BHP Billiton PLC

BHP Billiton are the world's largest diversified resources company, spanning 20 countries with more than 35 000 employees working in more than 100 operations. BHP Billiton has an aim to become a premier global company and to occupy industry or near industry leader positions within the major commodity businesses.

BHP Billiton Worldwide

The main global headquarters of BHP Billiton are in Melbourne, they also have a major office in London and corporate centres within Johannesburg and Houston. They also have other supporting offices around the world.

Strategic Framework of BHP Billiton

With a vision to earn superior returns for their shareholders, BHP Billiton aims to be the world's premier supplier of natural resources and related products and services. To achieve this end, BHP Billiton has adopted the Customer Sector Groups business model, this allows them to focus on the needs of their different groups of customers. With this aim in mind, they have set themselves these seven key value drivers:

• To achieve stability from outstanding assets
• BHP Billiton aim to achieve stability from the portfolio effect
• Growth and stability from customer centric marketing
• They aim to achieve growth from their deep inventory of projects
• Growth from petroleum
• BHP Billiton's growth through innovation
• BHP Billiton also want to realise the full potential of all their employees

BHP Billiton's Customer Sector Groups

BHP Billiton has seven customer sector groups, each one based on a different commodity market. These include:

• BHP Billiton Petroleum - have a portfolio of high quality and high margin assets with strong potential growth providing an excellent return on capital. They are also a significant oil and gas explorer and producer, with major producing assets all over the world.
• BHP Billiton Aluminium - is one of the world's major producers in alumina and aluminium. They are also active in every stage of the primary aluminium production process which includes bauxite mining; alumina refining; and aluminium smelting.
• BHP Billiton Base Metals - supply high quality base metal concentrates to the European , Asian and South American custom smelters. They also supply copper cathodes to copper wire manufacturers and brass mills.
• BHP Billiton Carbon Steel Materials - are the number one leader in the seabourne supply of metallurgical coal and manganese, they are also the third largest supplier of iron ore.
• BHP Billiton Diamonds and Specialty Products - own the Ekati Diamond mine which is one of the largest gem quality diamond producers in the world. They also produce titanium slag, rutile and zircon.
• BHP Billiton Energy Coal - focuses on providing highly competitive energy solutions for their clients (who are involved in the electric power generation). As a result, they are one of the world's largest producers and marketers of export thermal coal.
• BHP Billiton Stainless Steel Materials - the fourth largest nickel producer in the Western world, and the second largest ferrochrome producer.

Their main marketing hubs are located within Singapore and The Hague.

Source: www.bhpbilliton.com

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