BHP Billiton Production Report for the Quarter Ended 31 December 2001.Business Editors MELBOURNE Melbourne, city, Australia Melbourne, city (1991 pop. 2,761,995), capital of Victoria, SE Australia, on Port Phillip Bay at the mouth of the Yarra River. Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, is a rail and air hub and financial and commercial center. , Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002 BHP Billiton BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company.[1] Its origin is in the 2001 merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) and the UK's Billiton, which has a South African background. The result is a dual-listed company. today released its production report for the quarter ended 31 December December: see month. 2001. The results demonstrate a solid operational performance, particularly from the iron ore ore, metal-bearing mineral mass that can be profitably mined. Nearly all rock deposits contain some metallic minerals, but in many cases the concentration of metal is too low to justify mining the ore. and petroleum assets, and the contribution from new copper, metallurgical met·al·lur·gy n. 1. The science that deals with procedures used in extracting metals from their ores, purifying and alloying metals, and creating useful objects from metals. 2. coal, petroleum and alumina alumina (əl  `mĭnə) or aluminum oxide, Al2O3, chemical compound with m.p. about 2,000°C; and sp. gr. about 4.0. operations.The production figures also reflect BHP BHP blood hydrostatic pressure; the pressure exerted by the blood cells and plasma in the capillaries. Billiton's international resource management strategy, including the decision to temporarily reduce copper production by an estimated 170,000 tonnes per annum Per annum Yearly. . -- Aluminium production was six per cent lower than the December 2000 quarter and four per cent lower than the September 2001 quarter. Production at Mozal (Mozambique) was significantly higher during the December 2001 quarter, compared to the corresponding period in 2000, reflecting the completion of full commissioning at that project in December 2000. Lower production at Alumar and Valesul over the half year reflects temporary power usage restrictions instigated by the Brazilian government in June 2001. Power rationing in the north of the country was suspended in January 2001 and it is expected that Alumar will return to full production during the March 2002 quarter. -- Alumina production was 81 per cent higher than the December 2000 quarter and in line with the September 2001 quarter reflecting BHP Billiton's increased ownership in Worsley (Australia), effective January 2001 and a production capacity expansion at that asset, completed in April 2001. -- Oil and Condensate production was in line with both the December 2000 quarter and the September 2001 quarter. Bass Strait (Australia) production remained constant compared to both periods due to successful infill drilling. Liverpool Bay (UK) production was significantly higher than the December 2000 quarter due to increased stabilised production from that asset. Increased production was also recorded at the Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. and Keith Keith may refer to: People with the given name Keith:
fields (UK) during the December 2001 quarter due to increased customer demand. In addition, Typhoon typhoon: see hurricane. (USA) reported higher production during the December 2001 quarter following the ramp-up of first production from the deepwater Deepwater or Deep Water may refer to:
Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east asset (commenced operations in July July: see month. 2001). Higher production was recorded at the Wanaea/Cossack fields (Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. ) during the December 2001 quarter following planned maintenance in the previous quarter. -- Natural Gas production was 25 per cent higher than the December 2000 quarter and seven per cent higher than the September September: see month. 2001 quarter. Higher year on year gas production at Bass Strait Bass Strait (băs), channel, 80 to 150 mi (129–241 km) wide, between Tasmania and Victoria, SE Australia, connecting the Indian Ocean and Tasman Sea; Port Phillip Bay and Melbourne are on the northwest coast. (Australia) was due to sales into the Eastern Gas Pipeline. Compared to both periods, natural gas production was also significantly higher at the Liverpool Bay Liverpool Bay is a bay of the Irish Sea between north-east Wales, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside to the east of the Irish Sea. The bay is a classic example of a region of freshwater influence. The rivers Alt, Conwy, Dee and Mersey drain into the bay. , Bruce and Keith fields (UK) due to increased customer demand. -- Copper production was 18 per cent lower than the December 2000 quarter and 10 per cent higher than the September 2001 quarter. Copper production at Escondida (Chile Chile (chĭl`ē, Span. chē`lā), officially Republic of Chile, republic (2005 est. pop. 15,981,000), 292,256 sq mi (756,945 sq km), S South America, west of the continental divide of the Andes Mts. ) was lower compared to both periods due to temporary production cuts announced in November November: see month. 2001 and a natural decline in head grade. BHP Billiton recorded higher copper production in the December 2001 quarter following the successful achievement of commercial production at Antamina (Peru) in October October: see month. 2001 - more than four months ahead of schedule. Lower year on year copper production was largely due to BHP Billiton no longer reporting production from the Ok Tedi mine This article is about the Ok Tedi Mine. For the River, see Ok Tedi River. The Ok Tedi Mine is located near the headwaters of the Ok Tedi River, in the Star Mountains Rural LLG of the North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. (Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (păp` ə, –y ).During January January: see month. 2002, BHP Billiton commenced the temporary curtailment Curtailment The act of contracting or reducing operations of a company in the hope of bringing it financial or operational stability. This management technique is often used when a company has grown too fast and is unable to effectively manage its operations. of production at its Tintaya (Peru) operations and closed its remaining in-situ leaching In-situ leaching (ISL), also called in-situ recovery (ISR) or solution mining, is a process of recovering minerals such as copper and uranium through boreholes drilled into the deposit. The process initially involves drilling of holes into the ore deposit. operations at San Manuel San Manuel may refer to the following places:
