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BHP Billiton

LC control no.no2012152783
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Corporate name headingBHP Billiton
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Variant(s)bhpbilliton
BHP Billiton Limited
BHP Billiton Plc
See alsoPredecessor: BHP Limited
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Successor: BHP (Firm : 2018- )
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Membership corporate body: Guinea Alumina Corporation
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Beginning date2001-06-29
Ending date2018-11-19
LocatedMelbourne (Vic.) London (England)
Field of activityMineral industries
Found inBHP Billiton, 2009: page 3 (BHP Billiton; multinational company; owns Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine in Colombia)
BHP Billiton WWW site, viewed November 30, 2012: our history (BHP Billiton; bhpbilliton; Billiton, a mining company, merged with Broken Hill Proprietary in June 2001 to become BHP Billiton; a diversified resources company with businesses including aluminum, copper, nickel, liquefied natural gas, iron ore, manganese, diamonds, oil, gas, and other commodities) our structure (created through the merger of BHP Limited and Billiton Plc which was concluded on 29 June 2001; global headquarters in Melbourne, Australia; dual listed as BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc; both companies have identical boards of directors and are run by a single management team; shareholders in each company have equivalent economic and voting rights in both companies; BHP Billiton Plc located in London, England)
"Billiton Maatschappij" in Dutch Wikipedia, viewed Jan. 9, 2014 (official name Gemeenschappelijke Mijnbouwmaatschappij Billiton, 1924-1972; Billiton International Metals BV, 1972-2001; now BHP Billiton; company originally mined tin in the Dutch East Indies, later expanded its activities worldwide and into other metals)
   <http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiton_Maatschappij>
Wikipedia, viewed 15 October 2020 (BHP; formerly known as BHP Billiton; by May 2017, much of the former Billiton assets had been disposed of and BHP Billiton began to rebrand itself as BHP)
Companies House Company Information Service website, viewed 15 October 2020: under Company number 03196209 (Billiton Plc changed its name to BHP Billiton Plc on 29 June 2001, then to BHP Group Plc on 19 November 2018)