BHP

By mk85024

  • The Broken Hill Minning Company is established

  • The Brocken Hill Minning Company is disolved and incorperated into The Brocken Hill Proprietary Limited

    BHP begins mining silver, lead and zinc deposits

  • Smelting comences at Port Pirie, South Australia

  • Firsy export of lead to china by BHP

  • Leases are obtained over Iron Knob and Iron Baron iron-ore deposits in South Australia

  • BHP commences iron-ore mining at Iron Knob

  • BHP begins steelwroks operation at Newcastle, NSW, on 2 June

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