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Business Definition for: BHP

  • Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd.: Australia's largest manufacturing company. Also known as Big Australian.

Additional Resources

BHP Billiton: Painting a Happy Face on Iron Ore
Contrarian Profits submits: By Irwin Greenstein So you’re watching the Olympic Games and the usual suspects appear as advertisers. There’s Visa V , Coca-Cola KO, McDonald’s MCD…and BHP Billiton BHP? Who are those guys, anyway? by Contrarian Profits
Tags: China
External links 2008-08-28
Cathedral Stakes and Options Out Blue Mountain Prospect, Guyana to BHP Minerals
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 18, 1996-- CATHEDRAL GOLD CORPO (TSE:CAT.) Cathedral Gold Corp. (CAT-TSE) and BHP Minerals International Exploration Inc. BHP have reached an agreement whereby BHP may acquire a 65 percent interest in Cathedral's recently granted Blue Mountain Prospecting License (P.L.) in Guyana, by posting a bond, making rental...
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Research articles 1996-10-18
AUSTRALIAN COAL EXPORTERS ANXIOUS OVER BHP, BMA, ARCELOR DEAL.
BRISBANE, March 11 Asia Pulse - BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) is rumoured to have settled its European coking coal contracts with a small price decrease. BRISBANE, March 11 Asia Pulse - BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) is rumoured to have settled its European coking coal...
Tags: Arcelor
Research articles 2003-03-11
Webcast Alert: BHP Billiton Limited Announces Its NYSE Virtual Investor Forum - Mining Webcast
NEW YORK -- BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE: BHP) announces the following Webcast:
Tags: New York Stock Exchange, Webcast
Research articles 2006-11-06
ERT wins deepwater assets; to produce using floating unit
The owners of Typhoon were Chevron (50%) and BHP Billiton (50%); the owners of Boris were BHP Billiton (50%), Chevron (25%) and Noble Energy (25%); and the owners of Little Burn were BHP Billiton (60%) and Noble Energy (40%).The owners of Typhoon were Chevron (50%) and BHP Billiton (50%); the...
Tags: asset, Chevron Corp.
Research articles 2006-10-01
Reorganizated BHP Petroleum Americas continues to serve Pacific Rim, Asia. (World Market '93)
BHP Petroleum Americas Hawaii remains as the worldwide marketer for all of parent BHP Petroleum's oil and natural gas products despite a recent reorganization. The company, also known as the Hawaii Division, operates a 95,000-b/d refinery in Honolulu anBHP Petroleum Americas Hawaii remains as the worldwide marketer for all of...
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Research articles 1993-10-01
BHP IT Deploys CIM With IONA Technologies' Orbix; 24X7 Computer Integrated Manufacturing Environment Deployed
PERTH, Australia--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 8, 1997--IONA Technologies (NASDAQ:IONAY) has today announced that BHP Information Technology BHP IT has deployed IONA Technologies' leading object development tool, Orbix, as part of a complete Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM environment, offering 24 hours, by seven days availability.
Tags: information technology
Research articles 1997-12-08
Sumitomo fights BHP over smelter earnings.
Jun 19, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The 2006-07 contract negotiations between Australian miner BHP Billiton and Sumitomo Metal Mining are in trouble. BHP wants to end the arrangement that enables smelters to earn more from processing Jun 19, 2006 (The...
Tags: Sumitomo Corp.
Research articles 2006-06-19
BHP Australia Reduces Network Downtime With New Cabletron ATM Network; ATM Backbone Crucial For BHP OPerations At Australia's Largest Industrial Site
ROCHESTER, N.H., & PORT KEMBLA, Australia--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 10, 1999--
Tags: Cabletron Systems, network
Research articles 1999-11-10
Vale Pushes China for Higher Steel Prices
Stephanie Grimmett submits: Remember back last winter, when the BHP Billiton BHP bid to takeover Rio Tinto  RTP was sending China's steelmakers into a tizzy? They were terrified that the union of BHP, the third largest iron ore producer globally, and Rio Tinto, the second, would create a de...
Tags: China, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-09-05
