Friday, October 17, 2008

BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company, form through the merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) and the UK's Billiton, which had a South African background.

The company has nine primary operational units:
Iron ore
Manganese
Petroleum
Aluminium
Base Metals (primary products include copper, lead, zinc and uranium)
Metallurgical Coal
Thermal Coal
Stainless Steel Materials (nickel and cobalt)
Diamonds & Speciality Products (diamonds and titanium minerals)

read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHP_Billiton

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