Prod Report Q/E 30/6/2002
BHP Billiton Limited
26 July 2002
BHP Billiton Limited is issuing this announcement to fulfil disclosure
obligations arising from its secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange.
The text of this release is identical to that issued by BHP Billiton Plc
earlier.
26th July 2002
Number 43/02
BHP BILLITON PRODUCTION REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30 JUNE 2002
BHP Billiton today released its production report for the quarter ended 30 June,
2002
• Aluminium production for the year of 992,000 tonnes was in line with last
year. Increased production from Mozal (Mozambique) for the year (up 37 per
cent) reflecting full commissioning of that operation, was offset by lower
production from the Brazilian smelters mainly due to a government enforced
power rationing program in place for the first half of the financial year.
Aluminium production in the June 2002 quarter was five per cent higher than
both the June 2001 and March 2002 quarters.
• Alumina production for the year of 3.9 million tonnes was 34 per cent
higher than 2001, reflecting the additional 56 per cent interest in Worsley
(Australia) acquired in January 2001 combined with higher production rates
achieved through Worsley's capacity creep program. Worsley has achieved
consistent operation at or above nameplate capacity of 3.1 million tonnes
per annum. Alumina production in the June 2002 quarter was in line with both
the June 2001 and March 2002 quarters.
• Copper production for the year of 824,300 tonnes was five per cent higher
than 2001. Production in the June 2002 quarter was 14 percent above the
March 2002 quarter, mainly due to higher production at Escondida reflecting
fiscal year end ore inventory clean out and better than anticipated mill
performance. This is a short-term aberration in copper output and does not
interfere with the commitment to temporarily reduce output at Escondida and
Tintaya by 250,000 tonnes over a 14 month period ending in December 2002 due
to the deterioration of global copper markets. Reductions at Escondida and
Tintaya were offset by the commencement of commercial production at Antamina
(Peru) in October 2001. Escondida copper production for calendar 2002 will
be slightly less than that achieved in 2001, despite the scheduled start-up
of the Phase IV expansion in September 2002.
• Iron Ore production for the year of 67.9 million tonnes (BHP Billiton
share) was three per cent higher than 2001. Record West Australian iron ore
production of 72.6 million tonnes (100 per cent terms) was seven per cent
higher than 2001 due to increased demand for all products and success with
marketing Yandi Lump. Samarco (Brazil) iron ore production was 5.6 million
tonnes, which was 25 per cent lower than 2001 mainly due to lower market
demand for pellets. Total iron ore production in the June 2002 quarter was
in line with the June 2001 quarter and four per cent above the March 2002
quarter.
• Metallurgical Coal production for the year of 35.5 million tonnes was four
per cent lower than 2001. The decrease reflects the impact of the sell-down
of BHP Billiton's interest in the CQCA and Gregory joint ventures
(Australia) to Mitsubishi. This was partly offset by additional production
from the newly integrated Blackwater mine (Australia). Production in the
June 2002 quarter was 13 per cent lower than the June 2001 quarter, again
largely due to the sell-down in Queensland. Illawarra (Australia) production
of 7.1 million tonnes for the year was eight per cent higher than 2001.
• Boodarie Iron production re-commenced in one train on 18 July, with the
remaining three trains to be brought progressively back on line during the
September quarter. No production was recorded at Boodarie Iron in the June
2002 quarter.
• Nickel production for the year of 68,900 tonnes was 13 percent higher than
2001, reflecting the continued ramp-up of Cerro Matoso Line 2 (Colombia),
which commenced production on 1 January 2001. Production at Yabulu
(Australia) was in line with 2001.
• Energy Coal production for the year of 82.8 million tonnes was 11 per cent
less than 2001. South African production was 55.7 million tonnes, a decrease
of nine per cent reflecting the divestment of Matla and Glisa, the scaling
down of Rietspruit and a modest reduction in export production in response
to reduced market demand. US production was 13.3 million tonnes, a decrease
of 11 per cent reflecting reduced production at San Juan Coal Company in
response to reduced customer demand. South Africa production in the June
2002 quarter was one per cent higher than the March 2002 quarter due to
higher domestic demand (Eskom). During the course of the June quarter, as
previously announced, BHP Billiton also closed Rietspruit and Blinkpan.
• Oil and Condensate production for the year of 78.5 million barrels was one
per cent lower than 2001. Natural field decline at Griffin (Australia) and
Bass Strait (Australia) was partially offset by the completion of repairs to
Scindian-3 flowline, the Griffin-9 infill program and the success of the
West Tuna infill. In addition, the start up of Typhoon (US) in July 2001
added 5.5 million barrels which partly offset lower production volumes as a
result of the sale of the Buffalo (Australia) oil field. Oil and condensate
production in the June 2002 quarter was seven per cent higher than the June
2001 quarter and in line with the March 2002 quarter.
