Billiton
Americannoun
noun
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It urged the company, then known as BHP Billiton, to spin off its U.S. petroleum assets and unify a dual Sydney-London listing, moves that—despite initial resistance—it eventually made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
In July, Tesla also signed a nickel supply deal with BHP Billiton in Australia.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
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
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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