Pilbara Minerals Limited

PLS

Pilbara Minerals Ltd. engages in the provision of exploration and evaluation of mineral properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and currently employs 917 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-09-19. The firm owns 100% of an independent hard-rock lithium operation, the Pilgangoora operation in Australia, and the Colina Project in Brazil. Its Pilgangoora operation is located 140 kilometers (kms) from Port Hedland in Western Australia’s resource rich Pilbara region on Nyamal and Kariyarra Country. Spodumene concentrate from its Pilgangoora operation is shipped from Port Hedland, the bulk export port, to lithium chemical converters primarily in China. The firm's Colina project is located 10 kms from the town of Salinas in the world class mining jurisdiction of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The firm is also integrated into the lithium value chain through its joint venture with POSCO in South Korea, which manufactures battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

BHP Group Limited

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.

Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF

VGS

VGS.AX was created on 2014-11-18 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. Vanguard MSCI International Shares Index ETF seeks to track the return of the MSCI World ex-Australia Index (with net dividends reinvested) in Australian dollars before taking into account fees, expenses and tax.

Lynas Rare Earths Limited

LYC

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. engages in the production of rare earth minerals. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. The Company’s operations include Mt Weld, Lynas Malaysia, Kalgoorlie and Lynas USA. The company focuses on developing the Mt Weld resource, which includes ongoing exploration, production of mixed rare earths concentrates, and an expansion project to increase concentrate feedstock production to support 12,000 tons per annum of finished NdPr oxide. The Lynas Malaysia advanced materials plant is located on a 100-hectare site in the Gebeng Industrial Estate, a purpose-built petrochemical industry zone near Kuantan, on the east coast of Malaysia. Its rare earths processing facility in Kalgoorlie undertakes value-added processing of rare earths. The firm's subsidiaries include Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Lynas Africa Ltd, Lynas Kalgoorlie Pty Ltd and Lynas USA LLC.

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.