(USA) as part of its international copper resource management strategy. At the time of the announcements Tintaya was producing 90,000 tonnes per annum of copper, while San Manuel was producing 9,000 tonnes per annum of copper cathode. -- Iron Ore production was six per cent higher than the December 2000 quarter and in line with the September 2001 quarter. Western Australian Australian pertaining to or originating in Australia. Australian bat lyssavirus disease see Australian bat lyssavirus disease. Australian cattle dog a medium-sized, compact working dog used for control of cattle. iron ore set new production records during both the half year and December 2001 quarter (8.2 per cent higher than the previous half year and 14.2 per cent higher than the December 2000 quarter) due to continuing strong demand for product in Japan, China and other Asian markets. Higher production in the December 2001 quarter also allowed for the rebuilding of port stockpiles from previously low levels. During the half year, BHP Billiton sold 37.1 million wet tonnes (100 per cent terms) of WA iron ore, which is an increase of 4.9 per cent compared to the corresponding period in 2000. -- Metallurgical Coal production was eight per cent lower than the December 2000 quarter and 10 per cent lower than the September 2001 quarter. Shipments from the Queensland Queensland, state (1991 pop. 2,477,152), 667,000 sq mi (1,727,200 sq km), NE Australia. Brisbane is the capital; other important cities are Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Townsville, Rockhampton, Cairns, and Ipswich. (Australia) coal mines were 13.4 million tonnes over the half year, or two per cent higher than the corresponding period in 2000. Higher production was recorded at Blackwater Blackwater, river, c.100 mi (161 km) long, rising in Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland. It flows east through the dairy region of Co. Cork and Co. Waterford before turning abruptly south and entering the Atlantic Ocean at Youghal Bay. Salmon and trout are caught in the river. (Australia) during the December 2001 quarter following the expansion of production facilities and the successful integration of the South Blackwater operations, acquired as part of QCT QCT Quantitative Computed Tomography (bone scanning method) QCT Quasi-Classical Trajectory QCT Qualcomm CDMA Technology QCT Quality Control Team QCT Qualcomm Cdma Technologies Resources in July 2001. Lower production, compared to the December 2000 quarter, follows the equalisation Noun 1. equalisation - the act of making equal or uniform equalization, leveling human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen of Queensland (Australia) coal interests with Mitsubishi Mitsubishi: see zaibatsu. to form the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance in March 2001. Production at the Gregory Joint Venture (Australia) during the half year was impacted by adverse roof conditions encountered at the Crinum Crinum a genus of cultivated ornamental plants of the family Liliaceae (Amaryllidaceae), some of which are known to cause collapse and death in sheep and goats. Called also spider lily. mine between August and December. -- Energy Coal production was 20 per cent lower than the December 2000 quarter and eight per cent lower than the September 2001 quarter. The decline in production was largely due to the divestment divestment to strip one's investment from an entity. of BHP Billiton's 80 per cent interest in the PT Arutmin assets (Indonesia Indonesia (ĭn'dənē`zhə), officially Republic of Indonesia, republic (2005 est. pop. 241,974,000), c.735,000 sq mi (1,903,650 sq km), SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago. ) in November 2001 and the sale of the Matla The Matla (Arabic: مطلع) is the first sher, or couplet, of a ghazal, a collection of poems in Urdu poetry. It is possible, although extremely rare, for there to be more than one matla in a ghazal and Glisa mines (South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. ) in the June June: see month. 2001 quarter. Lower production during the half year also reflects the accelerated closure of the Rietspruit mine (South Africa) in November 2001. -- Nickel nickel, metallic chemical element; symbol Ni; at. no. 28; at. wt. 58.69; m.p. about 1,453°C;; b.p. about 2,732°C;; sp. gr. 8.902 at 25°C;; valence 0, +1, +2, +3, or +4. production during the quarter was 22 per cent higher than the December 2000 quarter and 10 per cent higher than the September 2001 quarter. The year on year increase was largely due to higher production and sales at Cerro Matoso (Colombia Colombia (kəlŭm`bēə, Span. kōlōm`byä), officially Republic of Colombia, republic (2005 est. pop. 42,954,000), 439,735 sq mi (1,138,914 sq km), NW South America. Bogotá is the capital and largest city. ) following commencement of production from the Line II expansion in January 2001. Higher production was also recorded at Yabulu (Australia) and Cerro Matoso during the December 2001 quarter following the completion of planned maintenance in the previous period. -- Ekati Ekati may refer to:
December 2000 quarter and 21 per cent higher than the September 2001 quarter following the acquisition of Dia Met Minerals Ltd, effective 1 July 2001. Higher production was also recorded during the December quarter following the commencement of mining at the Misery pipe in December 2001. Production from the Misery pipe will provide a small but consistent proportion of the Ekati(TM) mine's total output with the Panda pipe continuing to be the main source of production. -- Raw Steel production was eight per cent lower than the December 2000 quarter and nine per cent lower than the September 2001 quarter. Lower production was largely due to industrial action at the Port Kembla Port Kembla, Australia: see Wollongong. steelworks (Australia) during the December 2001 quarter. Domestic despatches DESPATCHES. Official communications of official Persons, on the affairs of government. 2. In general, the bearer of despatches is entitled to all the facilities that can be given him, in his own country, or in a neutral state; but a neutral cannot, in general, were significantly higher, compared to the December 2000 quarter, due to strong demand for coated, pipe and tube, plate and tinplate products. Further news and information can be found on our Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the site: www.bhpbilliton.com
BHP BILLITON PRODUCTION SUMMARY
QUARTER ENDED
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DEC SEPT DEC
2000 2001 2001
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ALUMINIUM
Alumina ('000 tonnes) 533 964 965
Aluminium ('000 tonnes) 251 244 235
BASE METALS
Copper ('000 tonnes) 271.6 202.1 221.6
Lead (tonnes) 51,104 54,032 53,212
Zinc (tonnes) 33,804 29,402 46,719
Gold (ounces) 186,314 69,682 74,162
Silver ('000 ounces) 8,060 8,183 9,281
Molybdenum ('000 tonnes) 0.1 0.2 0.2
CARBON STEEL
MATERIALS
Iron ore ('000 tonnes) 16,230 17,080 17,283
Metallurgical
coal ('000 tonnes) 8,877 9,035 8,149
Manganese
ores ('000 tonnes) 897 973 888
Manganese
alloys ('000 tonnes) 173 119 165
Hot
briquetted
iron ('000 tonnes) 291 386 384
STAINLESS STEEL
MATERIALS
Nickel ('000 tonnes) 14.4 15.9 17.5
Chrome ores ('000 tonnes) 898 629 609
Ferrochrome ('000 tonnes) 249 207 206
ENERGY COAL ('000 tonnes) 25,821 22,405 20,623
PETROLEUM
Crude oil
and
condensate ('000 bbl) 20,000 19,492 19,747
Natural gas (bcf) 60.83 71.24 76.23
