int'l Core Equity Market ETF. 374,282. Oct 30, 2023. 0.01%. 24,710,096. Find out the direct holders, institutional holders and mutual fund holders for BHP Group ...
BHP, World's Top Miner, Nears Biggest Acquisition in a Decade
OZ Minerals said it intends to recommend shareholders vote in favor of BHP's revised offer of 28.25 Australian dollars, the equivalent of about $18.90, a share. A completed deal would represent ...
August's top stories: BHP Billiton and Peabody to
August's top stories: BHP Billiton and Peabody to expand their mines. BHP Billiton aproves $2.6bn for the expansion of facilities at the Escondida copper mine in Chile, while Peabody Energy plans to expand the Wilpinjong coal mine in Australia. Mining-technology wraps the headlines from August 2013. September 1, 2013.