BHP, formerly known as BHP Billiton, is the trading entity
of BHP Group Limited and BHP Group plc, an Anglo-Australian multinational
mining, metals and petroleum dual-listed public company headquartered
BHP, formerly known as BHP Billiton, is the trading entity
of BHP Group Limited and BHP Group plc, an Anglo-Australian multinational
mining, metals and petroleum dual-listed public company headquartered in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company was founded on 16 July
1885 in the mining town of Silverton, New South Wales.[4] By 2017, BHP was the
world's largest mining company, based on market capitalisation,[5][6] and was
Melbourne's third-largest company by revenue.[7]
BHP Billiton was formed in 2001 through the merger of the
Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) and the Anglo–Dutch
Billiton plc,[8] forming a dual-listed company. The Australia-registered
Limited has a primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and is one
of the largest companies in Australia by market capitalisation. The English-registered
plc arm has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent
of the FTSE 100 Index.
In 2015, some BHP Billiton assets were demerged and
rebranded as South32, while a scaled-down BHP Billiton became BHP. In 2018, BHP
Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc became BHP Group Limited and BHP Group
Plc, respectively. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, BHP Group was ranked as the
93rd-largest public company in the world.[9]