Form 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August 20, 2013

 

 

 

BHP BILLITON LIMITED   BHP BILLITON PLC
(ABN 49 004 028 077)   (REG. NO. 3196209)
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)   (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA   ENGLAND AND WALES

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

or organisation)

 

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

or organisation)

180 LONSDALE STREET, MELBOURNE,

VICTORIA

3000 AUSTRALIA

 

NEATHOUSE PLACE, VICTORIA, LONDON,

UNITED KINGDOM

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:    x  Form 20-F  ¨    Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:    ¨  Yes    x  No

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): n/a

 

 

 


LOGO

BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc

180 Lonsdale Street Neathouse Place

Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia London SW1V 1BH UK

GPO BOX 86 Tel +44 20 7802 4000

Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Fax + 44 20 7802 4111

Tel +61 1300 55 47 57 Fax +61 3 9609 4372 bhpbilliton.com

bhpbilliton.com

20 August 2013

To:

Australian Securities Exchange

London Stock Exchange

SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Further to the release of the Group’s 2013 financial year results, BHP Billiton today released Supplementary Financial Information for the 2013 financial year.

Nicola Kleynhans

Deputy Company Secretary

BHP Billiton Limited ABN 49 004 028 077 BHP Billiton Plc Registration number 3196209

Registered in Australia Registered in England and Wales

Registered Office: 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Registered Office: Neathouse Place, London SW1V 1BH United Kingdom

The BHP Billiton Group is headquartered in Australia


LOGO

BHP BILLITON REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

The following notes and definitions are relevant to the table below and those on the following pages: —Revenue is based on Group realised prices.

—EBIT is Underlying EBIT which is defined as earnings before net finance costs, taxation and any exceptional items. —EBITDA is EBIT before depreciation, amortisation and impairments.

—Depreciation and amortisation (D&A) includes depreciation, amortisation and impairments.

—Capex includes accrued capital expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

—Net operating assets represent operating assets net of operating liabilities and predominantly exclude cash balances, interest bearing liabilities and deferred tax balances. —Other, as disclosed within each business on the subsequent pages, predominantly comprises divisional activities, greenfield exploration, business development and ceased and sold operations, where relevant.

BHP BILLITON GROUP

Year ended 30 June 2013

US$ million

Underlying Exceptional Profit from Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue(1) EBIT (1) items operations assets Capex(2) gross(3) to profit (4)

Petroleum and Potash 13,213 5,651 1,273 6,924 38,225 7,730 764 709

Copper 11,991 3,622 355 3,977 15,605 2,120 246 246

Iron Ore 20,215 11,121(827) 10,294 23,786 6,255 217 74

Coal 10,723 746(79) 667 14,050 3,887 42 42

Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel 9,278 164(3,923)(3,759) 8,622 758 57 53

Group and unallocated items (5) 623(177) 1,299 1,122 423 132 —

Inter-segment adjustment(75) — — — -

BHP Billiton Group 65,968 21,127(1,902) 19,225 100,711 20,882 1,326 1,124

Year ended 30 June 2012

US$ million

Underlying Exceptional Profit from Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue(1) EBIT (1) items operations assets Capex(2) gross(3) to profit (4)

Petroleum and Potash 12,937 6,020(2,835) 3,185 33,921 6,290 1,575 1,038

Copper 11,596 3,965(360) 3,605 14,011 2,650 330 324

Iron Ore 22,601 14,201—14,201 18,702 5,634 287 135

Coal 13,598 2,797 308 3,105 11,276 3,701 174 174

Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel 9,911(24)(574)(598) 12,897 1,783 79 68

Group and unallocated items (5) 1,636 279(25) 254 1,143 165 7 7

Inter-segment adjustment(53) — — — -

BHP Billiton Group 72,226 27,238(3,486) 23,752 91,950 20,223 2,452 1,746

Total third party revenue for the Group is US$2,765 million and EBIT is US$121 million (2012: US$3,479 million and US$126 million).

Capex in aggregate comprises US$18,401 million growth and US$2,481 million other (2012: US$17,735 million growth and US$2,488 million other).

Includes US$304 million capitalised exploration (2012: US$850 million).