LPG ('000 tonnes) 155.04 182.71 173.01
Ethane ('000 tonnes) 9.98 24.05 18.59
BHP STEEL
Raw steel ('000 tonnes) 1,372 1,382 1,262
Marketable
steel
products ('000 tonnes) 1,268 1,377 1,169
EXPLOR'N, TECH
& NEW BUS
Diamonds ('000 carats) 318 767 928
HALF YEAR ENDED % CHANGE
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DEC Q01 DEC Q01 YTD 01
vs vs vs
DEC DEC DEC SEPT YTD
2001 2000 Q00 Q01 00
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ALUMINIUM
Alumina ('000 tonnes) 1,929 1,072 81% 0% 80%
Aluminium ('000 tonnes) 479 484 -6% -4% -1%
BASE METALS
Copper ('000 tonnes) 423.6 483.7 -18% 10% -12%
Lead (tonnes) 107,244 104,047 4% -2% 3%
Zinc (tonnes) 76,122 63,315 38% 59% 20%
Gold (ounces) 143,844 361,353 -60% 6% -60%
Silver ('000 ounces) 17,464 16,135 15% 13% 8%
Molybdenum ('000 tonnes) 0.3 0.1 12% 1% 123%
CARBON STEEL
MATERIALS
Iron ore ('000 tonnes) 34,363 33,510 6% 1% 3%
Metallurgical
coal ('000 tonnes) 17,184 16,841 -8% -10% 2%
Manganese
ores ('000 tonnes) 1,860 1,921 -1% -9% -3%
Manganese
alloys ('000 tonnes) 284 348 -5% 39% -18%
Hot
briquetted
iron ('000 tonnes) 770 396 32% 0% 95%
STAINLESS STEEL
MATERIALS
Nickel ('000 tonnes) 33.4 27.2 22% 10% 23%
Chrome ores ('000 tonnes) 1,238 1,819 -32% -3% -32%
Ferrochrome ('000 tonnes) 413 522 -17% 0% -21%
ENERGY COAL ('000 tonnes) 43,028 46,663 -20% -8% -8%
PETROLEUM
Crude oil
and
condensate ('000 bbl) 39,239 40,817 -1% 1% -4%
Natural gas (bcf) 147.47 122.58 25% 7% 20%
LPG ('000 tonnes) 355.72 327.81 12% -5% 9%
Ethane ('000 tonnes) 42.64 33.17 86% -23% 29%
BHP STEEL
Raw steel ('000 tonnes) 2,644 2,827 -8% -9% -6%
Marketable
steel
products ('000 tonnes) 2,546 2,693 -8% -15% -5%
EXPLOR'N, TECH &
NEW BUS
Diamonds ('000 carats) 1,695 627 192% 21% 170%
BHP BILLITON ATTRIBUTABLE PRODUCTION
QUARTER ENDED
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ALUMINIUM
ALUMINA
Production ('000 tonnes)
Worsley(a) 86% 211 541 674 662 671
Suriname 45% 215 213 211 219 209
Alumar 36% 107 114 113 83 85
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Total 533 868 998 964 965
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ALUMINIUM
Production ('000 tonnes)
Hillside 100% 127 122 123 125 117
Bayside 100% 45 44 43 44 45
Alumar 46.3% 44 42 43 35 32
Valesul 45.5% 12 11 9 8 9
Mozal(b) 47% 23 31 32 32 32
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Total 251 250 250 244 235
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BASE METALS(c)
COPPER
Payable metal
('000 tonnes)
Escondida 57.5% 105.8 98.3 89.1 89.3 80.1
Ok Tedi(d) 52% 54.1 51.7 53.4 -- --
Tintaya 100% 24.0 18.4 20.1 20.9 22.9
Antamina(e) 33.8% -- -- -- -- 26.5
Alumbrera(e) 25% 9.9 10.8 11.9 11.6 12.0
Highland Valley(e) 33.6% 16.1 14.8 14.1 16.1 16.0
Selbaie 100% 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.7
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Total 213.1 197.2 191.5 140.4 160.2
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Refined production
('000 tonnes)
Escondida 57.5% 20.5 21.0 22.0 21.9 21.9
Cerro Colorado(e) 100% 31.0 32.0 33.8 34.0 33.8
San Manuel 100% 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2
Pinto Valley 100% 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.4
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Total 58.5 59.4 62.0 61.6 61.4
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LEAD
Payable metal (tonnes)
Cannington 100% 49,503 45,228 54,271 52,879 51,914
Pering 100% 1,601 1,320 1,486 1,153 1,298
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Total 51,104 46,548 55,757 54,032 53,212
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ZINC
Payable metal (tonnes)
Cannington 100% 17,994 15,877 17,176 14,058 17,285
Antamina(e) 33.8% -- -- -- -- 16,010
Selbaie 100% 10,312 8,868 7,969 9,456 8,106
Pering 100% 5,498 5,010 5,397 5,888 5,318
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Total 33,804 29,755 30,542 29,402 46,719
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GOLD
Payable concentrate
(ounces)
Ok Tedi(d) 52% 127,049 115,576 124,729 -- --
Escondida 57.5% 13,270 10,582 10,302 10,641 12,166
Tintaya 100% 4,638 5,146 7,693 10,249 11,500
Alumbrera(e) 25% 32,013 31,947 42,205 42,584 45,567
Selbaie 100% 9,344 8,472 8,198 6,207 4,929
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Total 186,314 171,723 193,126 69,682 74,162
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SILVER
Payable metal
('000 ounces)
Cannington 100% 7,591 6,462 7,806 7,804 7,915
Antamina(e) 33.8% -- -- -- -- 690
Selbaie 100% 469 362 259 379 676
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Total 8,060 6,824 8,065 8,183 9,281
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MOLYBDENUM
Payable metal
('000 tonnes)
Highland Valley(e) 33.6% 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.15 0.15
CARBON STEEL MATERIALS
IRON ORE
Production ('000 tonnes)
Mt Newman Joint
Venture 85% 5,500 4,591 5,239 5,973 6,423
Goldsworthy Joint
Venture 85% 1,730 1,453 1,788 1,656 1,667
Yandi Joint
Venture 85% 5,840 6,354 6,882 7,046 6,933
Jimblebar 100% 1,250 991 1,272 1,182 1,332
Samarco 50% 1,910 1,885 1,893 1,223 928
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Total 16,230 15,274 17,074 17,080 17,283
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METALLURGICAL COAL(f)
Production ('000 tonnes)
CQCA Joint Venture(g) 50% 3,794 3,519 4,064 4,002 3,908
South Blackwater(h) 50% -- -- -- 670 524
Gregory Joint Venture(g) 50% 970 845 960 486 408
BHP Mitsui Coal(i) 80% 1,525 1,678 1,802 1,823 1,467
QCT Resources(j) 50% 1,260 1,837 2,087 -- --
Illawarra 100% 1,328 1,619 1,889 2,055 1,841
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Total 8,877 9,498 10,802 9,035 8,149
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MANGANESE ORES
Saleable production
('000 tonnes)
South Africa(k) 60% 579 538 490 467 501
Australia(k) 60% 318 379 446 505 387
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Total 897 917 936 973 888
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MANGANESE ALLOYS
Saleable production
('000 tonnes)
South Africa(k) 60% 106 96 85 69 101
Australia(k) 60% 67 64 51 50 63
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Total 173 160 136 119 165
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HOT BRIQUETTED IRON
Production ('000 tonnes)
Boodarie(TM) Iron 100% 291 177 276 386 384
STAINLESS STEEL
MATERIALS
NICKEL
Production ('000 tonnes)
CMSA 99.8% 6.9 9.4 9.1 9.6 10.4
Yabulu 100% 7.5 7.4 7.7 6.3 7.1
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Total 14.4 16.8 16.8 15.9 17.5
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CHROME ORES
Saleable production
('000 tonnes)
South Africa(k) 60% 898 674 665 629 609
FERROCHROME
Saleable production
('000 tonnes)
South Africa(k) 60% 249 192 194 207 206
ENERGY COAL
Production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa 100% 17,811 14,379 14,571 14,538 13,724
USA 100% 3,962 3,993 3,890 3,106 3,170
Australia 100% 1,227 1,512 1,329 1,173 863
Indonesia(l) 80% 2,134 2,035 2,291 2,450 1,778
Colombia(m) 17%-33% 687 1,091 1,053 1,138 1,088
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Total 25,821 23,010 23,134 22,405 20,623
