BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton: Case Study Overview BHP Billiton, formed 2001, is a multi-billion dollar single business entity established by parent companies BHP Billiton Ltd and BHP Billiton Plc, and is currently among the worlds’ top producers in major commodities such as iron-ore and copper. BHP’s main product, iron-ore, is primarily extracted within Australia and Brazil (Worlds’ Top Exports, 2017). Nonetheless, it attracts a largely diversified market, with the main purchasers being Asian nations such as China as well as European nations such as Germany. Similarly, BHP’s coal is largely mined within Queensland and purchased by specialised manufacturing nations such as China (IBISWorld: BHP Billiton Limited, 1999-2017). At the heart of BHP Billiton’s corporate…

The healths of communities are focused so that it can be improved and also helps in child and maternal health. The education has great significance in individual’s life so BHP Billiton focuses on education and has set programs for it. They maintain and promote relations with the employees who are helpful in community welfare and also support the local businesses. Environment: Committed towards environment safety: The company takes the responsibility of cleanliness and maintenance of the…

Overview of BHP Billiton BHP Billiton (BHP) is a combined group consisting of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc with Global Headquarters and BHP Billiton Limited company located in Melbourne, and BHP Billiton Plc located in London. The company operates as one entity with a unified management team and the same board of directors. BHP operates in the diversified resources industry with mines extracting copper, iron ore, coal, nickel, zinc, and petroleum amongst others across the globe with…

Environmental damage due to corporate negligence and weak supervision from the government CS 3.1 Positive Impact of Company Presence. BHP Billiton is an Australian owned mining company which has a mining license in the Ok Tedi area near the town of Tabuli - PNG. BHP Billiton builds infrastructure for employees in the area of operations, making the city become neat and beautiful. CS 3.2 Lack of regulation and supervision of the company. In 1984 there was an earthquake which then resulted in…

BHP Billiton is an Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum company with its headquarter in Perth, Australia. According to the revenues in the year 2013, BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company and Australia's largest company. They specialize in mining, processing and oil and gas production at sites in over 25 countries, such as Canada, Chile, Peru and many more. Their main products happen to be coal, copper, iron ore, petroleum and potash. In BHP Billiton,…

BHP Billiton slows iron ore growth, breaking ranks with Rio Tinto Summary BHP Billiton has said publicly that it was slowing down its iron ore expansion. This was an unexpected move from one of the largest iron ore miners in the world. BHP has also decided to put a halt on an upgrade at Port Hedland. BHP claim that the decision to abandon the upgrade shows a responsible approach of consistently making commercial decisions in the best interests of their shareholders. The Federal…

Introduction of BHP Billiton BHP Billiton is the leader of global resources company. The main purpose of BHP Billiton company is to create long-term relationship with shareholders via the discovery, acquisition, development and marketing of natural resources. The main working ways of BHP Billiton are Sustainability, Integrity, Respect, Performance, Simplicity and Accountability. The BHP Billiton are the largest producer in the world of iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and uranium. Also BHP…

BHP Billiton is a mining, metals and petroleum company based out of Melbourne, Australia. BHP Billiton is considered amongst the largest mining companies in the world. It is in BHP Billiton’s values to put health and safety first, being environmentally responsible and supporting the communities in which it operates. BHP Billiton is a registered Organizational Stakeholder of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). BHP Billiton practices its sustainability initiatives around the four major areas:…

Strengths BHP Billiton is the world largest and world class of natural resources with a diversified portfolio of assets that made BHP Billiton remain the strong market position. BHP Billiton is one of the largest suppliers of uranium (Olympic Dam Mine in Australia), copper, silver and lead (Cannington Mine in Australia is the world’s largest single of silver and lead). In addition, BHP owns the World’s largest source of copper with the Escondida mine in Chile. BHP is also the third largest…

Introduction This research analysis report is based on several fundamental attributes of BHP Billiton. To begin with, it conducts an analysis of the critical risks and strategic outlook of the company. This is aimed to determine whether the company is destined for growth by determining areas of growth, and identifying those that have slowed down. It also identifies the market forces that are assisting the company in growth, as well as those forces that are hurting the company. The main aim of…