Alcoa, BHP Billiton Complete Sale of Integris Metals To Ryerson Tull for $644 Million
NEW YORK -- Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) and BHP Billiton today announced they have completed the previously announced sale of their respective equity interests in Integris Metals to Ryerson Tull for $410 million in cash plus assumption of Integris' debt, which was approximately $234 million. Alcoa and BHP Billiton each own...
Tags: Alcoa Inc.
Research articles 2005-01-04
BHP BILLITON AND ALCOA TO SELL OFF METALS JV.
MELBOURNE, Aug 23 Asia Pulse - Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd (ASX:BHP) and the world's largest aluminium producer, Alcoa Inc, plan to raise up to $US100 million ($A138 million) in calendar 2004 by selling off shares in their metal-processing and dis MELBOURNE, Aug 23 Asia...
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Research articles 2004-08-23
Capital equipment buyers at mining giant BHP Billiton of Australia have agreed to source $1.5 billion. (Supply).(BHP Billiton of Australia)(Brief Article)
Capital equipment buyers at mining giant BHP Billiton of Australia have agreed to source $1.5 billion in mining equipment and support from heavy machinery maker Caterpillar Inc. of the ... Capital equipment buyers at mining giant BHP Billiton of Australia have agreed to source...
Tags: capital equipment, Caterpillar Inc.
Research articles 2003-03-06
New Analyst Reports for GOLD FIELDS LTD, ARCH COAL, BHP BILLITON LTD, and HESS CORPORATION
MaybachFinancial.com is one of the fastest growing independent and unbiased research firms in the world. Through our numerous partnerships with many of the top investment minds in the world, we provide research on companies making a move in the markets. Investors seeking genuine analyst opinions on their investments for GOLD...
Tags: analyst report, Arch Coal, New York Stock Exchange
Research articles 2008-06-10
BHP Ratings Affirmed By S&P, 0utlook Negative
MELBOURNE--BUSINESS WIRE--S&P's CreditWire 6/26/98--Standard & Poor's today affirmed its single-'A' long-term and 'A-1' short-term ratings on Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. BHP and rated guaranteed debt issues. The outlook remains negative.
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Research articles 1998-06-26
BHP Might Review Rio Bid If Big Asset Sales Ordered
MELBOURNE (Reuters UK) - BHP Billiton BHPBLT might review its $135 billion (106.5 billion pound) hostile bid for Rio Tinto RIORIO if European regulators force it to sell a lot of assets, Chief Executive Marius Kloppers said."Clearly should we not be able to get the synergies and the extra volume...
Tags: Asset, Regulator, Bid, Australian Competition And Consumer Commission, Asset Management, Regulations, Blount International Inc., Rio Tinto
News items 2008-09-24
ACCC SAYS IT WOULD APPROVE BHP BILLITON IRON ORE FIELD JV.
MELBOURNE, Jan 28 Asia Pulse - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC today indicated it would give permission to a joint venture managed by BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP) to develop an emerging iron ore field in the Pilbara. MELBOURNE, Jan 28 Asia Pulse -...
Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, information technology
Research articles 2003-01-28
Alcoa and BHP Billiton Announce Filing of Registration Statement for IPO of Integris Metals
NEW YORK -- Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) and BHP Billiton today announced that Integris Metals Corporation has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering IPO of its common stock. Alcoa and BHP Billiton each own 50% of Integris Metals...
Tags: Alcoa Inc., IPO
Research articles 2004-08-22
Alcoa and BHP Billiton Announce Filing of Registration Statement for IPO of Integris Metals
NEW YORK -- Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) and BHP Billiton today announced that Integris Metals Corporation has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering IPO of its common stock. Alcoa and BHP Billiton each own 50% of Integris Metals...
Tags: Alcoa Inc., IPO
Research articles 2004-08-23
Hand not shaken, even as BHP tightens its grip... on nickel.(Inco Ltd.)(BHP Billiton Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) May 01, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)
Tags: Inco Ltd.
Research articles 2005-05-01
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