The former BHP Billiton logo The Broken Hill Proprietary Company was founded on 16 July 1885 in the mining town of Silverton New South Wales [3] As of 2024 BHP was the world s largest mining company by market capitalization [4] and the world s third largest by revenue [5] Total iron ore revenue for the company increased by US$ billion to US$ billion in Fiscal Year 2024
The Yandi iron ore mine is a part of an 85 15 joint venture between BHP and Mitsui and ITOCHU Ore from the Yandi open cut mine is processed on site and taken to Port Hedland by rail for export to key markets in Asia At Yandi s processing hub ore is crushed beneficiated where necessary and blended to create high grade hematite lump and
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BHP Billiton President Iron Ore Jimmy Wilson was joined by the Premier of Western Australia the Hon Colin Barnett and joint venture participants ITOCHU Corporation ITOCHU and Mitsui & Co Ltd Mitsui to open the US$ billion BHP Billiton share Jimblebar mine Jimblebar delivered first production in the quarter ending September 2013
·The mine planning optimisation group within BHP Billiton Technology has developed a mine planning optimisation software tool called Blasor The concept of Blasor is to use an optimal extraction sequence to design the ultimate pits and mining phases not the other way around as is the typical approach MAusIMM BHP Billiton Iron Ore PO Box
Mining Area C at a glance Mining Area C was developed with our joint venture partner South Korean steel maker POSCO The mine is connected via a 39 kilometre spur line to the railway system linking mines at Newman and Yandi to ship loading facilities at Port Hedland
Nickel West at a glance Nickel West is a fully integrated mine to market business operating in various locations across Western Australia All nickel operations including our open cut and underground mines concentrators smelter and refinery are located in Western Australia
·Australian mining giant BHP Billiton has hit a new milestone shipping its billionth ton of iron ore to The company which shipped its first ton to Japan in 1966 celebrated the achievement with customers joint venture participants and employees at Port Hedland in Western Australia Today the high quality iron ore we export from the Pilbara is an essential ingredient
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·BHP Billiton Iron Ore Mining Area C Mine Closure Plan Page iv Executive Summary The Mining Area C operation is located approximately 100 kilometres km northwest of Newman Pilbara region Western Australia within ML281SA which is operated by BHP Billiton Iron Ore as the authorised manager on behalf of the Mount Goldsworthy Joint Venture
·After merging with domestic mining giant Billiton in 2001 the Big Australian spun off most of its South African assets into a new company called South32 opens new tab in 2015
·BHP s revenue from the iron ore segment accounted to roughly 28 billion dollars in the financial year ending June 30 2024 By comparison BHP s copper segment had the second highest revenue
·BHP Billiton Ltd NYSE BHP is betting on the iron ore market as one of the forces to drive the mining industry in the next decade especially as developing nations such as China move from
Western Australia Iron Ore Western Australia Iron Ore is one of the world s premier suppliers of iron ore The operations involve a complex integrated system of four processing hubs and five mines connected by more than 1 000 kilometres of rail infrastructure and port facilities in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia
BHP Billiton Iron Ore is the Joint Venture manager Jinidi Iron Ore Mine to Produce 60 Million Tonnes of Iron Ore Annually The Jinidi iron ore mine will be operated as an open pit capable of mining 60 million tonnes of iron ore a year from a deposit that is situated both above and below the watertable at orebodies 41 and 13
·Sunday Times reports paywall that BHP Billiton which is shedding its non core operations is looking for a buyer for its Mount Nimba iron ore project in Guinea
Olympic Dam is one of the world s most significant deposits of copper gold uranium and nickel and is a part of our Minerals Australia operation It s made up of underground and surface operations and operates a fully integrated processing facility from ore to metal
·Further to BHP s announcement on 25 October 2024 BHP confirms that the agreement entered into between the Federal Government of Brazil State of Minas Gerais State of Espirito Santo public prosecutors and public defenders Public Authorities and Samarco Mineração Samarco BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda
Further to the north west are the Area C and Yandi iron ore mines Another mine is the Yarrie that is located 200 kilometres from Port Hedland Mount Whaleback Mine Majority Owned by BHP Billiton The Mount Whaleback mine is owned by BHP Billiton with 85 percent Mitsu Iron with 10 percent and Itochu Minerals five percent BHP Billiton also
It said BHP Billiton planned to combine development of its Nimba iron ore deposit in Guinea on the Liberian border with that of the four Liberian deposits it has been excavating Nimba is expected to cost more than $2bn to develop The company believes the area is home to some of the world s richest deposits of iron ore and says it has
·The world s largest miner BHP Billiton ASX NYSE BHP LON BLT has officially dropped Billiton from the company s name as part of a $10 million rebranding campaign that seeks to
·Yet his initial brusque approach is striking because prominent political figures like Mantashe already had reasons to dislike BHP After merging with domestic mining giant Billiton in 2001 the
·BHP Billiton Iron Ore and Western Australia s Pilbara communities today celebrated a significant milestone in Australia s mining history by marking the 40th Anniversary of the railing and shipping of the first iron ore mined from the Mt Newman project now known as BHP Billiton Iron Ore s Newman Joint Venture
ITOCHU and Mitsui collectively hold a 15 per cent interest in BHP Billiton s Western Australia Iron Ore current mine rail and port infrastructure BHP Billiton President Iron Ore Jimmy Wilson said We are pleased to extend our successful long standing joint venture relationship with ITOCHU and Mitsui The new Jimblebar mine will
