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.

Pilbara Minerals Limited

PLS

Pilbara Minerals Ltd. engages in the exploration and evaluation of mineral properties. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and currently employs 446 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-09-19. The firm is primarily engaged in the exploration, development, and mining of minerals in Australia. Its 100% owned Pilgangoora hard-rock lithium operation is located approximately 120 kilometers (kms) from Port Hedland in Western Australia’s resource-rich Pilbara region. The operation consists of two processing plants: the Pilgan Plant, located on the northern side of the Pilgangoora area and produces spodumene and tantalite concentrates, and the Ngungaju Plant is located to the south produces spodumene concentrate. The company owns 70% of the Mt Francisco project, which is located 50 km south-west of the Pilgangoora Project and hosts the large occurrence of outcropping pegmatites located nearby to Port Hedland. The company is also pursuing a proposed downstream joint venture (JV) for the development of an approximately 43,000 tons per annum lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) lithium chemical conversion facility in South Korea.

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 37,908 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. The firm's operations are situated in Australia, Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, rest of Asia, North America and South America.

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd

FMG

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. engages in the development of iron ore deposits. The company is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia and currently employs 11,693 full-time employees. The firm is transitioning into a global green energy, metals and products company. Its segments include Metals and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI). The Metals segment is engaged in exploration, development, production, processing, sale and transportation of iron ore, and the exploration for other minerals. Fortescue Future Industries segment is involved in undertaking activities in the global development of green electricity, green hydrogen and green ammonia projects. Through its growth project Iron Bridge and its interest in the Belinga Iron Ore Project in Gabon, it is investing in the growth of its iron ore business. Its operations include three mining hubs in the Pilbara, Western Australia, which are connected to its five berth Herb Elliott Port and the Judith Street Harbour towage infrastructure in Port Hedland by approximately 760 kilometers of the heavy haul railway in the world.

Mineral Resources Limited

MIN

Mineral Resources Ltd. engages in mining and processing of mineral properties. The principal activities of the Company include integrated supply of goods and services to the resource sector. The company owns a portfolio of mining operations across multiple commodities, including iron ore and lithium. The company operates through five segments: Mining services and processing, iron ore, lithium, other commodities, and central. The company provides mining services to clients throughout Western Australia and the Northern Territory, operating mine sites in the Pilbara and Goldfields regions and shipping products through ports in Port Hedland and Esperance. Its mining services division provides full pit-to-port solutions. The company offers design, manufacture, commissioning and on-site operation and maintenance of plant facilities, as well as specialized mine services such as materials handling, plant and equipment hire and maintenance, tail recovery, aggregate crushing, and mine design, as well as engineering and construction.