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 18, 2020
BHP GROUP LIMITED (ABN 49 004 028 077) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Financial results Year ended
30 June 2020
Escondida
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Disclaimer
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Presentation of data Unless specified otherwise: variance analysis relates to the relative performance of BHP and/or its operations during the 2020 financial year compared with the 2019 financial year; operations includes operated assets and non-operated assets; total operations refers to the combination of continuing and discontinued operations; continuing operations refers to data presented excluding the impacts of South32 from the 2014 financial year onwards, and Onshore US from the 2017 financial year onwards; copper equivalent production based on 2020 financial year average realised prices; references to Underlying EBITDA margin exclude third party trading activities; data from subsidiaries are shown on a 100 per cent basis and data from equity accounted investments and other operations is presented, with the exception of net operating assets, reflecting BHP’s share; medium term refers to our five year plan. Queensland Coal comprises the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) asset, jointly operated with Mitsubishi, and the BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC) asset, operated by BHP. Numbers presented may not add up precisely to the totals provided due to rounding. All footnote content (except in the Annexures) is contained on slide 48. Alternative performance measures We use various alternative performance measures to reflect our underlying performance. For further information please refer to alternative performance measures set out on pages 51—62 of the BHP Results for the year ended 30 June 2020. No offer of securities Nothing in this presentation should be construed as either an offer or a solicitation of an offer to buy or sell BHP securities in any jurisdiction, or be treated or relied upon as a recommendation or advice by BHP. Reliance on third party information The views expressed in this presentation contain information that has been derived from publicly available sources that have not been independently verified. No representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the information. This presentation should not be relied upon as a recommendation or forecast by BHP. BHP and its subsidiaries In this presentation, the terms ‘BHP’, the ‘Company’, the ‘Group’, ‘our business’, ‘organization’, ‘Group’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refer to BHP Group Limited, BHP Group Plc and, except where the context otherwise requires, their respective subsidiaries set out in note 13 ‘Related undertaking of the Group’ in section 5.2 of BHP’s Annual Report on Form 20-F. Those terms do not included non-operated assets. Notwithstanding that this presentation may include production, financial and other information from non-operated assets, non-operated assets are not included in the Group and, as a result, statements regarding our operations, assets and values apply only to our operated assets unless otherwise stated. Our non-operated assets include Antamina, Cerrejón, Samarco, Atlantis, Mad Dog, Bass Strait and North West Shelf. Financial results 18 August 2020 2
Financial results
Year ended 30 June 2020
Mike Henry Chief Executive Officer
Nickel West 3
Resilient results in extraordinary times Performance underpinned by reliable operational delivery and continuous improvement Dynamic and effective response to COVID-19 Safer, lower cost and more reliable Strong free cash flow ensuring net debt at the low end of our target range Delivering strong and consistent shareholder returns: 55 US cps final dividend, 72% payout Managing portfolio for sustainable value creation Western Australia Iron Ore Financial results 18 August 2020 4
Response to COVID-19
Great people, strong relationships and clear priorities supported continued operational performance
Underpinned by financial strength, structure, culture, safety focus and social valueOperational resilience
Diversified portfolio with balanced commodity exposure
Swift response enabled through partnership with governments, suppliers and customers
Stakeholders
Working closely with communities and Traditional Owners; US$50m in COVID-19 community support
More connected, flexible, focused and fast
Looking forward
Strengthened relationships underpinning value creation for all shareholders Queensland Coal
Note: COVID-19 community support (US$50 million) excludes US$25 million to support contracting partners whose activities at sites have been interrupted due to workforce demobilisation.
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FY20 financial highlights
Resilient margins, strong earnings, net debt at the bottom of our target range
Earnings Margin Free cash flow
US$22.1 bn 53% US$8.1 bn
Underlying EBITDA down 5% Underlying EBITDA margin free cash flow
Net debt Shareholder returns ROCE
12 bn 55 US cps 17%
US$ dividend determined,
net debt payout ratio of 72% ROCE
Note: Net debt excludes vessel lease contracts that are priced with reference to a freight index.
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FY20 operational highlights
Safer, lower cost, more reliable
Safety Production Unit costs
Safer Records Lower
Zero fatalities
at WAIO, Caval Ridge, Broadmeadow
23% decrease in HPI1 by 9% across major assets2
and Poitrel
11% decrease to 4.2 TRIF
Reliability Minerals exploration Major projects
Improved Advancing On track
No major operational disruptions Oak Dam phase 3 drilling complete;
with minimal delays despite COVID-19
WAIO car dumper MTBF up 28% Honeymoon Well acquisition
Notes: HPI – High Potential Injury frequency; TRIF – Total Recordable Injury Frequency, WAIO – Western Australia Iron Ore; MTBF = Mean Time Between Failure.
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FY20 social value highlights Social value integrated into all we do Inclusion & diversity Local spend GHG emissions ↑ ~4,000 to 27% 18% 12% FY20 15.8 Mt of total external expenditure CO2 -e FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 paid directly to local suppliers FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 Female workforce participation Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions (Mt of CO2 -e) Social investment Water Economic contribution FY20 US$150 m ↓19% US$9.1 bn from invested largely in regional communities FY17 global tax, royalty and other FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 government payments Fresh water withdrawals (GL) Note: Work is progressing on the implementation of the climate change initiatives announced in July 2019. We are setting a 2030 science-based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, to set the trajectory towards our 2050 goal of net-zero operational emissions, as well as setting Scope 3 emissions goals. We are implementing the US$400 million Climate Investment Program, are updating our climate portfolio analysis, and clarifying and strengthening the link between performance against emissions targets and BHP’s executive pay plans. We will announce these in our Climate Change Report to be published on 10 September 2020. Financial results 18 August 2020 8
Financial results
Year ended 30 June 2020
Peter Beaven Chief Financial Officer
Queensland Coal
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Financial performance
EBITDA margin 53% and continued earnings per share growth
Summary income statement FY20 % change
(US$ billion)
Underlying EBITDA 22.1 ï,” 5%
Underlying EBITDA margin 53%
Underlying EBIT 15.9 ï,” 7%
Adjusted effective tax rate3 33.2%
Adjusted effective tax rate incl. royalties3 42.2%
Underlying attributable profit (total ops.) 9.1 ï,” 1%
Net exceptional items (1.1)
Attributable profit 8.0
Underlying basic earnings per share (total ops.) 179.2 US cps ï,“ 2%
Dividend per share 120 US cps ï,” 10%
Strong earnings delivery
(US cents per share) (Index, FY16=100)
200 200
150
100 100
50
0 0
FY16 FY17 FY18FY19FY20
Underlying basic EPS (H1)
Underlying basic EPS (H2)
Revenue
Note: Presented on a total operations basis.