Includes US$102 million exploration expenditure previously capitalised, written off as impaired (included in depreciation and amortisation) (2012: US$144 million).

Includes the Group’s diamonds business (divested effective 10 April 2013), interest in titanium minerals (divested effective 3 September 2012), non-Potash corporate costs incurred by the former Diamonds and Specialty Products business, consolidation adjustments, unallocated items and external sales of freight and fuel via the Group’s transport and logistics operations.


LOGO

PETROLEUM AND POTASH

Year ended 30 June 2013

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue (1) EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (2) gross(3) to profit(4)

Bass Strait 1,921 1,564 119 1,445 2,834 457

North West Shelf 2,578 1,913 234 1,679 1,880 218

Atlantis 853 710 147 563 2,166 391

Shenzi 1,614 1,519 283 1,236 1,524 265

Mad Dog 276 233 98 135 420 121

Onshore US (5) 2,987 1,508 1,795(287) 25,019 4,816

Algeria (6) 533 460 18 442 90 24

UK 244 95 46 49 45 8

Exploration -(522) 230(752) 529 -

Other (7) (8) 2,032 1,746 282 1,464 1,960 772

Total Petroleum 13,038 9,226 3,252 5,974 36,467 7,072 675 620

Potash -(309) 25(334) 1,758 658 89 89

Total Potash -(309) 25(334) 1,758 658 89 89

Total Petroleum and Potash from

Group production 13,038 8,917 3,277 5,640 38,225 7,730 —

Third party products 175 11—11 —

Total Petroleum and Potash 13,213 8,928 3,277 5,651 38,225 7,730 764 709

Year ended 30 June 2012

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue (1) EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (2) gross(3) to profit(4)

Bass Strait 1,950 1,560 110 1,450 2,362 699

North West Shelf 2,375 1,819 211 1,608 1,700 278

Atlantis 769 638 146 492 1,515 298

Shenzi 1,767 1,650 333 1,317 1,463 343

Mad Dog -(28) 9(37) 380 105

Onshore US (5) 2,169 1,300 1,440(140) 22,517 3,293

Algeria (6) 635 560 52 508 66 24

UK 322 223 35 188(6) 12

Exploration -(636) 188(824) 780 -

Other (7) (8) (9) 2,720 2,326 543 1,783 1,921 778

Total Petroleum 12,707 9,412 3,067 6,345 32,698 5,830 1,355 818

Potash -(328) -(328) 1,223 460

Total Potash -(328) -(328) 1,223 460 220 220

Total Petroleum and Potash from

Group production 12,707 9,084 3,067 6,017 33,921 6,290

Third party products 230 3—3 —

Total Petroleum and Potash 12,937 9,087 3,067 6,020 33,921 6,290 1,575 1,038

Petroleum revenue from Group production includes: crude oil US$7,604 million (2012: US$7,804 million), natural gas US$2,842 million (2012: US$2,426 million), LNG US$1,686 million (2012: US$1,483 million), NGL US$823 million (2012: US$780 million) and other US$83 million (2012: US$214 million).

Capex in aggregate comprises Petroleum US$6,926 million growth and US$146 million other (2012: US$5,709 million growth and US$121 million other) and Potash US$646 million growth and US$12 million other (2012: US$460 million growth and US$nil million other).

Includes US$153 million of Petroleum capitalised exploration (2012: US$681 million).

Includes US$98 million of Petroleum exploration expenditure previously capitalised, written off as impaired (included in depreciation and amortisation) (2012: US$144 million).

Includes Petrohawk Energy Corporation (acquired on 20 August 2011). The year ended June 2012 includes a gain on hedging activity of US$192 million.

Algeria includes ROD and Ohanet. The Ohanet Risk Sharing Contract expired in October 2011.

Includes the following fields—Macedon, Pyrenees, Stybarrow, Neptune, Minerva, Angostura, West Cameron 76, Genesis, Starlifter and Pakistan. West Cameron 76 and Starlifter were divested in May 2012.

Includes an unrealised loss of US$84 million related to Angostura embedded derivative (2012: US$99 million unrealised gain).

Includes a post-closing payment of US$100 million received in December 2011 relating to the 2006 divestment of BHP Billiton’s interest in Cascade and Chinook.

