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BHP Billiton plc
Ticker:	BLT : LSE	Description:	BHP Billiton Plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates in oil, mineral, and energy resource industries worldwide. It operates in seven divisions: Petroleum, Aluminum, Base Metals, Carbon Steel Materials, Diamonds and Specialty Products, Energy Coal, and Stainless Steel Materials. The Petroleum division engages in the exploration, production, and development of oil and natural gas in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Algeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Pakistan. It offers crude oil and condensates, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and ethane. The Aluminum division engages in mining bauxite, refining bauxite into alumina, and smelting alumina into aluminum metal. It operates in Australia, Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa, and Suriname. The Base Metals division mines copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium, and gold in Chile, Australia and Peru. Its products primarily include copper concentrates, copper cathodes, uranium oxide, lead concentrates, and zinc concentrates. The Carbon Steel Materials division supplies core raw materials, such as iron ore, metallurgical coal, and manganese ore and alloys; and services to the steel industry. This division has mines in Australia, Brazil, and South Africa. The Diamonds and Specialty Products division explores for and mines diamonds and titanium minerals. It operates principally in Canada, South Africa, Mozambique, and Australia. Energy Coal division explores for, mines, processes, and markets energy coal for use in electricity generation. It mines energy coal in South Africa, Australia, Colombia, and the United States. The Stainless Steel Materials division produces nickel. It offers nickel in the form of compacts, nickel briquettes and powders, ferro-nickel granules, and chemical-grade nickel oxide; and cobalt in the form of Chemgrade cobalt oxide hydroxide and electrolytic cobalt cathodes. BHP Billiton was incorporated in 1996 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
Shares (mm):	5,964.8
Market Cap (mm):	$119,842.5
Cash Flow (mm):	$9,367.0
Cash (mm):	$776.0
Last Price:	$20.09
$ Change:	-1.986883
% Change:	-9.00
Volume:	21,872,996
Website:	www.bhpbilliton.com
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