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BHP to Merge Stainless Materials, Aluminum Sector Groups

05/11/2012 - BHP Billiton announced that its Stainless Steel Materials and Aluminum Customer Sector Groups (CSGs) will consolidate into a single CSG to be named Aluminum and Nickel.

BHP Billiton announced that its Stainless Steel Materials and Aluminum Customer Sector Groups (CSGs) will consolidate into a single CSG to be named Aluminum and Nickel. The new CSG will be headquartered in Perth, Australia, under the leadership of Glenn Kellow as President (currently President Stainless Steel Materials).
 
The Aluminum and Nickel CSG will include all current nickel and aluminum assets in the portfolio: Nickel West and Worsley (both Australia), Cerro Matoso (Colombia), Mozal (Mozambique), Hillside and Bayside (South Africa), and two non-operated joint ventures, Alumar and Mineracao Rio do Norte (both Brazil).
 
BHP Billiton Chief Executive Aluminum, Nickel and Corporate Development, Alberto Calderon said: “Despite the current challenges, BHP Billiton is committed to Aluminum and Nickel as commodities that may benefit from later phases of economic development in the emerging economies.
 
“However, individually, Aluminum and Nickel are small divisions relative to the other businesses in BHP Billiton. The combination of these into a single business unit will provide appropriate scale within the BHP Billiton portfolio, as well as simplifying the functional structure of the business to assist in our efforts to make it a more efficient and competitive organization.”
 
BHP Billiton is a global organization with over 100 locations throughout the world and 100,000 employees and contractors. It is among the world’s largest producers of major commodities, including aluminum, copper, energy coal, iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal, nickel, silver and titanium minerals, and uranium along with substantial interests in oil and gas.