Total barrels of oil equivalent (million) based on a conversion rate of 6 billion standard cubic feet of gas per million barrels of oil equivalent.

Production 2013 2012

Crude oil and condensate (million barrels of oil equivalent) 72.5 71.2

Natural gas (billion cubic feet) 874.3 822.3

NGL (million barrels of oil equivalent) 17.5 14.1

Total petroleum products (million barrels of oil equivalent) (10) 235.8 222.3

COPPER


LOGO

Year ended 30 June 2013

Year ended 30 June 2013

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (1) gross(2) to profit

Escondida 4,927 2,788 372 2,416 5,875 1,301

Pampa Norte (3) 1,818 695 227 468 2,514 119

Antamina 1,303 795 80 715 1,237 214

Cannington 1,365 646 40 606 206 35

Olympic Dam 1,873 245 249(4) 6,418 225

Other (4) 127(557) 19(576)(645) 226

Total Copper from Group production 11,413 4,612 987 3,625 15,605 2,120

Third party products 578(3) -(3) —

Total Copper 11,991 4,609 987 3,622 15,605 2,120 246 246

Year ended 30 June 2012

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (1) gross(2) to profit

Escondida 4,002 2,101 273 1,828 4,792 1,173

Pampa Norte (3) 2,152 1,037 200 837 2,332 242

Antamina 1,229 824 40 784 1,088 256

Cannington 1,590 908 53 855 194 96

Olympic Dam 2,146 434 220 214 6,404 394

Other (4) 43(600)(64)(536)(799) 489

Total Copper from Group production 11,162 4,704 722 3,982 14,011 2,650

Third party products 434(17) -(17) —

Total Copper 11,596 4,687 722 3,965 14,011 2,650 330 324

Capex in aggregate comprises US$1,468 million growth and US$652 million other (2012: US$2,010 million growth and US$640 million other).

Includes US$nil million capitalised exploration (2012: US$6 million).

Includes Spence and Cerro Colorado.

Includes Pinto Valley. Depreciation and amortisation includes impairment reversals of US$nil million relating to Pinto Valley (2012: US$71 million). BHP Billiton has agreed to sell its Pinto Valley mining operation. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval, and other customary conditions, and is expected to be completed in the second half of the 2013 calendar year.

Production 2013 2012

Payable copper in concentrate (‘000 tonnes) 634.4 460.8

Copper cathode (‘000 tonnes) 575.0 633.7

Uranium oxide concentrate (tonnes) 4,102 3,885

Gold—payable (‘000 ounces) 154.4 168.7

Silver—payable (‘000 ounces) 37,655 41,308

Lead—payable (‘000 tonnes) 214.4 239.9

Zinc—payable (‘000 tonnes) 128.2 112.2


LOGO

IRON ORE

Year ended 30 June 2013

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue(1) EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (2) gross(3) to profit

Western Australia Iron Ore 18,452 11,428 1,004 10,424 21,237 5,483

Samarco 1,622 811 61 750 2,534 772

Other -(84) -(84) 15 -

Total Iron Ore from Group production 20,074 12,155 1,065 11,090 23,786 6,255

Third party products (4) 141 31—31 —

Total Iron Ore 20,215 12,186 1,065 11,121 23,786 6,255 217 74

Year ended 30 June 2012

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue(1) EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (2) gross(3) to profit

Western Australia Iron Ore 20,480 14,025 763 13,262 16,994 4,974

Samarco 1,996 1,106 55 1,051 1,788 602

Other -(135) 8(143)(80) 58

Total Iron Ore from Group production 22,476 14,996 826 14,170 18,702 5,634

Third party products (4) 125 31—31 —

Total Iron Ore 22,601 15,027 826 14,201 18,702 5,634 287 135

Total Iron Ore 22,601 15,027 826 14,201 18,702 5,634 287

Includes inter-segment revenue of US$55 million (2012: US$39 million).

Capex in aggregate comprises US$6,072 million growth and US$183 million other (2012: US$5,584 million growth and US$50 million other).

Includes US$143 million capitalised exploration (2012: US$152 million).

Includes Boodarie Iron sales of contracted gas purchases and US$15 million mark to market gain on an embedded derivative (2012: US$27 million gain).

