BHP Billiton: A Leading Global Resource Company Swiggart
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Company Overview
BHP Billiton is an organization that is headquartered within the country of
Australia, specifically in Melbourne. They are a public organization, which happens
to be a leading global resource company. BHP Billiton is among the world’s top
producers of major commodities including iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper, and
uranium, and has a considerable interest in oil, gas and energy coal (BHP Billiton
about us). The interesting part about this company is how they merged two parent
companies into one. This design of a dual listed company structure impacts how they
operate within the organization. BHP Billiton is comprised of BHP Billiton Limited
and BHP Billiton Plc., the two exist as separate companies but they operate as one
combined group.
If you go to the organization’s website it can easily be navigated to look into
the various parts of their approach, leadership, structure and even the people who
work within. As a world leading Resource Company, BHP Billiton plays a very
important role in helping to develop countries and economies, as well as improve
living standards across the globe. “We seek meaningful long-term relationships that
respect local cultures and create lasting benefits” (BHP Billiton). Which they farther
claim their purposes of working with communities to help identify possible needs,
in which they can help build investments. When they partner with appropriate
organizations, they can deliver community projects efficiently, which then allows
them to maximize the social and economic benefits of their operations.
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“Our strategy is to own and operate large, long-life, low-cost, expandable, upstream
assets diversified by commodity, geography and market. Our strategy has remained
unchanged for over a decade and has enabled us to deliver superior margins
throughout economic and commodity cycles for many years.”
As an organization that operates with more than 125,000 employees and
contractors across the globe, they have to take their cultural values to a higher level
when it comes to leadership and employees. First and foremost, they highly value
the health and safety of their workers, which is obviously a very important aspect
when it comes to running a successful organization. But furthermore, when it comes
to recruiting a workforce they look for people who embody the values and the
