Case Study : Bhp Billiton Plc And Antofagasta Plc

Woolworths Limited was foundedin 1924, and is Australia's second largest employer. Colloquially referred to as 'Woolies', the company has grown to be Australia's leading supermarket retailer. Woolworths has also gained a strong foothold in the retail markets in New Zealand. Woolworths officially listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) on 12 July 1993, and trades with the issuer code 'WOW'. Woolworths Limited (Woolworths) is Australia's most recognised and trusted retail brand.

BHP Billiton Ltd. must initiate a structured corporate governance department which create complete liaison between government bodies as well clearly state their laws to the employees of the organization. This structure must be divided in three sub functions as

The Case Study analysis will be based on the company Meridian Energy Limited(MEL). Meridian is leading manufacturer of renewable electricity and its customers are from all over Australia and New Zealand. The company is largest electricity generator and is the major contributor to the government’s target of renewable energy generation (Meridian, 2016). The objective of the case study is to critically analyse the application conceptual framework of accounting and also the accounting standards that relate to them. The case studies focus will be on the Statement of changes in Equity. Also the focus will be on the extent of application judgement and estimates that have been made by MEL and the issues which may arise because of these estimates.

Prospective investors need information to predict a company's potential for success, profitability and dividends based on the profits estimated in statement of financial position in order for decision-making. Current investors are also interested on the estimated profits for the future in order to determine whether or not they should continue to invest in an organisation.

As the financial consultants of Catawba Industrial Company our aim is to determine the best course of action to pursue with respect to the introduction of the new proposed light weight compressor. This course of action must remain within the production capacity restrictions the company faces.

BHP Billiton Limited was founded in the year 2001 as a merger between Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company and the Anglo-Dutch Billiton Plc. BHP Billiton is a dual listed company and well known as the leading global resources and the largest mining company in the world measured from its revenue. The headquarters is in Melbourne, Australia and a major management office in London, UK. They have more than 100,000 employees and contractors across the 25 nations. BHP Billiton is the major producers of commodities namely energy coal, aluminum, iron ore, minerals, copper, manganese, uranium, nickel, and mining in oil, gas, and diamond. They have more than 100 mining and

In 2002, Westpac change its business strategy by selling consumer finance unit, Australian Guarantee Corporation, to GE Australia so that Westpac has the capital to strong its wealth management. Besides，the strategy also accompanied with the acquisitions of Rothschild Australia Asset Management Ltd , Parts of BT Financial Group and Hastings Funds Management Limited over the next 3 years (Pederson,2011).

As the financial analyst of the company, this report is written in respect to how the financial position of the company can be improved. This report is aimed for the senior management team.

This report provides an analysis of the multinational company, BP (British Petroleum) and its contribution to the Australian economy through a number of sources. The report evaluates how the business is developing amid a number of factors (Internal and external), and possible ways it deals with changes. The main findings of BP Australia:

BHP Billion, a merging cooperation of BHP and Billion in 2010 (BHP Billiton, 2011), is a world leading company in mining and resource exploiting. According to ASX data, BHP Billion has the largest business scales in the Australian market, AU$166 billion of market capital and AU$71 billion of annual operating revenue in FY13 (Australian Securities Exchange, 2014). Over 128,800 employees and contractors work in 26 countries worldwide to create value for their shareholders (BHPB Annual Report, 2013). The core business has been classified into five units: petroleum, copper, iron ore, coal and aluminum, making 20%, 18%, 17%, 31% and 14% respectively in the revenue of FY13. It can be seen from Graph 1 that although iron ore was not the segment with the largest assets, it still returned with the largest revenue and highest ROA rate in 2013. The following paragraphs will focus on the strategy analysis on the segment of iron ore and how it can conquer possible threats

Telstra Corporation Limited (known as Telstra) is Australia 's biggest and leading telecommunications and media organization operating since 1901, which creates and runs telecommunications systems and markets voice, mobile, web access, pay TV and other entertainment items and administrations. In Australia Telstra provide 16.9 million mobile services, 7.2 million fixed voice services and 3.3 million retail fixed broadband services and that’s why we have an global existence covering 22 countries, including China.

Since 1851, Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) and the Anglo–Dutch Billiton plc. (Billiton) have been developing and contributing to industry, communities and economies around the world (Billiton, 2016a). BHP Billiton is a multinational mining, minerals (such as iron ore, copper, coal and nickel), gas and petroleum company. The company was created in 2001 after merging with the two company’s BHP and Billiton (ABC, 2001; Wikipedia, 2016b). These two company’s brought their companies names together and created BHP Billiton. The headquarters of BHP Billiton Limited, and the global headquarters of the BHP Billiton Group, are located in Melbourne, Australia. The headquarters of BHP Billiton Plc is located in London. The

Generally speaking, the legal system didn¡¦t play a very active role in this case. First of all, the India government could do more on digging the truth of the gas leak out and set a more strict standard to regulate such dangerous

Balance sheets and income statements are a snapshot of a company’s stability and financial situation. Combined the statements show the income, expenses, and stockholder’s equity in the company. These statements are often analyzed by financial institutions when a company comes to them needing a loan. Stockholders and other investors also look at these statements to make sure their investment will return a profit for them. This paper will look at four different companies and their balance sheets and income statements. The companies are Eastman Chemical Company, Covenant Transportation

The Pacific Oil Company a well-established oil company with an assorted diversified product line including “Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM)”. (Lewicki, 2010, p. 583) As one of the pioneer producers of VCM, Pacific Oil cornered the market share for contracting, distributing and selling their niche product, VCM worldwide. One of Pacific’s longtime customers was Reliant Corporation. This partnership was more than a decade old and was strong. However, if Pacific Oil decided to further diversify its product line to include Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) a VCM derivative, “it would not want to be in the position of supplying a product competitor with the raw materials to manufacture the product line, unless the formula price was extremely