The largest-ever project in the Republic of Mozambique, the MOZAL aluminum smelter produces 560,000 tonnes of aluminum a year.

The Ferrous Raw Materials Division is actively promoting plans for increased production at the BM Alliance (BMA, a coal mining joint venture between Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd and BHP Billiton Ltd.) in Australia.

The Escondida copper mine in Chile remains the world's largest, with current annual output of 1.3 million tonnes of copper.