VALE Briefly explain its profile (e.g. activity, business model, history, who are the owners). Vale is a Brazilian multinational specialised in mining and metal operations. It is the third largest mining company in the world, with over 85,000 employees and a revenue of $44 billion in 2013. The ownership is currently split into 3 golden-shares owned by the Brazilian Government and the rest is owned by pension funds. Founded in 1942 by the Brazilian Federal Government as Companhia Vale do Rio
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Client Alert Global Mining and Metals Industry Group April 2013 Glencore’s Long March to Take Over Xstrata First published in Mining Journal, April 2013 At long last, Glencore has overcome the final regulatory hurdle and secured the approval of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) to acquire the 66 percent of Xstrata that it does not already own. But not before agreeing to part with one of the prized assets in Xstrata’s portfolio, the Las Bambas copper project in Peru. If no suitable buyer
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Performance Measurement & Control | BHP Billiton & PotashCorp: Chinese distribution | Transfer Pricing | | Your Name | 1/17/2011 | | Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Transfer Pricing 4 Transfer Pricing: Cost rates, dual rates & market prices 7 PotashCorp Transfer Pricing policy 9 Performance Management issues 12 Conclusions 14 References 15 Appendix 16 Executive Summary In the constantly improving transfer pricing laws of China and
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Environmental Analysis for HSE Group Environmental Analysis for HSE Group QUT Tianxing Yuan(Allen) 9076000 tianxing.yuan@connect.qut.edu.au 3/28/2014 QUT Tianxing Yuan(Allen) 9076000 tianxing.yuan@connect.qut.edu.au 3/28/2014 In submitting this assignment, I certify that other than where properly referenced, the content is my own composition In submitting this assignment, I certify that other than where properly referenced, the content is my own composition
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is a suggestion of which accounting technique should to be integrated into BHP Billiton’s contemporary management accounting system. Through in depth research this technique has been identified as the environmental management accounting technique. This result was achieved through the research of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis and the identification of the critical success factors. A balanced score card was then created using
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1.0 Introduction 1.1 Aim This assessment will critical review the process of BHP Billiton changes and detail practice application as result use the managing change theory. 1.2 Structure Critical evaluation Alternative change intervention Maintain the change 1.3 Main point previewed Implementation process Institutionalization 1.4 General background Diagnosing the problem 2.0 Critical evaluation Interventions: Intervention is a tool using when organization planned change in
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Introduction Coal BHP Billiton in Colombia: Destroying communities for coal BHP Billiton in Indonesia: Going for Deadly Coal in Indonesia BHP Billiton in Australia: When too much in uence is never enough BHP Billiton Australia: Coal mine workers ght back - Queensland BHP Billiton Australia: BHP battle with farmers - New South Wales Oil and Gas and Greenhouse Gases BHP Billiton globally: Re-carbonising instead of decarbonising BHP Billiton in Australia: Hero or destroyer? Uranium BHP Billiton in Australia:
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Introduction There has been considerable debate on how dividend policy affects a firm’s value. Researchers such as Gordon (1959) believed that dividends increase shareholders wealth, Miller and Scholes (1978) considered dividends to be irrelevant and others such as Litzenberger and Ramaswamy (1979) thought that dividends decrease shareholders wealth. As a result, a number of studies have been undertaken to solve the “dividend puzzle”, a concept which tries to answer the question of whether paying
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According to the UN Global Compact, companies should commit to the ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption (UN Global Compact, Accessed 27/12/11). We, BHP Billiton, as a global company realise that we need to give back to the society. Hence, we have put our focus on to the first and the seventh principles from the ten principles of UN Global Compact. The first principle focuses on the humanity rights, it stated, “businesses should support and respect the
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ACFI1001 – Individual Project Financial Statement Analysis and Report Base company – BHP Billiton Ltd. Comparison company – Orica Ltd. The 2012 annual reports for BHP Billiton Ltd and Orica Ltd were sourced and analysed with the relevant sections presented in Appendix A. The main featuresof the statement of financial performance for BHP Billiton that were focused on are profit after taxation, revenue from production and the dividends per ordinary share. The profit after taxation is an
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