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Group EBITDA waterfall
Strong underlying performance across the portfolio, despite COVID-19 headwinds
Underlying EBITDA variance
(US$ billion) External US$0.2 billionControllable US$(1.3) billion
25
23.2 1.00.623.40.10.1
22.1
(1.1) (0.3)(0.4)(0.5)(0.6)
20
FY20 volume and cash cost variance
(US$bn)
1.20.6(0.2)
15 (0.3)
0.8
(0.4)
0.4
0.4
(0.4)
0.0
10 (0.4)
Escondida WAIOCopperNaturalWeatherOther
productivity productivity gradefield
decline decline
5
0
FY19 Price 4 ForeignInflationIFRS 16Sub-totalVolumesControllable 5Fuel &Non-cashOtherFY20
exchange leasescash costsenergy(inc. deferred (inc. P&L
stripping) from EAI)
Note: EAI – equity accounted investment.
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Segment performance
Strong underlying performance, offset planned maintenance, natural field decline and grade decline
Iron Ore7CopperMetallurgical CoalPetroleum9
300 Mtpa run rate, Record throughputRecord volumes Broadmeadow, Resilient portfolio with
a quarterly record at Escondida Caval Ridge and Poitrel valuable growth options
% of Group EBITDA6 64%19%9%10%
EBITDA: US$14.6 bn US$4.3 bn US$1.9 bn US$2.2 bn
EBITDA margin: 70%45%36%55%
ROCE: 56%7%12%6%
WAIO Escondida Queensland CoalPetroleum
Unit cost: (US$/t) (US$/lb) (US$/t)(US$/boe)
Cost 10 1513–141.00–1.259015
<131.20<1.1069–7511-12 <13
58–66
Cost at FX guidance 10 101.147010
14.160.80
69.44 67.59
Guidance 10 512.630.401.01505 10.54 9.74
0 0.00300
FY19 FY20 FY21e MTFY19 FY20 FY21eMTFY19 FY20 FY21e MTFY19 FY20 FY21e MT
FY20 C1 costs US$11.82/t
(ex. 3rd party royalties)8
Performance • FY20 strong inflow performance• FY20 record concentrator throughput,• FY20 significant wet weather impacts,• FY20 lower price-linked costs, cost
drivers: despite two tropical cyclonesstrong cost management, higherhigher stripping costs, and wash plant efficiencies and lower maintenance
Uplift in car dumper reliabilitydeferred stripping, lower by-productand port shut down maintenanceactivities
enabled by improved credits and lower grade• FY21 unit cost reflects higher strip• FY21 unit cost reflects impact of lower
maintenance strategies • FY21 unit cost reflects reducedratios, increased contractor strippingvolumes and forecast lower price-
FY21 unit cost reflects higher FXworkforce and lower grade offset bycosts and tailings and risk spend,linked costs
and longer Yandi haul times lower stripping costspartly offset by higher volumes and
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Cash generation
Attractive free cash flow while continuing to invest through the cycle
Net operating cash flow
(US$ billion) (Index, FY10=100)
35 200
30
25
20
100
15
10
5
0 0
FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
Operating cash flow (H1) Operating cash flow (H2)
Onshore US proceeds Revenue (RHS)
Free cash flow
(US$ billion) (Index, FY10=100)
25
20 200 200
15
10 100
5
0 0
200
(5)
(10) (100)
FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20
Free cash flow (H1) Free cash flow (H2)
Onshore US proceeds Revenue (RHS)
Note: Presented on a total operations basis.
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Capital allocation
Investing in value growth; disciplined adherence to our Capital Allocation Framework
FY20
Operating Capital
productivity productivity
Net operating cash flow
US$15.7 bn
Maintenance capital US$1.9 bn
Strong balance sheet 
Minimum 50% payout ratio dividend12 US$5.0 bn
Excess cash
US$7.7 bn Includes net cash outflow of US$1.1 bn
Additional OrganicAcquisitions/
Balance sheet Buy-backs
dividends11 development(Divestments)
US$0.1 bn US$1.9 bn US$0.0 bn US$5.7 bn US$0.0 bn
H2 FY19 and • US$3.2 bn improvement
H1 FY20 • US$0.4 bn latent capacity
• US$1.4 bn major projects
• US$0.7 bn exploration
Note: Excess cash includes total net cash outflow of US$1.1 billion (FY19: US$1.3 billion) which comprises dividends paid to non-controlling interests of US$1.0 billion12 (FY19: US$1.2 billion); net investment and funding of equity accounted
investments of US$0.6 billion (FY19: US$0.6 billion) and an adjustment for exploration expenses of US$(0.5) billion (FY19: US$(0.5) billion) which is classified as organic development in accordance with the Capital Allocation Framework.
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Maximise value and returns
Net debt US$12.0 billion at lower end of the range; since 2016 ~US$35 billion reinvested; ~US$36 billion returned to shareholders13
Net debt at low end of target range
(Net debt, US$ billion)
30
20
Target range
US$12-17 bn
10
0
FY16 FY17 FY18FY19 14FY20
Actuals Net debt target IFRS 16 impact
Disciplined investment
(Capital and exploration expenditure, US$ billion)
9
6
3
0
FY16 FY17 FY18FY19FY20 FY21e
Actuals Guidance
Returns to shareholders
(Dividends determined and share buy-backs, US$ billion)
18
~US$17 bn
Onshore US
proceeds
6
3
0
FY16 FY17 FY18FY19FY20
Minimum dividend Additional amount
Note: Net debt target range after IFRS 16 Leases adjustments. Capital and exploration expenditure presented on a total operations basis.
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Return on Capital Employed
FY20 ROCE 17%; strong underlying performance despite challenging operating and market conditions
ROCE by asset
(%)
50 Excludes investment in
major projects in execution
20
15 WAIO16 Antamina16
10
Escondida Queensland
5 CoalExploration15
Petroleum
ex-Exploration NSWEC15
Olympic DamPotash
0
Pampa
Norte
(5) Cerrejón15,16
0 10 2030405060
Average capital employed
(US$ billion)
External Supportive COVID-19COVID-19 Excess global supply
factors17 iron ore price disruptions todemandand COVID-19 demand
operations impactsimpacts
Returns
(ROCE excluding Onshore US, %)
20
15
10
5
0
FY16 FY17 FY18FY19FY20
Actual FY17 average realised prices
Note: ROCE represents profit after tax excluding exceptional items and net finance costs (after tax) divided by average capital employed. Average capital employed is net assets less net debt for the last two reporting periods.
