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A formal hostile bid of 3.4 BHP Billiton shares for each Rio Tinto share was announced on 6 February 2008; [50] The bid was withdrawn 25 November 2008 due to global recession. [51] [52] On 14 May 2008, BHP Billiton shares rose to a record high of A$48.90 following speculation that Chinese mining firm Chinalco was considering purchasing a large ...
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Marius Jacques Kloppers (born 26 August 1962) is a South African-born Australian businessman and former CEO of BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company. [3] He was also Executive Director and Chairman of the Group Management Committee from 2007 to 2013. [4] He was asked to retire as CEO on 1 October 2013, and was succeeded by Andrew ...
Goodyear retired from BHP on September 30, 2007 and was succeeded by Marius Kloppers. [8] Goodyear was considered by Businessweek to have been responsible for BHP's turn-around during the 2000s since, under his leadership, sales increased by 47% and profits by 78%, placing him on top of their "Europe BW50 Leaders" list. [ 9 ]
It was reported on 1 November 2023 that Mackenzie had defended BHP's A$2m donation in support of the Voice to Parliament referendum, arguing that there were "clear business reasons" for the support. [8] (In October 2023, the Voice to Parliament proposal was rejected nationally and by a majority in every state.
BlueScope was formed when BHP Billiton spun-off its steel assets on 15 July 2002 as BHP Steel. [1] It was renamed BlueScope on 17 November 2003. [2]Early in 2004, BlueScope merged with the American firm Butler Manufacturing. [3]
[24] [25] BHP Billiton, by comparison, produced 14,000 tonnes of nickel from the operation in the nine months the plant operated from its opening in May 2009 before it was mothballed. [26] Citing extended low nickel prices, First Quantum Minerals placed the plant in care and maintenance in October 2017, and most of the staff were made redundant.