Billiton
Americannoun
noun
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Abandoning the dual listing unwinds a structure that has been in place in 2001, when Australia's BHP merged with the UK's Billiton.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2021
BHP Billiton , BP , Equinor and Exxon Mobil Corp were evacuating personnel from oil and gas platforms in the Gulf as forecasters predicted the storm would become a Category 3 hurricane.
From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2018
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
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
Like Banka, Billiton is chiefly noted for its production of tin, the island forming the southern limit of the occurrence of this metal in this locality.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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