Broken Hill Proprietary Company

Type	Public Stock Symbol: BHP, Stock exchange(s): ASX
Founded	1895 - merged to form BHP Billiton in 2001
Location	Melbourne, Australia (headquarters)
Industry	Mining
Products	Steel
Employees	0
Website	www.bhpbilliton.com

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company or BHP was incorporated in 1895, operating the mine at Broken Hill in western New South Wales. In 1915, the company ventured into steel manufacture, its operations mainly based at Newcastle, New South Wales. The company grew to become Australia's largest. Image File history File links BHP_Logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... BHP Billiton is the worlds largest mining company. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine This article is about mineral extraction. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Broken Hill Post Office Royal Exchange Hotel, Broken Hill Broken Hill street, with the Indian Pacific and the actual broken hill visible in the background Broken Hill Broken Hill (31°57′S 141°27′E) is an isolated mining city and Local Government Area in the far west of outback... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea Speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo Gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus Viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A view of Newcastle from Stockton Newcastle is Australias sixth largest city and the second largest in the state of New South Wales. ...

The company began petroleum exploration in the 1960s with discoveries in Bass Strait, an activity which became an increasing focus as their manufacturing operations began to become less profitable with the opening of the Australian economy. They began to diversify offshore in a variety of projects. One infamous project was the Ok Tedi copper mine in Papua New Guinea, where the company was successfully sued by the indigenous inhabitants because of the environmental damage caused by the mine operations. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Bass Strait (IPA /bæs/) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... Offshore may refer to oil and natural gas production at sea, see oil platform. ... The Ok Tedi Mine is located near the headwaters of the Ok Tedi, a river in Papua New Guinea (PNG). ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ... In politics and other non-technical contexts, nature or (the) (natural) environment often refers to that part of the natural world that people deem important or valuable, for any reason — economic, aesthetic, philosophical, hedonistic, sentimental, etc. ...

The inefficiencies of what was, by global standards, a small steel operation in Newcastle finally caught up with the company and Newcastle operations were slowly wound down in the 1990s, leaving Port Kembla as their only iron smelter. The 'long products' side of the steel business was spun off to form OneSteel in 2000. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Port Kembla is a seaport near Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2001, BHP merged with the Billiton mining company to form BHP Billiton, now one of the largest mining companies in the world. The 'flat products' side of steel business was spun off to form BHP Steel in 2002, as part of the merger. BHP Steel itself was renamed to BlueScope Steel in late 2003. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The phrase mergers and acquisitions or M&A refers to the aspect of corporate finance strategy and management dealing with the merging and acquiring of different companies as well as assets. ... See also Belitung for the island formerly known as Billiton. ... BHP Billiton is the worlds largest mining company. ... BHP Steel is a flat product steel producer with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and North America. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...