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PETROLEUM
Production
Crude oil &
condensate (000 bbl) 20,000 19,911 18,378 19,492 19,747
Natural gas (bcf) 60.83 67.61 71.64 71.24 76.23
LPG ('000 tonnes) 155.04 170.624 175.60 182.71 173.01
Ethane ('000 tonnes) 9.98 15.69 18.53 24.05 18.59
BHP STEEL
Production
('000 tonnes)
Raw steel 100% 1,372 1,277 1,328 1,382 1,262
Marketable steel
products 100% 1,268 1,345 1,469 1,377 1,169
EXPLORATION, TECH &
NEW BUSINESS
DIAMONDS
Production ('000 carats)
Ekati(TM)(n) 80% 318 375 427 767 928
HALF YEAR ENDED
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ALUMINIUM
ALUMINA
Production ('000 tonnes)
Worsley(a) 1,333 417
Suriname 428 428
Alumar 168 227
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Total 1,929 1,072
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ALUMINIUM
Production ('000 tonnes)
Hillside 242 253
Bayside 89 91
Alumar 67 87
Valesul 17 23
Mozal(b) 64 30
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Total 479 484
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BASE METALS(c)
COPPER
Payable metal ('000 tonnes)
Escondida 169.5 215.3
Ok Tedi(d) -- 103.9
Tintaya 43.8 46.5
Antamina(e) 26.5 --
Alumbrera(e) 23.6 9.9
Highland Valley(e) 32.1 16.1
Selbaie 5.1 6.6
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Total 300.6 398.3
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Refined production ('000 tonnes)
Escondida 43.8 40.4
Cerro Colorado(e) 67.8 31.0
San Manuel 4.5 5.4
Pinto Valley 6.8 8.7
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Total 123.0 85.4
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LEAD
Payable metal (tonnes)
Cannington 104,793 100,830
Pering 2,451 3,217
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Total 107,244 104,047
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ZINC
Payable metal (tonnes)
Cannington 31,343 31,141
Antamina(e) 16,010 --
Selbaie 17,562 21,671
Pering 11,206 10,503
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Total 76,122 63,315
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GOLD
Payable concentrate (ounces)
Ok Tedi(d) -- 267,797
Escondida 22,807 28,713
Tintaya 21,749 11,585
Alumbrera(e) 88,151 32,013
Selbaie 11,136 21,245
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Total 143,844 361,353
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SILVER
Payable metal ('000 ounces)
Cannington 15,719 15,220
Antamina(e) 690 --
Selbaie 1,055 915
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Total 17,464 16,135
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MOLYBDENUM
Payable metal ('000 tonnes)
Highland Valley(e) 0.30 0.14
CARBON STEEL MATERIALS
IRON ORE
Production ('000 tonnes)
Mt Newman Joint Venture 12,396 11,120
Goldsworthy Joint Venture 3,323 3,360
Yandi Joint Venture 13,979 12,920
Jimblebar 2,514 2,380
Samarco 2,151 3,730
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Total 34,363 33,510
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METALLURGICAL COAL(f)
Production ('000 tonnes)
CQCA Joint Venture(g) 7,910 7,755
South Blackwater(h) 1,194 --
Gregory Joint Venture(g) 894 1,821
BHP Mitsui Coal(i) 3,290 2,939
QCT Resources(j) -- 1,260
Illawarra 3,896 3,066
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Total 17,184 16,841
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MANGANESE ORES
Saleable production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa(k) 968 1,134
Australia(k) 892 787
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Total 1,860 1,921
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MANGANESE ALLOYS
Saleable production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa(k) 170 217
Australia(k) 113 131
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Total 284 348
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HOT BRIQUETTED IRON
Production ('000 tonnes)
Boodarie(TM) Iron 770 396
STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS
NICKEL
Production ('000 tonnes)
CMSA 20.0 13.3
Yabulu 13.4 13.9
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Total 33.4 27.2
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CHROME ORES
Saleable production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa(k) 1,238 1,819
FERROCHROME
Saleable production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa(k) 413 522
ENERGY COAL
Production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa 28,262 32,372
USA 6,276 7,042
Australia 2,036 2,462
Indonesia(l) 4,228 4,100
Colombia(m) 2,226 687
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Total 43,028 46,663
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PETROLEUM
Production
Crude oil & condensate (000 bbl) 39,239 40,817
Natural gas (bcf) 147.47 122.58
LPG ('000 tonnes) 355.72 327.81
Ethane ('000 tonnes) 42.64 33.17
BHP STEEL
Production ('000 tonnes)
Raw steel 2,644 2,827
Marketable steel products 2,546 2,693
EXPLORATION, TECH & NEW BUSINESS
DIAMONDS
Production ('000 carats)
Ekati(TM)(n) 1,695 627
(a) Interest in Worsley increased from 30% to 86% effective January
2001.
(b) Mozal produced its first metal in June 2000 and achieved full
commissioning of its 253,000 tpa capacity in December 2000.
(c) Metal production is reported on the basis of payable metal.
(d) Ok Tedi data shown on 100% basis. BHP Billiton holds a 52% equity
interest in Ok Tedi. BHP Billiton announced in August 2001 that no
profit would be recognised for Ok Tedi from 1 July 2001 except to
the extent that dividends are received. Accordingly, Ok Tedi
September 2001 and December 2001 quarter copper production (100%
basis) of 48,200 tonnes and 43,800 tonnes respectively and gold
production of 104,855 ounces and 98,210 ounces respectively has
not been recognised.
(e) Included from 1 October 2000, the effective date of the
acquisition of Rio Algom. Antamina commenced commercial production
in October 2001.
(f) Coal production is reported on the basis of saleable product.
Production figures include some thermal coal.
(g) BHP Billiton interest is 50% from 28 June 2001 (previously CQCA
joint venture 52.1% and Gregory joint venture 64.14%).
(h) BHP Billiton acquired its share of South Blackwater in July 2001.
South Blackwater is equally owned by BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi
Development Pty Ltd.
(i) Shown on 100% basis before 20% outside equity interest.
(j) Production reported represents BHP Billiton's 50% equity interest
in MetCoal Holdings. MetCoal Holdings is equally owned by BHP
Billiton and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd and acquired QCT
Resources Limited (QCT) in November 2000. In June 2001, Mitsubishi
acquired the balance of the shares in QCT from BHP Billiton.
(k) Shown on 100% basis. BHP Billiton interest in saleable production
is 60%.
(l) Production shown on 86.5% basis after allowing for Indonesian
state owned corporation's 13.5% share of production. BHP Billiton
sold its interest in the Senakin and Satui mines effective 30
November 2001.
(m) Carbonnes del Cerrejon (BHP Billiton 33.3%) and Cerrejon Zona
Norte (BHP Billiton 16.7%) were acquired in September 2000 and
November 2000 respectively.