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Mt Whaleback
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External environment
Near-term uncertainty continues, attractive medium-term fundamentals, with long-term strategic themes intact and accelerating
Short term Medium term Long term
Growth in
Society Demand UnevenPolicyElectrification
population,
in flux volatility recoveryuncertaintyof transport
wealth
Price Opportunity SustainableClimateDecarbonisation Biosphere
uncertainty and risk productivityactionof powerstewardship
Note: Further information on BHP’s economic and commodity outlook can be found at www.bhp.com/prospects.
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Growing value in a dynamic world
Building on our strong foundations to prosper in uncertain times and create value in the longer term
Consistent strategy to own and operate the best assets in the best commodities
Strategy to be underpinned by reliable, safe delivery of leading operational performance
Rich set of options to grow value and deliver high returns over the next 5 – 10 years
Active portfolio management to support value growth across multiple time horizons
Focus on increasing exposure to future facing commodities
Future Safe fit
Value and returns
High performing Lean
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Approach to portfolio
Strategic scenarios inform management of portfolio for value and returns over time
Value
Decarbonisation of stationary power
• Early retirement of non-renewable resources
• Standalone renewable cost competitiveness
• Grid flexibility solutions become economic
Response to Climate Change
• Effects of global responses to climate change
• Rapid roll out of renewable energy and electrification
• Decarbonisation of industry, including via carbon offsets
Electrification of transport Biosphere
• Policy support (e.g. pro-EV & anti-ICE) • Globally coordinated regulatory intervention
• Cost competitiveness of EVs to resolve land and water competition
• Food security threatened18
• Infrastructure charging speed and Steep disincentive 19 availability • pricing
Licence to operate Circular economy
• Decline in trust between governments, • Policy changes (i.e. imported waste bans) citizens and corporations • Emergence of cost competitive substitutes
• Fluid policy environment at the global, for single-use plastics national, regional and sectoral levels • Breakthrough in household recycling
• Consumers reject unsustainable options
Time
Note: Represents possible impact on our portfolio if no action is taken to mitigate against risks or seize opportunities. Themes are not mutually exclusive or exhaustive, outcomes from one theme could impact our view on severity, timeframes, or strategic considerations for other themes.
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Enhancing portfolio to unlock value and growth
Demonstrated track record and well positioned to maximise long-term value and deliver high returns
Metallurgical Coal: premium franchise Iron ore: competing on cost and quality Petroleum: oil high margin with optionality
• World’s leading metallurgical coal assets • BHP is the lowest cost producer with • High-quality portfolio: valuable growth
• Value growth: focus on quality, productivity high margins options and capital disciplined volume creep • No new hub required for at least a • Invest in opportunities that are resilient to
• Simplify portfolio to focus on higher quality decade, with >100 years of optionality long-term uncertainty steel-making products • South Flank enhances fines grade and • Continued portfolio optimisation and some
• Divest: BMC, NSWEC and Cerrejón lump share capital recycling
– large-scale assets with robust margins • Focus on productivity and creep to 290 – targeted divestments (e.g. Bass Strait) that support good cash flow generation Mt and options for growth only if market – partnerships and farm-downs conditions warrant – potential counter-cyclical acquisitions
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Enhancing portfolio to unlock value and growth
Demonstrated track record and well positioned to maximise long-term value and deliver high returns
Copper: multiple attractions Nickel: battery revolution underway Potash: feeding the world
• Large resource base with high-quality • Transitioning to new Nickel West mines • Highly attractive resource base deposits • Focus on higher margin products • Shaft lining progressing
• Securing more resources through • Securing more resources: • Expected to be presented to the Board exploration and early stage entry options – exploration, acquisition of Honeymoon Well for FID in mid-CY21
• Technical innovation to unlock value and early stage options
• Development options provide further growth – technical innovation to unlock value
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Strengthening safety, performance and portfolio
Five levers to enable BHP to become the best operator and reliably deliver leading financial returns and social value
• Right workforce; inclusive and diverse Bedrock of
• Strengthening leadership; increasing time in field
Culture
• Pace and urgency
• Enhancing technical excellence Depth in
• Operations Services & BHP Operating System deployments
Capability
• Streamlined accountabilities
• Market responsive approach to protect and grow value Disciplined and dynam
• COVID-19 impact on projects mitigated
Capital allocatio
• Counter-cyclical investing
Technology • Restructured, refocused and streamlined enabled operational • Further autonomous haulage deployments excellence and growt • Digital and data strategy defined • Operations Committee
Asset centric
• Consolidated technical teams to support assets performance focus
• Lessons learnt through COVID-19
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Team aligned to strategy
Experienced team to lead culture, performance and growth
Chief People President Chief Executive Chief Financial Chief Commercial Officer Petroleum Officer Officer Officer
Athalie Williams Geraldine Slattery Mike Henry David Lamont Vandita Pant
Chief External President Chief Technical President Chief Development Affairs Officer Minerals Australia Officer Minerals Americas Officer
Caroline Cox Edgar Basto Laura Tyler Ragnar Udd Johan van Jaarsveld
Operations Committee
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Investment proposition
We have the people, assets, options, and discipline to sustainably grow long-term shareholder value and returns
Maximise cash flow Capital discipline Value and returns
Net debt
Low-cost producer targeting lower end 20% FY20 ROCE
efficiency, technology, culture of US$12-17 bn range at spot prices
Volume growth ~US$7 bn capex Portfolio
performance, project delivery in FY21 and ~US$8.5 bn in FY22 creating and securing options
Positive long-term Organic opportunities Shareholder returns
outlook with nearer-term COVID-19 rich option set across commodities US$6.1 bn dividends
uncertainty for our commodities and time periods assessed on risk determined in FY20
and return metrics
Note: FY20 ROCE is based on spot prices as at 3 August 2020.
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Appendix
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Social Value scorecard
We transparently track our performance on our social value commitments and we are making good progress
Category Key indicators1 FY19H1 FY20H2 FY20FY20 Target
Fatalities 1000Zero work-related fatalities
High Potential Injury (HPI) frequency Year-on-year improvement of our HPI
Safety & Health (per million hours worked) 0.310.320.140.24frequency
Total Recordable Injury Frequency (TRIF) 4.74.63.74.2Year-on-year improvement in TRIF
(per million hours worked)
Operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Maintain FY22 operational GHG emissions
15.327.97.915.8
(Mt CO2 -e) at or below FY17 levels3
Environment
Reduce FY22 fresh water withdrawal
Fresh water withdrawals (GL) 155.675.052.0127.0by 15 per cent from FY17 levels4
No less than one per cent of pre-tax profit
Social investment (US$m) 93.529.8119.8149.6(three-year rolling average)
Community
Local procurement spend (US$m) 1,9039499721,922Support the growth of local businesses in the
regions where we operate
Female workforce participation (%) 24.524.826.526.5Aspirational goal for gender balance by CY25
Inclusion & Diversity Australia Indigenous workforce participation (%) 5.65.86.56.5Aim to achieve 5.75 per cent by the end of
FY205
Chile Indigenous workforce participation (%) 5.96.36.66.6Increase representation from prior year5
1. FY19 presented on a total operations basis, except for operational GHG emissions, fresh water withdrawals and local procurement spend.