Production 2013 2012

Iron ore (million tonnes) 169.9 159.5


LOGO

COAL

Year ended 30 June 2013

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (1) gross to profit

Queensland Coal 4,452 627 376 251 7,988 2,651 32 32

Illawarra 1,287 311 148 163 1,238 409

South Africa Coal 1,457 177 211(34) 1,334 101 10 10

New Mexico 588 95 49 46 164 28

New South Wales Energy Coal 1,526 314 120 194 2,116 348

Colombia 828 307 65 242 1,078 265

Other -(158) 2(160) 111 85

Total Coal from Group production 10,138 1,673 971 702 14,029 3,887

Third party products 585 44—44 21 -

Total Coal 10,723 1,717 971 746 14,050 3,887 42 42

Year ended 30 June 2012

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (1) gross to profit

Queensland Coal 5,875 1,480 260 1,220 5,787 2,465

Illawarra 1,701 826 159 667 1,058 316

South Africa Coal 1,894 468 190 278 1,425 162

New Mexico 587 36 45(9) 169 40

New South Wales Energy Coal 1,599 538 80 458 1,974 565

Colombia 1,086 537 59 478 904 126

Other -(383) 2(385)(14) 27

Total Coal from Group production 12,742 3,502 795 2,707 11,303 3,701

Third party products 856 90—90(27) -

Total Coal 13,598 3,592 795 2,797 11,276 3,701 174 174

(1) Capex in aggregate comprises US$3,023 million growth and US$864 million other (2012: US$2,668 million growth and US$1,033 million other).

Production 2013 2012

Metallurgical coal (million tonnes) 37.7 33.2

Energy coal (million tonnes) 72.9 71.1


LOGO

ALUMINIUM, MANGANESE AND NICKEL

Year ended 30 June 2013

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue(1) EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (2) (3) gross(4) to profit(5)

Alumina 1,422 119 239(120) 3,850 98

Aluminium 2,620 92 127(35) 2,157 27

Intra-divisional adjustment(638) — — — -

3,404 211 366(155) 6,007 125

Manganese 2,113 580 102 478 1,521 322 4 4

Nickel West 1,773(100) 208(308) 127 263 53 49

Cerro Matoso 803 235 79 156 955 44

Other -(45) -(45) 12 4

Total Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel

from Group production 8,093 881 755 126 8,622 758

Third party products 1,185 38—38 —

Total Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel 9,278 919 755 164 8,622 758 57 53

Year ended 30 June 2012

US$ million

Underlying Underlying Net operating Exploration Exploration

Revenue(1) EBITDA D&A EBIT assets Capex (2) (3) gross(4) to profit(5)

Alumina 1,277(14) 190(204) 6,187 827

Aluminium 2,638 38 126(88) 2,373 25

Intra-divisional adjustment(636) — ——2 2

3,279 24 316(292) 8,560 852

Manganese 2,136 355 124 231 1,215 418 9 9

Nickel West 2,043 83 312(229) 1,956 337 68 57

Cerro Matoso 876 414 80 334 1,002 105

Other -(86) 1(87) 164 71

Total Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel

from Group production 8,334 790 833(43) 12,897 1,783

Third party products 1,577 19—19 —

Total Aluminium, Manganese and Nickel 9,911 809 833(24) 12,897 1,783 79 68

Includes inter-segment revenue of US$20 million (2012: US$14 million).

Capex in aggregate comprises US$206 million growth and US$552 million other (2012: US$1,182 million growth and US$601 million other).

Capex includes US$4 million of expenditure in relation to centralising offices (2012: US$71 million).

Includes US$8 million capitalised exploration (2012: US$11 million).

Includes US$4 million exploration expenditure previously capitalised, written off as impaired (included in depreciation & amortisation) (2012: US$nil million).

Production 2013 2012

Alumina (‘000 tonnes) 4,880 4,152

Aluminium (‘000 tonnes) 1,179 1,153

Manganese ore (‘000 tonnes) 8,517 7,931

Manganese alloy (‘000 tonnes) 608 602

Nickel (‘000 tonnes) 154.1 157.9


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc
Date: August 20, 2013   By:  

/s/ Jane McAloon

  Name: Jane McAloon
  Title:   Group Company Secretary