Ranking Profile - BHP

Introduction

BHP is a natural resources company that carries out the exploration, development, production and processing of mineral resources. It discovers, acquires and markets various commodities including iron ore, coal, nickel, copper, lead, silver, potash, molybdenum, uranium, zinc and gold. The company’s projects include iron ore mines in Brazil and Australia, and copper mines in Peru, Australia and Chile. It also has a potash development project in Canada, and coal mines in Australia, the US and Colombia. BHP also explores for, develops, produces, and markets oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Algeria, the US and the UK. BHP is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.