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Hatch is a global multidisciplinary management, engineering and development consultancy. Its group companies have more than 11,000 staff in 65 offices on six continents. In 2009 it was one of the 100 largest companies in Canada, with sales over CDN $1 billion.〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/100-biggest-private-companies/article4278568/ retrieved 2013 April 22〕 The company was founded in Toronto, Canada, by W.S. Atkins as W.S. Atkins & Associates in 1955. The company initially was involved in subway tunneling and other civil engineering projects, and expanded into metallurgy when Gerry Hatch joined the company in January 1958. It became known as Hatch in 1962. Hatch counts among its metals clients the top 20 (as measured by market capitalization) mining and metals companies in the world, including Alcan, Alcoa, BHP Billiton, Barrick Gold, BlueScope Steel, Xstrata (formerly Falconbridge), Vale (formerly Inco) and Rio Tinto. In 1996 the company began an expansion program by purchasing several aligned engineering companies including Billiton Engineering (1996), Rescan Mining (1998), BHP Engineering (1999), Kaiser Engineers (2000), Acres International (2004), and MEK Engenharia (2012).〔''Joining forces to potentialize the Brazilian and Latin American power market''. Retrieved 3 September 2013〕 By 2005 the combined billing of the company was around CDN $700 million.〔http://www.miningweekly.com/article/how-it-all-began-50-years-ago-2005-04-22 "Mining Weekly", April 22, 2005 "How it all began 50 years ago"〕 Hatch today provides consulting, operations support, technologies, process design, and project and construction management to clients in three principal sectors: mining and metals; energy; and infrastructure. The company's main offices are in Canada, Australia, South Africa, Chile, China, Brazil, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States. They also have several smaller offices around the globe. == Main business areas == * Non-ferrous (base) metals – nickel, copper, zinc, gold, platinum * Coal * Light metals – aluminum and magnesium * Iron & Steel – iron making, steel making, rolling and finishing * Industrial minerals – titania slag, diamonds, potash, phosphate * Mining & Mineral Processing – planning, design and maintenance consulting * Energy – hydroelectric power, wind power, alternative energies (ocean, solar, geothermal, etc.), hybrid power (renewable and thermal), thermal power, nuclear power, oil and gas, and electricity transmission and distribution * Infrastructure – public: light-rail transit; water; private: power, water, industrial rail, ports and marine terminals * Technologies – custom designed equipment and technology including autoclave for extractive metallurgy, coilbox for steel rolling, electric arc furnace, fluidized bed, non-destructive testing 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hatch Ltd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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