(n) Interest in Ekati(TM) increased from 51% to 80% effective July
2001.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
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ALUMINIUM
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
ALUMINA
Production
Worsley,
Australia (a) 211 541 674 662 671 1,333 417
Paranam,
Suriname 215 213 211 219 209 428 428
Alumar,
Brazil 107 114 113 83 85 168 227
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Total 533 868 998 964 965 1,929 1,072
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Sales
Worsley,
Australia (a) 205 388 725 692 638 1,330 390
Paranam,
Suriname 194 224 186 224 221 445 408
Alumar,
Brazil 116 120 116 79 88 167 226
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Total 515 732 1,027 995 947 1,942 1,024
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(a) Interest in Worsley increased from 30% to 86% effective January
2001.
ALUMINIUM
Production
Hillside,
South Africa 127 122 123 125 117 242 253
Bayside,
South Africa 45 44 43 44 45 89 91
Alumar, Brazil 44 42 43 35 32 67 87
Valesul, Brazil 12 11 9 8 9 17 23
Mozal,
Mozambique (b) 23 31 32 32 32 64 30
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Total 251 250 250 244 235 479 484
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Sales
Hillside, South
Africa 127 121 124 123 117 240 253
Bayside, South
Africa 46 42 50 43 43 86 87
Alumar, Brazil 43 41 45 34 33 67 85
Valesul, Brazil 11 7 12 8 8 16 22
Mozal,
Mozambique (b) 20 32 33 32 32 64 25
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Total 247 243 264 240 233 473 472
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(b) Mozal produced its first metal in June 2000 and achieved full
commissioning of its 253,000 tpa capacity in December 2000.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
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BASE METALS
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise
stated. Metals production is payable metal unless otherwise stated.
Escondida, Chile
Material mined
(100%)
('000 tonnes) 77,436 74,691 77,115 85,344 84,821 170,164 152,994
Sulphide ore
milled (100%)
('000 tonnes) 11,534 11,128 10,650 11,205 10,060 21,265 23,893
Average
copper grade (%) 1.94% 1.95% 1.82% 1.75% 1.72% 1.74% 1.89%
Production ex Mill
(100%)
('000 tonnes) 190.4 176.4 159.5 162.0 144.4 306.3 389.9
Production
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 105.8 98.3 89.1 89.3 80.1 169.5 215.3
Payable gold
concentrate
(fine ounces) 13,270 10,582 10,302 10,641 12,166 22,807 28,713
Copper cathode
(SXEW)
('000 tonnes) 20.5 21.0 22.0 21.9 21.9 43.8 40.4
Sales
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 118.0 109.5 88.3 83.8 87.0 170.7 202.6
Payable gold
concentrate
(fine ounces) 15,279 11,692 9,780 8,729 12,386 21,115 27,552
Copper cathode
(SXEW)
('000 tonnes) 19.8 21.8 23.1 22.9 18.0 40.8 41.9
OK Tedi, Papua New Guinea(a)
Material mined
('000 tonnes) 22,673 22,244 22,482 -- -- -- 44,972
Ore milled
('000 tonnes) 8,286 8,250 8,116 -- -- -- 15,657
Average head grades
-- Copper (%) 0.91% 0.85% 0.92% -- -- -- 0.92%
-- Gold (g/t) 0.77 0.70 0.82 -- -- -- 0.88
Production
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 54.1 51.7 53.4 -- -- -- 103.9
Payable gold
concentrate
(fine ounces) 127,049 115,576 124,729 -- -- -- 267,797
Sales
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 53.5 53.4 67.5 -- -- -- 89.6
Payable gold
concentrate
(fine ounces) 135,494 113,760 156,860 -- -- -- 235,975
(a) Ok Tedi data shown on 100% basis. BHP Billiton holds a 52% equity
interest in Ok Tedi. BHP Billiton announced in August 2001 that no
profit would be recognised for Ok Tedi from 1 July 2001 except to
the extent that dividends are received. Accordingly, Ok Tedi
September 2001 and December 2001 quarter copper production (100%
basis) of 48,200 tonnes and 43,800 tonnes respectively and gold
production of 104,855 ounces and 98,210 ounces respectively has
not been recognised.
Tintaya, Peru
Material mined
('000 tonnes) 16,723 14,566 16,447 17,600 14,115 31,715 33,117
Ore milled
('000 tonnes) 1,744 1,429 1,508 1,640 1,569 3,209 3,364
Average copper
grade (%) 1.56% 1.47% 1.56% 1.58% 1.72% 1.65% 1.56%
Production
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 24.0 18.4 20.1 20.9 22.9 43.8 46.5
Payable gold
concentrate
(fine ounces) 4,638 5,146 7,693 10,249 11,500 21,749 11,585
Sales
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 24.5 12.1 32.0 19.2 17.8 37.0 42.2
Payable gold
concentrate
(fine ounces) 5,149 3,125 10,350 9,745 9,546 19,291 12,943
Cerro Colorado, Chile(a)
Material mined
('000 tonnes) 14,957 13,342 14,177 13,595 16,677 30,272 14,957
Ore milled
('000 tonnes) 3,264 3,479 3,546 3,517 3,894 7,411 3,264
Average copper
grade (%) 1.08% 1.09% 1.09% 1.08% 1.13% 1.11% 1.08%
Production
Copper cathode
('000 tonnes) 31.0 32.0 33.8 34.0 33.8 67.8 31.0
Sales
Copper cathode
('000 tonnes) 30.4 32.8 33.6 34.0 31.7 65.7 30.4
(a) Cerro Colorado (BHP Billiton 100%) included from 1 October 2000,
the effective date of the acquisition of Rio Algom.
Antamina, Peru(a)
Material mined (100%)
('000 tonnes) 22,589 22,589
Ore milled (100%)
('000 tonnes) 6,318 6,318
Average head grades
-- Copper (%) 1.32% 1.32%
-- Zinc (%) 2.03% 2.03%
-- Silver (g/t) 223 223
Production
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 26.5 26.5
Payable zinc
(tonnes) 16,010 16,010
Payable silver
('000 ounces) 690 690
Sales
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 28.7 28.7
Payable zinc
(tonnes) 8,983 8,983
Payable silver
('000 ounces) 596 596
(a) BHP Billiton acquired its 33.8% interest in Antamina in October
2000 as part of the acquisition of Rio Algom. Commercial
production commenced on 1 October 2001.
Alumbrera, Argentina(a)
Material mined
(100%)
('000 tonnes) 27,823 25,829 27,182 29,545 28,635 58,180 27,823
Ore milled (100%)
('000 tonnes) 7,097 7,041 7,445 7,516 7,142 14,658 7,097
Average head grades
-- Copper (%) 0.64% 0.71% 0.74% 0.70% 0.74% 0.72% 0.64%
-- Gold (g/t) 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8
Production
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 9.9 10.8 11.9 11.6 12.0 23.6 9.9
Payable gold
(fine ounces) 30,094 30,579 39,922 40,370 42,978 83,348 30,094
Payable gold
-- dore
(fine ounces) 1,919 1,368 2,283 2,214 2,589 4,803 1,919
Sales
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 8.4 9.5 14.2 9.8 13.1 22.9 8.4
Payable gold
(fine ounces) 26,819 27,635 45,999 34,461 48,223 82,684 26,819
Payable gold
-- dore
(fine ounces) 1,907 1,934 2,138 2,009 1,829 3,838 1,907
(a) Alumbrera (BHP Billiton 25%) included from 1 October 2000, the
effective date of the acquisition of Rio Algom.