2. Operational GHG emissions have been revised subsequent to the FY19 annual report following an HSE data audit, resulting in an improvement to emissions reporting methodology for our operations in Chile; previously reported as 14.2 Mt CO2-e.
3. In FY17, our operational GHG emissions were 14.6 Mt CO2-e (excluding Onshore US). Greenhouse gas emissions are subject to final sustainability assurance review.
4. In FY17, our fresh water withdrawals were 156.1 GL (on an adjusted basis, excluding Onshore US).
5. Work is underway to establish medium term targets for Indigenous workforce participation in Australia and Chile.
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Asset performance and plans
Low cost operations, commercial agility, growth options
Petroleum
Flexible options within current portfolio to suit market conditions
Resilient even in a low price environment
– testing confirms no asset impairments even at US$55/bbl
Value based deferrals in FY21: several brownfield projects, Scarborough FID
delayed to FY22, optimisation work ongoing and lower exploration spend
Trion feasibility study phase on track as planned
Capex Production
(US$ billion) (MMboe)
115
3
105
2
1 95
MT average ~104 MMboe
~100 MMboe in FY25
0 85
FY20 FY21e FY22eMT
Development Exploration MaintenanceDeferred capital
Production trend Prior production trend Range
Medium term production Medium term prior production
Note: FID – Final Investment Decision; Shenzi SSMPP – Shenzi Sub-Sea Multi-Phase Pumping; GoM – Gulf of Mexico.
Medium term Petroleum projects
Attractive opportunities with execution flexibility
Competitive pipeline of brownfield and greenfield options
• Continue to progress exploration and appraisal discoveries
– Trinidad and Tobago discovery appraisal and development studies
– secured and expanded positions in central and western GoM
– progressed and de-risked Wildling opportunity in GoM
• Enhancing portfolio through counter-cyclical investments, strategic partnership
farm-downs and targeted divestments
CY2020 2021 2022202320242025202620272028
Sanctioned Barracouta West
Atlantis Ph3 Mad Dog Ph2
Ruby Shenzi SSMPP
Unsanctioned
Scarborough
Mad Dog – Water Injection
Wildling Phase 1
Trion
T&T North
Exploration
Western GoM
Eastern Canada
Central GOM
FID range Prior FID range First production rangeExploreAppraise
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Asset performance and plans
Escondida throughput record; Spence Growth Option progressing on budget
Escondida
New concentrator throughput record of 371 ktpd
Strong cost management
Lower volumes in FY21 and likely in FY22 as reduced workforce will restrict
material movement
– average annual 1.2 Mt medium term guidance maintained
Sustainability advantage
Ceased water drawdown from aquifers, 10 years ahead of target; water
consumption efficiency at concentrators increased by almost five per cent
New more cost efficient renewables power contracts to start in FY22
Mine development strategy to support access to higher grade
(Copper production, kt) (Concentrator head grade, expit mine movement, FY14=100)
1,600 160
800 80
0 0
FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21e FY22e MT
Production Concentrator head grade Expit mine movement
Note: BOS – BHP Operating System; SGO – Spence Growth Option.
Pampa Norte
Consistent performance
Spence: strong leaching result, partially offsetting grade decline
BOS to be fully embedded during FY21 to further improve operating
performance and to offset grade decline of 7% at Pampa Norte
Spence Growth Option on budget
First copper: December 2020 to March 2021; ramping up over 12 months
Will support ~300 ktpa at Spence for first four years, including current
leaching operations
Exploring options to unlock latent capacity at leaching operations
Spence volumes expected to increase to ~300 ktpa with SGO
(Copper production, kt) (Average grade, expit mine movement, FY14=100)
400 160
200 80
0 0
FY14 FY15 FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20 FY21eMT
Production Average copper gradeExpit mine movement
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Asset performance and plans
Olympic Dam and Nickel West sustainably increasing production and returns
Olympic Dam
Focused on operational stability
Multi-year asset integrity program progressing well and tracking to plan
Reliability to drive runtime and cost reductions across the value chain
Safe and reliable performance in the medium term
Draw down of surplus stockpiles in FY21 following strong mine development
Completed 400 km of underground drilling to inform resource optionality plans
Scheduled major smelter maintenance (SCM21) in H1 FY22 will lift smelter
bottleneck in latter part of five year plan
Strong Mine Performance will underpin increased production
(CuEq* production, Kt) (Development, ‘0000 m; Run of Mine Stock, Mt)
350 Smelter maintenance6
300 5
250 4
200
3
150
100 Target Operating Window 2
50 1
0 0
FY17 FY18FY19FY20FY21eFY22eFY23eFY24e
Run of Mine (RHS) UG Development (RHS)CuEq production (LHS)
* CuEq at 30 June 2020 Spot Prices for Au, Ag and U.
Nickel West
Building strong foundations
• Estimate of Ore Reserves increased by over 90% since FY17
• Major planned maintenance and transition to Venus and Yakabindie mines complete
• Undercut at B11, BHP’s first block cave development, will be completed in Q1 FY21
Future options
• Honeymoon Well acquisition in progress
• Commence ~5,000 m of exploration drilling at Seahorse in FY21
Significant increase in nickel Ore Reserves
(contained nickel, kt)
2,000
↑ ~90% to
1,740ktNi
1,000
0
FY11 FY12 FY13FY14FY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20
ProvenProbable
Note: Refer to disclaimer on slide 2 and detailed tables for Nickel West Ore Reserves in the Appendix slides 45 to 46.
