BHP
Australian multinational mining and petroleum company
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| July 2024 | BHP and Lundin Mining agreed to jointly acquire 100% of Filo Corp. and form a 50/50 joint venture for the Filo del Sol and Josemaria projects. |
| June 2024 | BHP announced it was on track to meet its 30% emissions reduction target by 2030 from 2020 baseline levels, with a $4 billion plan that may include carbon offsets. |
| May 2024 | BHP's revised offer to acquire Anglo American was also rejected. |
| April 2024 | BHP made an initial offer to acquire Anglo American for £31 billion, which was rejected. |
| April 2023 | BHP took over Oz Minerals in a $9.6 billion deal. |
| January 2022 | BHP relinquished its London Stock Exchange listing, becoming a solely Australian Securities Exchange-listed company. |
| 2021 | BHP completed its two-year tracking of sexual harassment incidents, with a total of six sexual assault and 73 sexual harassment cases recorded. |
| 2021 | BHP terminated or permanently removed 48 workers from its sites in response to sexual harassment and assault incidents. |
| August 2021 | BHP announced plans to exit the oil and gas industry by merging its hydrocarbon business with Woodside Energy and delist from the London Stock Exchange. |
| July 2021 | The Supreme Court of Chile ordered BHP to restart the entire operating permit application process for the Cerro Colorado mine, effectively challenging the company's previous water usage practices. |
| January 2021 | The Supreme Court of Chile validated objections from local indigenous tribes regarding BHP's water usage and its impacts on wetland areas in the Escondida and Cerro Colorado regions. |
| June 30 2020 | BHP reported total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) of 15,800 kilotonnes for the twelve months ending on this date. |
| January 1 2020 | Mike Henry, previously Australia mining head, succeeded Andrew Mackenzie as CEO. |
| 2019 | BHP began tracking sexual harassment and assault cases, registering six cases of sexual assault and 73 cases of sexual harassment over a two-year period. |
| November 19 2018 | BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton plc were renamed to BHP Group Limited and BHP Group plc, respectively. |
| September 29 2018 | BHP completed the sale of its Fayetteville Onshore US gas assets to a wholly owned subsidiary of Merit Energy Company. |
| July 2018 | The company agreed to sell its shale assets to BP for $10.5 billion. |
| June 2018 | BHP, Vale, and Samarco signed an agreement with the Brazilian government to address a $7 billion civil lawsuit and prepare to respond to a larger $55 billion civil lawsuit from federal prosecutors seeking comprehensive compensation for social, environmental, and economic damages from the dam collapse. |
| 2017 | BHP Billiton attempted to negotiate pay freeze and reduced bonuses at Escondida mine in Chile, leading to a major workers' strike. |
| August 2017 | BHP announced its intention to sell off its US shale oil and gas business. |
| May 2017 | BHP Billiton began rebranding itself as BHP, first in Australia and then globally, replacing the slogan 'The Big Australian' with 'Think Big'. |
| February 2017 | BHP Billiton announced a $2.2 billion investment in a new BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| August 2016 | BHP Billiton recorded its worst annual loss of $6.4 billion. |
| 2015 | BHP Billiton paid a $25 million fine to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations related to hospitality at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
| 2015 | BHP Billiton demerged some of its assets, which were rebranded as South32, resulting in a scaled-down BHP Billiton. |
| November 5 2015 | BHP's subsidiary Samarco experienced a catastrophic tailings dam collapse near Mariana, Brazil, resulting in 19 deaths, over 50 injuries, and massive ecological damage along the Rio Doce and Atlantic Ocean. This was considered the worst environmental disaster in Minas Gerais state history. |
| August 19 2014 | BHP Billiton announced creation of South32, an independent global metals and mining company, through demerging select assets. |
| 2013 | BHP was criticized for lobbying against carbon pricing in Australia, highlighting the company's resistance to climate change mitigation policies. |
| 2013 | Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of Non-Ferrous, assumed the role of CEO. |
| August 22 2012 | BHP Billiton delayed its US$20 billion Olympic Dam copper mine expansion project and froze approvals for major new expansion projects. |
| July 14 2011 | BHP Billiton announced acquisition of Petrohawk Energy for approximately $12.1 billion in cash. |
| February 22 2011 | BHP Billiton paid $4.75 billion to Chesapeake Energy for Fayetteville shale assets in Arkansas. |
| August 2010 | BHP Billiton made a hostile takeover bid worth US$40 billion for PotashCorp, which was ultimately rejected by the Canadian government. |
| January 2010 | BHP Billiton purchased Athabasca Potash for US$320 million. |
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