Highland Valley, Canada(a)
Material mined
(100%)
('000 tonnes) 21,203 19,104 18,988 19,911 20,883 40,794 21,203
Ore milled (100%)
('000 tonnes) 13,155 11,784 11,355 12,841 12,912 25,753 13,155
Average copper
grade (%) 0.42% 0.43% 0.43% 0.43% 0.42% 0.42% 0.42%
Production
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 16.1 14.8 14.1 16.1 16.0 32.1 16.1
Payable Molybdenum
('000 tonnes) 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.15 0.15 0.30 0.14
Sales
Payable copper
('000 tonnes) 10.5 10.7 11.6 23.2 18.8 42.0 10.5
Payable Molybdenum
('000 tonnes) 0.21 0.18 0.14 0.14 0.10 0.24 0.21
(a) Highland Valley (BHP Billiton 33.6%) included from 1 October 2000,
the effective date of the acquisition of Rio Algom.
Cannington, Australia
Material mined
('000 tonnes) 460 464 507 543 555 1,098 890
Ore milled
('000 tonnes) 461 422 490 496 538 1,034 869
Average head grades
-- Silver (g/t) 606 539 577 598 567 582 641
-- Lead (%) 12.8% 12.7% 13.2% 13.2% 12.1% 12.6% 13.6%
-- Zinc (%) 5.6% 5.5% 5.5% 4.8% 5.3% 5.0% 5.3%
Production
Payable silver
('000 ounces) 7,591 6,462 7,806 7,804 7,915 15,719 15,220
Payable lead
(tonnes) 49,503 45,228 54,271 52,879 51,914 104,793 100,830
Payable zinc
(tonnes) 17,994 15,877 17,176 14,058 17,285 31,343 31,141
Sales
Payable silver
('000 ounces) 6,583 8,107 8,681 7,231 8,045 15,276 13,571
Payable lead
(tonnes) 43,036 55,949 61,243 49,423 52,577 102,000 89,115
Payable zinc
(tonnes) 13,262 20,588 17,496 13,220 17,850 31,070 24,943
Selbaie, Canada
Ore milled
('000 tonnes) 933 902 896 1,006 1,029 2,035 2,211
Average head grades
-- Zinc (%) 1.54% 1.57% 1.42% 1.50% 1.29% 1.39% 1.56%
-- Copper (%) 0.43% 0.46% 0.42% 0.34% 0.34% 0.34% 0.43%
-- Gold (g/t) 0.43 0.40 0.42 0.34 0.24 0.29 0.47
-- Silver (g/t) 29.05 25.22 18.12 25.02 37.23 31.19 28.09
Production
Payable zinc
(tonnes) 10,312 8,868 7,969 9,456 8,106 17,562 21,671
Payable copper
(tonnes) 3,183 3,279 2,872 2,470 2,668 5,138 6,573
Payable gold
concentrate
(ounces) 9,344 8,472 8,198 6,207 4,929 11,136 21,245
Payable silver
('000 ounces) 469 362 259 379 676 1,055 915
Sales
Payable zinc
(tonnes) 9,780 9,110 8,406 9,959 7,932 17,891 19,163
Payable copper
(tonnes) 3,390 3,260 3,035 3,196 2,615 5,811 6,373
Payable gold
concentrate
(ounces) 11,777 10,177 8,207 8,112 8,002 16,114 18,059
Payable silver
('000 ounces) 494 445 405 284 321 605 1,029
Pering, South Africa
Ore milled
('000 tonnes) 336 327 345 339 342 681 672
Average head grades
-- Zinc (%) 2.22% 2.03% 2.09% 2.00% 1.90% 1.96% 2.12%
-- Lead (%) 0.68% 0.55% 0.60% 0.49% 0.54% 0.52% 0.68%
Production
Payable zinc
(tonnes) 5,498 5,010 5,397 5,888 5,318 11,206 10,503
Payable lead
(tonnes) 1,601 1,320 1,486 1,153 1,298 2,451 3,217
Sales
Payable zinc
(tonnes) 4,990 5,170 5,060 4,900 4,859 9,759 9,917
Payable lead
(tonnes) 1,250 1,590 1,490 1,336 1,217 2,553 2,952
San Manuel, USA
Production
Copper cathode
(SXEW)
('000 tonnes) 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 4.5 5.4
Pinto Valley, USA
Production
Copper cathode
(SXEW)
('000 tonnes) 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.4 6.8 8.7
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
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CARBON STEEL MATERIALS
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
IRON ORE(a)
Pilbara, Australia
Production
Mt Newman
Joint Venture 5,500 4,591 5,239 5,973 6,423 12,396 11,120
Goldsworthy
Joint Venture 1,730 1,453 1,788 1,656 1,667 3,323 3,360
Yandi
Joint Venture 5,840 6,354 6,882 7,046 6,933 13,979 12,920
Jimblebar 1,250 991 1,272 1,182 1,332 2,514 2,380
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Total (BHP
Billiton share) 14,320 13,389 15,181 15,858 16,355 32,213 29,780
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Total production
(100%) 16,626 15,577 17,636 18,448 19,006 37,453 34,615
Shipments
Lump 3,730 3,950 3,823 3,729 3,483 7,212 7,670
Fines 11,400 11,171 11,545 12,334 12,025 24,359 22,440
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Total (BHP
Billiton share) 15,130 15,121 15,368 16,063 15,508 31,571 30,110
---------------------------------- -------------
Total
shipments (100%) 17,798 17,789 18,080 18,897 18,245 37,142 35,420
(a) Iron ore production and shipments are reported on a wet tonnes
basis.
Samarco, Brazil
Production 1,910 1,885 1,893 1,223 928 2,151 3,730
Shipments 2,150 1,699 1,460 1,156 1,440 2,596 3,820
METALLURGICAL COAL(a)
Queensland, Australia
Production
CQCA Joint Venture(b)
Blackwater 1,076 1,066 1,130 977 1,305 2,282 2,132
Goonyella 965 967 1,122 986 850 1,836 1,889
Peak Downs 886 571 779 885 730 1,615 1,779
Saraji 433 504 530 627 528 1,155 1,041
Norwich Park 434 411 503 527 495 1,022 914
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CQCA total 3,794 3,519 4,064 4,002 3,908 7,910 7,755
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South Blackwater(c) -- -- -- 670 524 1,194 --
Gregory Joint
Venture(b) 970 845 960 486 408 894 1,821
BHP Mitsui Coal(d)
Riverside 727 834 966 917 649 1,567 1,472
South Walker Creek 798 844 836 906 817 1,723 1,467
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BHP Mitsui
Coal total 1,525 1,678 1,802 1,823 1,467 3,290 2,939
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Queensland total 6,289 6,042 6,826 6,980 6,307 13,288 12,515
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Shipments
Coking coal 4,669 4,401 4,813 4,804 4,011 8,815 9,223
Weak coking coal 1,466 1,138 1,245 1,592 1,674 3,267 2,531
Thermal coal 657 474 624 631 704 1,335 1,290
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Total 6,792 6,013 6,682 7,027 6,390 13,417 13,044
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(a) Coal production is reported on the basis of saleable product.