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Asset performance and plans
Value growth through continuous improvement; South Flank on track for first production in mid-CY21
WAIO
Reliable delivery of record production and lower costs
Record annualised run rate >300 Mtpa Q4 FY20
Uplift in car dumper reliability enabled by BOS, improved maintenance
strategies and mine performance
Autonomous truck roll-out underway at Newman East
Continuous improvement in supply chain reliability to enable 290 Mtpa
South Flank progressing on track (76% complete)
First production expected mid-CY21
Unit costs below $13/t in medium term, with South Flank online
(Unit costs, US$/t) (Iron ore production, Mtpa)
Q4 run rate (RHS)
20 300
15 250
10 200
FY15 FY16 FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21e Medium
term
Unit costsProduction
Queensland Coal
Strong operating performance
Record volumes at Broadmeadow, Caval Ridge and Poitrel
Focus on improving truck and shovel productivity over the medium term to
enable continuous wash plant feed
Autonomous truck roll-out underway at Goonyella Riverside and Daunia
Market-responsive approach to growth
Strip ratio headwinds to unwind to 2025
(Unit Costs, US$/t) (Prime to product strip ratio)
90 14
60 7
30 0
FY14 FY15 FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21e Medium
Unit costsStrip ratioterm
Notes: BOS – BHP Operating System ; FY21 and medium-term unit cost guidance are based on exchange rates of AUD/USD 0.70
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Samarco and Renova Foundation
Resettlement remains a priority social program but progress slowed by COVID-19
Communities Resettlement Samarco restart
Compensation • Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu: •Received LOC (Corrective Operating
BRL$2.5 billion indemnification andconstruction of key public buildings andLicence) in October 2019—key licence
financial aid paid to June 2020 houses is progressing; Gesteira: urban required to progress to restart with one
plan being discussed with community concentrator
More than 10,000 general damages claims
resolved •Works for construction of filtration plant
slowed by COVID-19
Local support initiatives
•Plan to restart after filtration plant
BRL$600 million in new funding for localcompletion, provided all safety
health and infrastructure around Doce requirements are met and final Samarco
River basin, to help diversify economy, shareholders’ approval is received
create access to local tourist hubs
•Decommissioning plan for the two
Fund to fight COVID-19 of BRL$275 millionupstream dams in the Germano complex
in the communities affected by the ongoing; works started in April 2020
Samarco dam failure
Creation of > 6,500 jobs and prioritisation
of local workforce
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Exceptional items
Attributable profit of US$8.0 billion includes an exceptional loss of US$1.1 billion
Gross Tax Net
Year ended 30 June 20201 US$M US$M US$M
Exceptional items by category
Samarco dam failure (176) -(176)
Cancellation of power contracts2 (778) 271(507)
COVID-19 related costs3 (183) 53(130)
Cerro Colorado impairment4 (409) (83)(492)
Total (1,546) 241(1,305)
Attributable to non-controlling interests (291) 90(201)
Attributable to BHP shareholders (1,255) 151(1,104)
Year ended 30 June 2020 US$M
Other income 489
Expenses excluding net finance costs:
Costs incurred directly by BHP Brasil and other BHP entities in
relation to the Samarco dam failure (64)
Loss from equity accounted investments, related impairments and
expenses:
Samarco impairment expense (95)
Samarco Germano dam decommissioning 46
Samarco dam failure provision (459)
Net finance costs (93)
Total (176)
Notes:
1. Additional commentary is included within Results for the year ended 30 June 2020, Financial information, note 2.
2. Cancellation of power contracts reflects an onerous contract provision in relation to the cancellation of power contracts at the Group’s Escondida and Spence operations, as part of the shift towards 100 per cent renewable energy supply contracts.
3. COVID-19 related costs include additional costs incurred at our operated assets such as temporary relocation costs, screening and hygiene. Costs related to the impact from COVID-19 are reported as an exceptional item and are not included in unit costs for the 2020 financial year. At our major assets these additional costs were: US$0.37 per tonne at Queensland Coal, US$0.30 per tonne at WAIO and US$0.01 per pound at Escondida. The impact on Petroleum unit costs was immaterial.
4. The impairment charge in relation to Cerro Colorado reflects the decision taken by the Group to reduce Cerro Colorado’s throughput for the remaining period of its current environmental licence, which expires at the end of the 2023 calendar year.
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Working capital and balance sheet
Net debt of US$12.0 billion and gearing of 18.7%
Movements in working capital
(US$ billion)
2.0 Includes employee provision
0.6movements, timing of operational
payments and embedded
1.0 0.8 derivative movements
(0.7)(0.2)(0.1)
0.0
Split broadly between increasing(0.4)
operational stability and
(1.0) maintenance strategies
Chile Closed sites InventoryWAIOPriceOther
power rehabilitation buildroyaltyrelated
contracts impacts
Movements in net debt
(US$ billion)
15
1.8(8.1)1.01.012.0
10 9.2 0.29.46.9
5
0
FY19 Derivatives FY19IFRS 16Free cashDividendsDividends OtherFY20
restated initialflowpaidpaid movements 2
recognition to NCI 1
Debt maturity profile3
(US$ billion)
8
6
4
2
0
FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25FY26 FY27FY28FY29 FY30Post
FY30
US$ Euro SterlingC$
Bonds4 Bonds4 Bonds4 BondsSubsidiaries
40% 32% 14%3%11%
% of portfolio Capital markets 89%Asset financing 11%
Notes:
1. NCIs: dividends paid to non-controlling interests of US$1.0 billion predominantly relate to Escondida.
2. Other: Non-cash fair value movement relates to foreign exchange variance due to the revaluation of local currency denominated cash and debt to USD, movements in interest rates and impact of new and renewed leases in FY20
3. Debt maturity profile: all debt balances are represented in notional USD values and based on financial years; as at 30 June 2020; subsidiary debt is presented in accordance with IFRS 10 and IFRS 11.
4. Debt maturity profile: includes hybrid bonds (28% of portfolio: 14% in USD, 10% in Euro, 4% in Sterling) with maturity shown at first call date.
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Net debt: definition and IFRS 16
Operating lease commitments brought onto balance sheet from 1 July 2019
Net debt target range US$12-17 bn
Net debt –changes in net debt definition to include debt-related derivatives of ~US$0.2 bn on 1 July 2019 (unrelated to IFRS 16)
definition –reviewed definition and, from 1 January 2020, excluded vessel lease contracts (arising from IFRS 16) that are priced with reference to a
freight index to reduce net debt volatility for decision making in relation to the Capital Allocation Framework (31 December 2019 restated for
comparative purposes)
Removes distinction between operating and finance leases; introduces new identification criteria
IFRS16 • Results in operating leases being recognised on balance sheet; no change to treatment of existing finance leases
No change to underlying cash flows
Short term, variable payment and low-value leases will remain off-balance sheet and continue to be recorded as operating expenses
No material impact on NPAT; calculation of minimum dividend unaffected
Lease liability FY20 – US$1.6 bn increase • Lease Liability FY21
Key impacts –initial recognition of ~US$1.8 bn on 1 July 2019 –additional new leases commencing in FY21 and renewals of
of IFRS 16 –additional new leases commencing in FY20 ~US$0.4 bn existing lease arrangements (~US$1.3 bn increase, including the
on Net Debt1 increaseSGO desalination plant lease of ~US$0.6 bn)
– lease payments ~US$0.5 bn decrease –lease payments ~US$0.6 bn decrease
Note:
1. Excludes existing finance leases and index-priced vessel leases (including Continuous Voyage Charter contracts that reference the volatile C5 Dry Baltic freight index and are remeasured at each period end).
