BHP

BHP

BHP Group Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, production and processing of iron ore, metallurgical coal, and copper. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and currently employs 39,729 full-time employees. The firm is a producer of commodities, including iron ore, copper, nickel, potash and metallurgical (steelmaking) coal. The company is focused on offering a range of resources, which provides copper for renewable energy; nickel for electric vehicles; potash for sustainable farming, and iron ore and metallurgical coal for the steel needed for global infrastructure and the energy transition. Its segments include Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal. Its Copper segment is engaged in mining of copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, uranium, and gold. Its Iron Ore segment is engaged in mining of iron ore. Its Coal segment is engaged in mining of metallurgical coal and energy coal. The firm is also focused on operating Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill, and Carrapateena underground copper-gold mines in South Australia. Its operations are situated in Australia, Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, rest of Asia, North America, South America, and others.

Rio Tinto Limited

RIO

Rio Tinto Ltd. engages in finding, mining and processing mineral resources. The company is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria and currently employs 57,174 full-time employees. The company operates in 35 countries and produces iron ore, copper, aluminum, critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition. Its segments include Iron Ore, Aluminum, Copper, and Minerals. Iron Ore segment includes iron ore mining and salt and gypsum production in Western Australia. Its iron ore operations in the Pilbara comprise an integrated network of 17 iron ore mines and four independent port terminals. Aluminum segment includes bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum smelting and recycling. Copper segment includes mining and refining of copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, other by-products and licensing of extraction technologies. Minerals segment includes mining and processing of borates, titanium dioxide feedstock and iron concentrate and pellets from the iron ore company of Canada. The company also includes diamond mining, sorting and marketing and development projects for battery materials, such as lithium.

Core Lithium Ltd

CXO

Core Lithium Ltd. is an Australian based mineral exploration company, which engages in the acquisition, exploration, evaluation, and development of copper, gold, uranium, and iron ore properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. The company went IPO on 2011-02-11. The company owns and operates Finniss Lithium project, which is located south of Darwin Port in the Northern Territory. The project lies within a prospective area for lithium in the NT, the Bynoe Pegmatite Field, and covers approximately 500 square kilometers (km2) of granted tenements. The project is approximately 88 kilometers (km) by sealed road from Darwin Port, Northern Territory. Its other projects include Shoobridge Lithium, Anningie and Barrow Creek Lithium, Napperby Uranium, Yerelina and Mt Freeling, and Blueys-Inkheart. The Shoobridge Lithium Project is located approximately 80 km south-southeast of Finniss near Darwin in the Northern Territory. The Anningie and Barrow Creek encompass eight exploration licenses over approximately 2,000 km2 in and around the Anningie and Barrow Creek tin-tantalum pegmatite fields in the Northern Territory. Napperby is an advanced uranium project within the central Northern Territory.

Global Battery Tech & Lithium Companies

ACDC

ACDC.AX was created on 2018-08-30 by Global X. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on theme equity. The Fund aims to provide investors with a return that (before fees and expenses) tracks the performance of the Solactive Battery ValueChain Index (the Index).

Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF

VAS

VAS.AX was created on 2009-05-04 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the S&P/ASX 300 Index before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.