Production figures include some thermal coal.
(b) BHP Billiton interest is 50% from 28 June 2001 (previously CQCA
joint venture 52.1% and Gregory joint venture 64.14%).
(c) BHP Billiton acquired its share of South Blackwater in July 2001.
South Blackwater is equally owned by BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi
Development Pty Ltd.
(d) BHP Mitsui Coal production shown on 100% basis before 20% outside
equity interest.
QCT Resources, Australia(a)
Production
CQCA 732 1,093 1,263 -- -- -- 732
Gregory
Joint Venture 173 213 242 -- -- -- 173
South Blackwater 355 531 582 -- -- -- 355
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Total 1,260 1,837 2,087 -- -- -- 1,260
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Shipments
Coking coal 876 1,633 1,476 -- -- -- 876
Weak coking coal 146 227 231 -- -- -- 146
Thermal coal 245 209 268 -- -- -- 245
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Total 1,267 2,069 1,975 -- -- -- 1,267
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(a) Production and shipments reported represents BHP Billiton's 50%
equity interest in MetCoal Holdings. MetCoal Holdings is equally
owned by BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd and
acquired QCT Resources Limited (QCT) in November 2000. In June
2001, Mitsubishi acquired the balance of the shares in QCT from
BHP Billiton.
Illawarra, Australia
Production 1,328 1,619 1,889 2,055 1,841 3,896 3,066
Shipments
Coking coal 1,512 1,410 1,686 1,457 1,655 3,112 2,838
Thermal coal 165 67 246 136 94 230 293
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Total 1,677 1,477 1,932 1,593 1,749 3,342 3,131
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MANGANESE ORES
South Africa
Saleable
production(a) 579 538 490 467 501 968 1,134
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production
is 60%.
Australia
Saleable
production(a) 318 379 446 505 387 892 787
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production
is 60%.
MANGANESE ALLOYS
South Africa
Saleable
production (a) 106 96 85 69 101 170 217
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production
is 60%.
Australia
Saleable
production(a) 67 64 51 50 63 113 131
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production
is 60%.
HOT BRIQUETTED IRON
Boodarie(TM)
Iron, Australia
Production 291 177 276 386 384 770 396
Shipments 107 238 342 358 302 660 161
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
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STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
NICKEL
CMSA, Colombia
Production 6.9 9.4 9.1 9.6 10.4 20.0 13.3
Sales 5.5 8.8 10.2 9.1 10.4 19.5 11.9
Yabulu, Australia
Production
Nickel 7.5 7.4 7.7 6.3 7.1 13.4 13.9
Cobalt 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.8
Sales
Nickel 6.3 6.5 8.2 7.7 6.9 14.6 12.6
Cobalt 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.8
CHROME ORES
South Africa
Saleable production (a) 898 674 665 629 609 1,238 1,819
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production
is 60%
FERROCHROME
South Africa
Saleable production (a) 249 192 194 207 206 413 522
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production
is 60%
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
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ENERGY COAL
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
Ingwe, South Africa
Production 17,811 14,379 14,571 14,538 13,724
Sales
Export 6,489 6,164 6,557 6,289 6,083
Local utility 10,273 6,957 6,821 7,477 6,780
Inland 1,473 1,207 1,110 1,092 1,111
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Total 18,235 14,328 14,488 14,858 13,974
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New Mexico, USA
Production
Navajo Coal 2,119 1,838 2,170 1,694 1,682
San Juan Coal 1,843 2,155 1,720 1,412 1,488
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Total 3,962 3,993 3,890 3,106 3,170
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Sales - local utility 3,565 3,566 3,434 3,407 3,489
COAL, Australia
Production 1,227 1,512 1,329 1,173 863
Sales
Export 685 1,190 1,201 604 571
Inland 235 396 399 398 378
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Total 920 1,586 1,600 1,002 949
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Kalimantan, Indonesia (a)
Production
Senakin (b) 1,050 924 1,099 1,161 801
Satui (b) 871 926 981 1,068 777
Petangis 213 185 211 221 201
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Total 2,134 2,035 2,291 2,450 1,778
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Sales - export 2,049 1,942 2,308 2,312 1,684
(a) Reported on 86.5% basis after allowing for the Indonesian
state-owned corporation's 13.5% share of all production.
(b) BHP Billiton sold its interest in Senakin and Satui effective 30
November 2001.
CDC & CZN, Colombia (a)
Production 687 1,091 1,053 1,138 1,088
Sales - export 676 1,102 959 1,098 688
(a) Carbonnes del Cerrejon (BHP Billiton 33.3%) and Cerrejon Zona
Norte (BHP Billiton 16.7%) were acquired in September 2000 and
November 2000 respectively.
HALF YEAR ENDED
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DEC DEC
2001 2000
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ENERGY COAL
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
Ingwe, South Africa
Production 28,262 32,372
Sales
Export 12,372 13,058
Local utility 14,257 17,371
Inland 2,203 2,690
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Total 28,832 33,119
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New Mexico, USA
Production
Navajo Coal 3,376 3,663
San Juan Coal 2,900 3,379
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Total 6,276 7,042
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Sales - local utility 6,896 7,350
COAL, Australia
Production 2,036 2,462
Sales
Export 1,175 1,634
Inland 776 627
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Total 1,951 2,261
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Kalimantan, Indonesia (a)
Production
Senakin (b) 1,962 1,955
Satui (b) 1,845 1,689
Petangis 422 456
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Total 4,228 4,100
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Sales - export 3,996 4,124
(a) Reported on 86.5% basis after allowing for the Indonesian
state-owned corporation's 13.5% share of all production.
(b) BHP Billiton sold its interest in Senakin and Satui effective 30
November 2001.
CDC & CZN, Colombia (a)
Production 2,226 687
Sales - export 1,786 676
(a) Carbonnes del Cerrejon (BHP Billiton 33.3%) and Cerrejon Zona
Norte (BHP Billiton 16.7%) were acquired in September 2000 and
November 2000 respectively.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
HALF YEAR
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PETROLEUM
BHP Billiton attributable
production unless otherwise stated.