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IFRS 16 Leases: FY20 impacts
Accounting change only; no impact to net cash flows
Balance sheet1 Income statement Cash flow statementDisclosuresFinancial metrics
Right of use assets Operating lease
Operating costs Operating cash outflow Net debt
(PP&E) commitments (IAS 17)
US$0.6 bn US$0.6 bn US$1.6 bn
US$2.8 bn1 ~US$1.9 bn
Lease liabilities
(Interest bearing liabilities) EBITDA Investing cash flowShort term, variable, lowGearing
US$2.8 bn2 US$0.6 bn no impactvalue leases2%3
Depreciation Financing cash outflowEBITDA margin
US$0.6 bn US$0.6 bn 2%
Unit cash costs
Interest No impact on2-4%
US$0.04 bn net cash flows(no change to guidance)
No material impact on ROCE
income statement negligible impact
Notes:
1. As at 30 June 2020. Excludes decrease for change in classification of onerous lease provisions on implementation of IFRS 16 and reclassification to receivable of sub-leased assets.
2. Includes index-priced vessel liabilities of ~US$1.2 bn.
3. Gearing at 30 June 2020 adjusted to exclude IFRS 16 is 16.6 %.
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IFRS 16 Leases: FY20 impacts
Accounting changes only, no impact to net cash flows
Balance sheet Income statementUnit cost
Group Lease liabilities Depreciation1EBITDA1No change to unit
US$2.8 bn US$0.6 bn US$0.6 bn cost guidance
WAIO2 US$0.12 bn US$0.05 bn US$0.08 bn 3%
Queensland Coal2 US$0.15 bn US$0.12 bn US$0.12 bn 4%
Escondida2 US$0.06 bn US$0.01 bn US$0.03 bn 2%
Petroleum2 US$0.41 bn US$0.03 bn US$0.02 bn 2%
Other US$0.32 bn US$0.08 bn US$0.07 bn
Marketing/G&U3 US$1.78 bn US$0.33 bn US$0.29 bn
Notes:
1. Difference between depreciation impact and EBITDA reflects interest impact and differences between profile of depreciation and lease payments.
2. Impact primarily relates to other leases (including mining and other equipment, rigs and accommodation). There is no change to the treatment of intercompany freight expenses that are allocated from G&U.
3. Impact primarily relates to freight contracts and office buildings. Freight costs are no longer included in underlying EBITDA for G&U, as operating leases are now recognised on the balance sheet with associated depreciation and interest charges expensed over the term of the lease.
There is no change to how the expense is allocated to and recorded within assets.
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Projects in feasibility
Jansen Stage 1 Scarborough
Saskatchewan, Canada Australia
Shaft equipping, mine development, processing facility, site 13 subsea wells tied back to a semisubmersible FPU2; dry gas
infrastructure and outbound logistics pipeline ~435 km in length transports dry gas from the FPU to
the onshore LNG plant at Pluto
Operator BHP Woodside (73.5%)
BHP ownership 100% 26.5%
5,300 – 5,700
Capex (US$m) Sustaining capital ~US$15/t (real) long term average; 1,400 – 1,900 (BHP share)
+/- 20% in any given year
Phase / timing Feasibility study phase Feasibility study phase
Final investment decision expected mid-CY21 Final investment decision expected H2 CY21
First production / Project ~5 years construction timeframe FY25 onwards
delivery ~2 years from first production to ramp up
Volumes 4.3 – 4.5 Mtpa (Potassium chloride, KCL) 6.5 Mtpa (100% basis, LNG); and
160 MMscf/d (100% basis at peak, domestic gas)
6% royalty Non-binding Heads of Agreement signed in November 2019,
Federal and Provincial Corporate income tax and Potash which, amongst other terms, includes agreement on a
Other considerations Production Tax1 competitive tariff for gas processing through the Pluto LNG
Jansen Stage 1 expected mine life of 100 years facility.
1. Tax consideration for Jansen Stage 1 project includes Royalties, Federal and Provincial Corporate Income taxes, and Potash Production Tax (PPT). Withholding tax on dividend payments under the current corporate structure is 5%.
2. FPU: Floating production unit.
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Technology
Streamlined, more effective and nimble function leading charge to solve asset challenges
Effectiveness Remote operating Testing grounds
Restructured Integration Innovation
Reorientated to apply technology more CIO live in Santiago in July 2019; Best of technologies to improve
effectively – more quickly and at scale. follows centres in coal and iron ore performance and safety trialled at BHP
30% reduction in overhead costs and Innovation Centre in Newman, rolled
35% reduction in workforce out at scale
Partnerships Machine learning Automation
Collaboration Asset centric 4 sites
Shift to strategic partnerships to access Digital centres focused on advanced 3 more approved across iron ore, coal for
cross-industry expertise, with focus on analytics, decision automation being conversion to autonomous haulage since
technology, manufacturing, mining rolled out. First launched in coal, 3 more late 2019. Drills being converted, trucks
services and start-ups planned for major assets by end CY21 under study at Escondida and Spence
Note: CIO—Copper Integrated Operations.
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Improving through standardisation and ways of working
Empowering our people to continuously improve through standardised systems, processes and ways of working
Maintenance and Engineering Centre of Excellence (MECoE)
Combines advanced planning capability, defect elimination and value
analytics to deliver exceptional performance
MECoE partnered with Iron Ore Port and Rail teams to optimise supply chain
performance
• Enabled 300 Mtpa inflow run-rate in Q4 through availability uplift and
improved process cycle time (+10%)
• 5% increase in maintenance plan adherence, removing rework and
improving stability
• 35% improvement in shutdown duration compliance over past two years
• Unlocked Port capacity by utilising more reliable and higher performing
product pathways, identified through advanced analytic techniques
Advanced maintenance practices lifting iron ore throughput
(Mtpa run rate) (Availability uplift, index Q1 FY19=100)
320 115
295 110
270 105
245 100
220 95
Q1 FY19 Q2 FY19 Q3 FY19 Q4 FY19 Q1 FY20 Q2 FY20 Q3 FY20 Q4 FY20
Inflow run-rate Car dumper availability
Operations Services (OS)
Established in 2018 with a focus on culture and sustainability improvements
• Diverse hiring focus with 34% female representation, up 8% in FY20
• OS specific training increased hazard identification by up to 25%
Enabler for operational excellence through focus on skills uplift
• 13% reduction in average unscheduled equipment downtime
• 5% reduction in key production equipment delays and variability in delays 3%
• 7% increase in truck utilisation compared to non-OS operations
• Lower cost through local hiring and productivity improvements
Improved labour productivity at operations with OS deployed
(Indexed non-OS baseline, $/equivalent movement1)
↓ 12%
↓ 22%
↓ 16%
↓ 17%
Coal:
Iron Ore:
Coal:
Iron Ore:
Maintenance
Maintenance
Production
Production
Baseline
OS
Note: Equivalent movement represents material moved (i.e. tonnes of iron ore or BCM of coal).
