BHP Billiton Limited operates in the Iron ores sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares BHP Billiton Limited with three other
iron ore producers in Australasia:
Atlas Iron Limited
(2012
sales of 617.54 million Australian Dollars [US$611.42 million]
of which 100%
was Mining Industry),
Mount Gibson Iron Limited
(668.89 million Australian Dollars [US$662.27 million]
of which 100%
was Mining), and
Fortescue Metals Group Limited
(6.88 billion Australian Dollars [US$6.81 billion]
of which 100%
was Iron Ore).
Sales Analysis.
BHP Billiton Limited reported sales of A$70.12 billion (US$69.43 billion)
for the
fiscal
year ending
June of 2012.
This
represents
a
decrease of 3.2%
versus 2011, when the company's sales were A$72.46 billion.
Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 21.2% decline
in Base Metals, from A$14.29 billion to A$11.26 billion.
There were also decreases in sales in
Metallurgical Coal (down 3.8% to A$7.36 billion)
and
Aluminum (down 12.3% to A$4.63 billion)
and
Manganese (down 14.6% to A$2.09 billion)
.
However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of
Iron Ore (up 6.4% to A$21.94 billion)
and
Petroleum (up 15.8% to A$12.56 billion)
and
Energy Coal (up 5.1% to A$5.85 billion)
.
Business Description