CRUDE OIL &
CONDENSATE
('000 barrels)
Bass Strait 7,096 6,990 6,946 7,387 7,197 14,584 14,900
North West
Shelf -
condensate 1,144 1,240 1,239 1,331 1,310 2,641 2,369
North West
Shelf -
Wanaea/
Cossack 1,885 1,820 1,757 1,652 1,919 3,571 3,567
Laminaria 3,875 3,533 3,076 3,001 2,569 5,570 8,244
Buffalo (a) 763 -- -- -- -- -- 1,520
Griffin 1,714 2,241 1,194 1,037 863 1,900 3,705
Pakistan (b) -- 3 14 17 19 36 --
Typhoon (c) -- -- -- 835 1,443 2,278 --
Americas 944 941 958 918 919 1,837 1,770
Liverpool
Bay 1,978 2,469 2,516 2,830 2,868 5,698 3,694
Bruce/
Keith (d) 601 674 678 483 640 1,123 1,048
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Total 20,000 19,911 18,378 19,492 19,747 39,239 40,817
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NATURAL GAS
(billion
cubic feet)
Bass Strait 18.96 22.91 26.75 30.05 23.14 53.19 46.74
North West
Shelf -
Domestic 3.28 3.29 3.81 3.68 3.73 7.41 6.41
North West
Shelf -
LNG 13.83 14.24 13.47 15.76 15.56 31.32 29.02
Griffin 0.82 0.73 0.84 1.35 1.25 2.60 1.57
Pakistan (b) -- 0.40 2.03 2.66 2.83 5.49 --
Typhoon (c) -- -- -- 0.67 1.48 2.15 --
Americas 5.38 5.19 5.52 5.41 5.45 10.86 10.59
Bruce 9.38 10.43 7.59 3.28 10.65 13.93 14.39
Keith (d) 0.11 0.24 0.25 0.19 0.27 0.46 0.11
Liverpool Bay 9.07 10.18 11.38 8.19 11.87 20.06 13.75
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Total 60.83 67.61 71.64 71.24 76.23 147.47 122.58
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LPG ('000 tonnes)
Bass Strait 95.70 113.21 117.66 128.52 107.80 236.32 223.85
North West
Shelf 30.69 30.44 31.65 36.32 35.53 71.85 62.17
Griffin 1.50 0.51 -- -- -- -- 3.07
Bruce 26.72 23.01 24.85 16.51 28.50 45.01 38.29
Keith (d) 0.43 3.45 1.44 1.36 1.18 2.54 0.43
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Total 155.04 170.62 175.60 182.71 173.01 355.72 327.81
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ETHANE
('000 tonnes) 9.98 15.69 18.53 24.05 18.59 42.64 33.17
(a) Buffalo sold effective September 2000.
(b) Zamzama extended well test commenced in March 2001.
(c) Typhoon commenced production in July 2001.
(d) Keith commenced production in November 2000.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
QUARTER ENDED HALF YEAR ENDED
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DEC MARCH JUNE SEPT DEC DEC DEC
2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000
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BHP STEEL
BHP Billiton attributable production unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
PRODUCTION
Iron Sands
NZS, New Zealand 712 274 478 397 464 861 1,435
Coke
Port Kembla,
Australia 599 578 643 661 620 1,281 1,215
Iron
Port Kembla,
Australia 1,231 1,177 1,269 1,262 1,191 2,453 2,529
Raw Steel
Port Kembla,
Australia 1,226 1,120 1,176 1,238 1,109 2,347 2,534
NZS, New Zealand 146 157 152 144 153 297 293
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Total 1,372 1,277 1,328 1,382 1,262 2,644 2,827
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Delta, Ohio(a) 186 190 197 196 196 392 379
Marketable
Steel Products
Flat Products
Flat and Tinplate
products 1,152 1,094 1,183 1,183 1,054 2,237 2,394
Coated Products
Rolled and coated
products 464 462 474 533 400 933 995
Flat and coated
products (NZS) 125 139 135 137 117 254 262
Rolled and coated
products
(offshore) 98 81 89 69 70 139 168
Building products
(includes
offshore) 34 42 42 40 36 76 74
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Total(b) 1,268 1,345 1,469 1,377 1,169 2,546 2,693
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Delta, Ohio(a) 182 186 193 192 192 384 371
DESPATCHES(c)
Business unit
despatches
Flat Products 1,069 1,098 1,294 1,128 996 2,124 2,312
Coated Products 691 666 813 746 657 1,403 1,423
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Total(d) 1,237 1,282 1,587 1,296 1,153 2,449 2,473
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External despatches
Australia
Domestic(e) 503 515 585 691 569 1,260 988
Export 515 546 757 387 391 778 1,056
New Zealand
Domestic(e) 62 56 55 61 56 117 129
Export 55 77 97 83 67 150 123
Other offshore 102 88 93 74 70 144 177
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Total 1,237 1,282 1,587 1,296 1,153 2,449 2,473
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Delta, Ohio(a) 177 190 191 191 189 380 367
(a) Production and despatches reported is that proportion determined
by BHP Steel's equity interest in North Star BHP LLC (50%).
(b) Total excludes production for intra-business sales. Therefore, the
total figure is less than the sum of the individual businesses.
(c) Steel products only. Excludes pig iron and by-products.
(d) Total excludes intra-business sales. Therefore, the total figure
is less than the sum of the individual businesses.
(e) Includes despatches to OneSteel Limited from 1 November 2000.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
QUARTER ENDED HALF YEAR
ENDED
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DEC MARCH JUNE SEPT DEC DEC DEC
2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000
EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY & NEW BUSINESS
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise
stated.
DIAMONDS
Ekati(TM),
Canada
Production (a) ('000 carats) 318 375 427 767 928 1,695 627
(a) Interest in Ekati(TM) increased from 51% to 80% effective July
2001.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
HALF YEAR
QUARTER ENDED ENDED
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DEC MARCH JUNE SEPT DEC DEC DEC
2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000
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STEEL - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (a)
BHP Billiton attributable production unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
PRODUCTION
Iron Ore
Whyalla,
Australia 254 - - - - - 910
Coke
Whyalla,
Australia 49 - - - - - 198
Iron
Whyalla,
Australia 102 - - - - - 372
Raw Steel
Whyalla,
Australia 99 - - - - - 344
Newcastle,
Australia - - - - - - -
Sydney,
Australia 36 - - - - - 164
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Total 135 - - - - - 508
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Marketable
Steel
Products
Long
products 171 - - - - - 722
Other
offshore
(USA) (b) - - - - - - -
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Total (b) 171 - - - - - 711
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DESPATCHES(c)
Business unit
despatches
Long
Products 166 - - - - - 693
Other
offshore
(USA) (b) - - - - - - -
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Total (d) 166 - - - - - 693
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External
despatches
Australia Domestic 150 - - - - - 632
Export 16 - - - - - 61
Other
offshore
(USA) (b) - - - - - - -
----------------------------------- -------------
Total 166 - - - - - 693
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(a) Data tables reflect the spin-out of OneSteel Limited from BHP
Billiton effective 31 October 2000.
(b) US steel businesses were sold in June 2000.
(c) Steel products only. Excludes pig iron and by-products.
(d) Total excludes intra-business sales. Therefore, the total figure
is less than the sum of the individual businesses.
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