Maintenance improvement achieved through an uplift in equipment availability to deliver higher volumes.
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BHP guidance
Group FY21e FY22e
Capital and exploration expenditure (US$bn) ~7 ~8.5Cash basis.
Including:
Maintenance 2.1 Includes non-discretionary capital expenditure to maintain asset integrity, reduce risks and meet compliance requirements. Also includes
capitalised deferred development and production stripping (FY21e: US$0.8 billion). Includes US$0.1 billion for petroleum.
Improvement 2.5 Includes Petroleum infill drilling and South Flank.
Latent capacity 0.2 Includes WAIO to 290 Mtpa and West Barracouta.
Major growth 1.5 Includes Spence Growth Option, Mad Dog Phase 2, Jansen, Ruby and Atlantis Phase 3.
Exploration 0.7 Includes US$0.45 billion Petroleum and ~US$60 million Copper exploration programs planned for FY21.
Petroleum FY21e Medium term
Petroleum production (MMboe) 95-102 ~104Decline of ~1.5% p.a. over medium term includes projects yet to be sanctioned. ~104 MMboe represents average over medium term.
~100 MMboe is expected in FY25
Capital expenditure (US$bn) 1.2 SanctionedCapexFirst productionProduction
(BHP share)(100% basis at peak)
Mad Dog Phase 2February 2017US$2.2 bn CY22140,000 boe/d
West Barracouta December 2018~US$140 mCY21104 MMscf/d
Atlantis Phase 3February 2019~US$700 mCY2038,000 boe/d
RubyAugust 2019~US$340 mCY2116,000 bopd (oil) and
(~US$280 m excl. pre-commitment)80 MMscf/d (gas)
Exploration expenditure (US$m) ~450 Focused on Trinidad & Tobago and the US Gulf of Mexico.
Unit cost (US$/boe) 11 – 12 <13Costs to increase in medium term as a result of natural field decline. Excludes inventory movements, embedded derivatives movements,
freight, third party product purchases and exploration expense. Based on exchange rate of AUD/USD 0.70.
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BHP guidance (continued)
Copper FY21e Medium term
Copper production (kt) 1,480 – 1,645 Escondida: 940 – 1,030 kt; Olympic Dam: 180 – 205 kt; Pampa Norte 240 – 270 kt; Antamina: 120 – 140 kt (zinc 140 – 160 kt).
Capital and exploration expenditure (US$bn) 2.3 Includes ~US$60 million exploration expenditure.
SanctionedCapexFirst productionProduction
(BHP share)(100% basis)
Spence Growth OptionAugust 2017US$2.46 bn December 2020 –March~185 ktpa of
2021incremental copper
(over first 10 years)
Escondida
Copper production (kt, 100% basis) 940 – 1,030 ~1,200~1,200 kt represents average per annum over medium term.
Unit cash costs (US$/lb) 1 – 1.25 <1.10Excludes freight; net of by-product credits; based on an exchange rate of USD/CLP 769.
Iron Ore FY21e Medium term
Iron ore production (Mt) 244 – 253 Excludes production from Samarco. Major maintenance campaign on car dumper 3 planned for September 2020 quarter.
Capital and exploration expenditure (US$bn) 1.6 SanctionedCapexFirst productionProduction
(BHP share)(100% basis)
South FlankJune 2018US$3.1 bn Mid-CY2180 Mtpa sustaining mine
Western Australia Iron Ore
Iron ore production (Mt, 100% basis) 276 – 286 290
Unit cash costs (US$/t) 13 – 14 <13Excludes freight and government royalties; based on an exchange rate of AUD/USD 0.70.
Sustaining capital expenditure (US$/t) ~4Medium term average; +/- 50% in any given year. Includes South Flank; Excludes costs associated with automation programs.
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BHP guidance (continued)
Coal FY21e Medium term
Metallurgical coal production (Mt) 40 – 4446 –52Expected deterioration in market outlook due to the impact of COVID-19.
Energy coal production (Mt) 22 – 24NSWEC: 15 – 17 Mt; Cerrejón: ~7 Mt.
Capital and exploration expenditure (US$bn) 0.7
Queensland Coal
Production (Mt, 100% basis) 71 – 77
Unit cash costs (US$/t) 69 – 7558 –66Excludes freight and royalties; based on an exchange rate of AUD/USD 0.70.
Sustaining capital expenditure (US$/t) ~9Medium term average; +/- 50% in any given year. Excludes costs associated with automation programs.
Other FY21e
Other capex (US$bn) 0.6 Includes Nickel West and Jansen.
Including: Jansen current scope (US$m) ~285
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Key Underlying EBITDA sensitivities
Approximate impact1 on FY21 Underlying EBITDA of changes of: US$ million
US$1/t on iron ore price2 233
US$1/bbl on oil price3 32
US$1/t on metallurgical coal price 37
US¢1/lb on copper price2 32
US$1/t on energy coal price2 16
US¢1/lb on nickel price 1.6
AUD (US¢1/A$) operations4 124
CLP (US¢1/CLP) operations4 32
Notes:
1. EBITDA sensitivities: assumes total volume exposed to price; determined on the basis of BHP’s existing portfolio.
2. EBITDA sensitivities: excludes impact of equity accounted investments.
3. EBITDA sensitivities: excludes impact of change in input costs across the Group.
4. EBITDA sensitivities: based on average exchange rate for the period
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Ore Reserves—Competent Person Statement
Competent Person Statement
The information in this presentation that relates to Nickel West Ore Reserves estimate as at 30 June 2020 is based on information prepared by the Competent Persons for each deposit in accordance with the Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules Chapter t
2014 and Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, December 2012 (JORC Code). The Competent Persons are C Barclay for Leinster, Cliffs and Venus; D Brosztl and C Barclay for Mt Keith and Yakabindie.
M Menicheli is the Competent Person compiling the BHP Nickel West Ore Reserve figures from FY2011 to FY2019. The FY2011 and FY2012 Ore Reserves were first reported by the Company in accordance with the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration
Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, 2004 and from FY2013 to FY2019 were first reported by the Company in accordance with the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, December 2012’ in the
respective BHP and BHP Billiton Annual Reports, available to view on www.bhp.com.
All Competent Persons listed above are full-time employees of BHP and are current Members of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM). All Competent Persons have sufficient experience relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of
deposit under consideration and to the activity which they are undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. All Competent Persons
consent to the inclusion in this presentation of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.
