BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton is an international mining firm which describes itself as "the world's largest diversified resources company". It mainly deals in minerals and petrochemicals.

BHPB profits in 2006 exceeded US$10 billion.

It has been accused of environmental vandalism, displacing indigenous people, and unfair union controls [1].

Subsidiaries

BHP Billiton is the 100% owner of Uranium miner Western Mining Corporation.

Personnel

• Don Argus, Chairman
• Chip Goodyear, Chief Executive Officer
• Tom Harley, President Corporate Development
• Ian Wood, Vice-President of Sustainable Development and Community Relations

Other SourceWatch resources

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Western Mining Corporation

External links

• Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, BHP Billiton resources, accessed February 2004.
• Peter Crush, "CSR: Let actions speak louder than words", PR Week, September 16, 2005. (Sub req'd).
• Burton, Bob. BHP admits Ok Tedi mine is environmental disaster, Asian Times Online, 17 September 2006.
• Friends of the Earth Brisbane, BHP AGM: Olympic Dam will continue to operate outside law, 29 November 2006.