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Broken Hill Proprietary Company
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- BHP
- BHP Billiton Limited
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Dates of existence
1885 -
History
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited was incorporated in Victoria in 1885. Originally the Company was established to mine zinc, lead and silver at Broken Hill in New South Wales. Later the Company moved into steel making and oil and gas exploration. In November 2000 the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited became known as BHP Limited.
In June 2001 a merger took place between BHP Limited and Billiton. This resulted in the creation of BHP Billiton Limited.
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Description added 12 Apr 2020
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Encyclopedia of Australian Science, http://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000488b.htm (accessed 12 Apr 2020)