Ore Reserves
Ore Reserves as presented are estimates reported in 100 per cent terms. All tonnes and quality information have been rounded, hence small differences may be present in the totals. No metallurgical recoveries have been applied to the calculation of contained nickel
metal. Drill spacing used to define Ore Reserves classification and metallurgical recoveries are presented in footnotes (1) and (3) respectively. Total Ore Reserves presented in the graph on slide 31 is based on totals tabled on slide 46.
Nickel West Ore Reserves as at 30 June 2020
Proved Ore ReservesProbable Ore ReservesTotal Ore ReservesReserveBHP
Deposit (1) (2) (3) Cut-off Ore TypeLifeInterest
Mt%NiMt%NiMt%NiktNi metal (years)%
Leinster (4)(5) ³0.40%Ni OC3.50.741.80.665.30.72388100
³0.90%Ni UG ––5.11.65.11.682
SP ––0.890.750.890.757
Mt Keith (6) Variable between 0.35%Ni and 0.40%Ni OC650.57190.55840.5747915100
and ³ 0.18% recoverable Ni SP 6.20.580.900.457.10.5841
Cliffs (7) ³1.2%Ni UG0.101.91.02.01.12.0224100
Yakabindie (8) ³0.35%Ni OP1190.56440.611630.5792915100
Venus (9) ³0.9%Ni UG––9.31.59.31.514013100
(1) Approximate drill hole spacings used to classify the reserves were: (4) Leinster—Ore Reserves includes operations and projects.
Deposit Proved Reserves Probable Reserves(5) Leinster—The increase in OC Ore Reserves was due to improved resource classification which enabled increase conversion to
Leinster 25m × 25m 25m × 50m Ore Reserve. The decrease in the Reserve Life was due to an increase in the nominated production rate from 0.6Mtpa to 1.4Mtpa.
Mt Keith 40m × 40m 80m × 80mIncorporated within the Reserve Life calculation were OC and UG ore types, which contribute 3 years and 8 years respectively.
Cliffs 25m × 25m (and development) 25m × 25m(6) Mt Keith—The decrease in Ore Reserves was mainly due to depletion. The increase in Reserve Life was due to decrease in
Yakabindie 40m × 60m 80m × 60mnominated production rate from 8Mtpa to 6Mtpa.
Venus 25m x 25m 50m x 50m(7) Cliffs—The increase in Ore Reserves and Reserve Life was mainly due to an update in the mine design.
(2) Ore delivered to the process plant. (8) Yakabindie—The increase in Ore Reserves was mainly due to an update in mine design.
(3) Metallurgical recoveries for the operations were: (9) Venus – The increase in Ore Reserves and Reserve Life was mainly due to changes in mining method from Longhole Open
Deposit Metallurgical Recovery Stope to Sub-Level Cave.
Leinster Leinster UG: Approximately 88%, Leinster OC: Approximately 80%
Mt Keith 63%
Cliffs 83%
Yakabindie 63%
Venus 88%
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Nickel West Total FY2011 to FY2020 Ore Reserves (100% basis)
Financial Proved Ore Reserves (Mt) Probable Ore Reserves(Mt) Total Ore ReservesBHP
Deposit Year Interest
Mt %NiMt%NiMt%NiktNi %
Nickel West
2020 194 0.57820.782760.631740100
2019 182 0.57770.732580.611580100
2018 78 0.60520.731300.66852100
2017 86 0.62490.741350.66896100
2016 42 0.6470.77490.66323100
2015 53 0.6550.76580.67388100
2014 97 0.63140.641110.64706100
2013 106 0.68210.901270.72913100
2012 115 0.64270.891420.68969100
2011 141 0.62171.361580.701110100
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Footnotes
1. Slide 7: High Potential Injury frequency: number of injuries from events where there was the potential for a fatality per million hours worked, presented on a total operations basis.
2. Slide 7: Based on the copper equivalent for major assets (Queensland Coal, WAIO, Petroleum and Escondida).
3. Slide 10: Adjusted effective tax rate and Adjusted effective tax rate incl. royalties: excludes the influence of exchange rate movements and exceptional items.
4. Slide 11: Price: net of price-linked costs.
5. Slide 11: Controllable cash costs: Strong cost performance driven by consumption efficiencies at Escondida, net favourable inventory movements across our assets in line with mine plans and planned rebuilds for operational stability following drawdowns in the prior year supported
by further reduction in overheads. This was partially offset by increased planned maintenance activities at a number of our assets during the year.
6. Slide 12: Segment EBITDA: percentage contribution to Group Underlying EBITDA, excluding Group and unallocated items (G&U includes Potash, Nickel West and closed mines previously reported in Petroleum reportable segment). Energy coal and Nickel have not been presented.
7. Slide 12: Iron ore: unit cost, C1 unit cost excluding third party royalties, EBITDA margin and ROCE refer to Western Australia Iron Ore.
8. Slide 12: WAIO C1 cost: excludes third party royalties, exploration expenses, depletion of production stripping, demurrage, exchange rate gains/losses, net inventory movements and other income.
9. Slide 12: Petroleum: EBITDA margin excludes closed mines which is now reported within Group and unallocated items. ROCE excludes exploration and closed mines which is now reported within Group and unallocated items.
10. Slide 12: FY21 and medium-term unit cost guidance are based on exchange rates of AUD/USD 0.70 and USD/CLP 769. Average exchange rates for FY20 of AUD/USD 0.67 and USD/CLP 771. FY20 unit costs at guidance exchange rates of AUD/USD 0.70 and USD/CLP 683.
11. Slide 14: Dividend: represents final dividend determined by the Board for FY19 and paid in September 2019, and interim dividend determined by the Board for H1 FY20 and paid in March 2020.
12. Slide 14: NCIs: dividends paid to non-controlling interests of US$1 billion predominantly relate to Escondida.
13. Slide 15: Shareholder returns: dividends determined since FY16.
14. Slide 15: Prior period comparatives have been restated to reflect the change in net debt calculation. Net debt was restated from US$9.2 billion to US$9.4 billion as at 30 June 2019.
15. Slide 16: WAIO, Cerrejón, NSWEC & Petroleum Exploration: ROCE truncated for illustrative purposes.
16. Slide 16: Antamina and Cerrejón: equity accounted investments; average capital employed represents BHP’s equity interest.
17. Slide 16: External factors is not a comprehensive list of possible drivers for ROCE balances. Assets may have several external factors that impact the balance; this key is highlighting the largest external influence to the ROCE balance in FY20.
18. Slide 20: Food security threatened by land degradation, water quality and availability, climate change impacts.
19. Slide 20: Steep disincentive pricing (e.g. carbon price, taxes on non-sustainable forestry, nitrogen fertiliser run-off).
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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 Group Limited and BHP Group Plc | ||||||
Date: August 18, 2020 | By: | /s/ Caroline Cox | ||||
Name: | Caroline Cox | |||||
Title: | Group General Counsel & Company Secretary |