Billiton
Americannoun
noun
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The company was known as BHP Billiton until 2017.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2021
Most prominent was Australia’s BHP Billiton, which had spent $5bn investing with Chesapeake in the Fayetteville shale and ploughed another $15bn into the purchase of Houston-based Petrohawk.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2018
This month, Exxon hired former BHP Billiton Plc trader Nelson Lee as an international crude trader, the people familiar with the matter said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 12, 2018
The analysis includes loans to companies like Glencore and BHP Billiton, which produce commodities like copper and oil in addition to coal.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2018
A few miles to the east of Sumatra are the islands of Banka and Billiton, famous for their tin mines.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson
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