BHP Timeline

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  • The 'broken hill'

    Charles Rasp believes he has found tin on the ‘broken hill’ in western NSW and The Broken Hill Mining Company is established by seven men.

  • BHP

    The Broken Hill Mining Company is merged with BHP, and begins mining silver, zinc and lead deposits

  • Smelting in SA

    Smelting commences at Port Pirie, South Australia

  • Export of Lead

    First export of lead to China by BHP

  • Iron-ore deposits in SA

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

  • Iron-ore mining

    Commences iron-ore mining at Iron Knob

  • Newcastle steelworks

    Begins steelworks operation at Newcastle, NSW