BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton is a multinational mining, metals, and petroleum company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The company was founded in 1885 in Broken Hill, a mining town in central Australia.

In 2017, BHP Billiton was the world's largest mining company by market capitalisation,Statista "Top mining companies worldwide based on market capitalization in 2017". Retrieved 21 February 2018.Els, Frik "Top 50 mining companies reshuffle as Chinese, lithium firms climb rankings", Mining.com, 5 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018. and Australia's third-largest company by revenue,Hall, Ben et al.  "The 2017 Melbourne top companies revealed: The top 10", Business News Australia, 2 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018. with revenue that nearly tripled between 2004 and 2012.Statista "2017 ranking of the global top mining companies based on revenue". Retrieved 21 February 2018.

BHP Billiton was formed in 2001 through the merger of the Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) and the Anglo–Dutch Billiton plc.  
The Australian-registered BHP Billiton Limited had its primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange, while the UK-registered BHP Billiton plc was primarily listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

In 2017, most of Billiton's assets were spun off and rebranded as South32, while the remaining company was renamed BHP.

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