• Natural Gas production for the year of 283.5 billion cubic feet was eight
per cent higher than 2001, mainly due to higher volumes from Liverpool Bay
(UK) and the commencement of production at Zamzama (Pakistan) in March 2001
and Typhoon (US) in July 2001. Natural gas production was in line with the
June 2001 quarter and seven per cent higher than the March 2002 quarter,
mainly due to higher production at Bass Strait (Australia) due to seasonal
factors.
• Raw Steel production for the year of 5.3 million tonnes was two per cent
less than 2001, reflecting production down-time associated with industrial
action, planned maintenance and the reline of the New Zealand Steel melter.
Raw Steel production in the June 2002 quarter was 13 per cent above the
March 2002 quarter mainly due to industrial action, operational difficulties
and the reline of New Zealand Steel melter occurring in the March quarter.
Following the de-merger of BHP Steel from BHP Billiton in July 2002, future
production reports will not include production information for raw steel.
• EkatiTM Diamond production for the year of 3,650,000 carats was 155 per
cent higher than 2001. The increase in production was mainly due to the
acquisition of an additional 29 per cent interest in July 2001, higher grade
on core production, and higher recoveries of lower quality diamonds. EkatiTM
production in the June 2002 quarter was 140 per cent above the June 2001
quarter, reflecting the factors outlined above.
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BHP BILLITON PRODUCTION SUMMARY
QUARTER ENDED YEAR ENDED % CHANGE
JUNE Q02 JUNE Q02 FY02
JUNE MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE vs vs vs
2001 2001 2002 2002 2001 JUNE Q01 MAR Q02 FY01
ALUMINIUM
Alumina ('000 998 996 1,018 3,942 2,938 2% 2% 34%
tonnes)
Aluminium ('000 250 250 263 992 984 5% 5% 1%
tonnes)
BASE METALS
Copper ('000 200.2 187.6 213.5 824.3 784.9 7% 14% 5%
tonnes)
Lead (tonnes) 55,681 64,064 64,768 236,066 206,194 16% 1% 14%
Zinc (tonnes) 30,846 47,174 38,942 162,520 121,749 26% -17% 33%
Gold (ounces) 68,992 67,089 74,321 289,764 218,976 8% 11% 32%
Silver ('000 8,302 11,284 11,540 40,750 31,729 39% 2% 28%
ounces)
Molybdenum (tonnes) 125 121 232 658 385 86% 92% 71%
CARBON STEEL MATERIALS
Iron ore ('000 17,074 16,464 17,080 67,907 65,858 0% 4% 3%
tonnes)
Metallurgical coal ('000 10,802 8,989 9,359 35,532 37,141 -13% 4% -4%
tonnes)
Manganese ores ('000 936 891 784 3,535 3,774 -16% -12% -6%
tonnes)
Manganese alloys ('000 136 166 169 619 644 24% 2% -4%
tonnes)
Hot briquetted iron ('000 276 277 - 1,047 848 -100% -100% 24%
tonnes)
STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS
Nickel ('000 16.8 17.8 17.7 68.9 60.8 5% -1% 13%
tonnes)
Chrome ores ('000 665 549 664 2,451 3,158 0% 21% -22%
tonnes)
Ferrochrome ('000 194 201 223 837 908 15% 11% -8%
tonnes)
ENERGY COAL ('000 23,134 19,236 20,571 82,835 92,807 -11% 7% -11%
tonnes)
PETROLEUM
Crude oil and ('000 bbl) 18,378 19,644 19,732 78,519 79,109 7% 0% -1%
condensate
Natural gas (bcf) 71.64 66.30 70.66 283.47 261.83 -1% 7% 8%
LPG ('000 175.60 161.20 180.43 697.56 673.82 3% 12% 4%
tonnes)
Ethane ('000 18.53 18.87 25.62 87.13 67.39 38% 36% 29%
tonnes)
BHP STEEL
Raw steel ('000 1,328 1,251 1,411 5,306 5,432 6% 13% -2%
tonnes)
Marketable steel ('000 1,469 1,396 1,439 5,381 5,507 -2% 3% -2%
products tonnes)
EXPLOR'N, TECH & NEW BUS
Diamonds ('000 427 932 1,023 3,650 1,429 140% 10% 155%
carats)
BHP BILLITON ATTRIBUTABLE
PRODUCTION
QUARTER ENDED YEAR ENDED
BHP JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
Billiton
Interest 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
ALUMINIUM
ALUMINA
Production ('000
tonnes)
Worsley (a) 86% 674 662 671 677 686 2,696 1,632
Suriname 45% 211 219 209 208 214 850 852
Alumar 36% 113 83 85 111 117 396 454
Total 998 964 965 996 1,018 3,942 2,938
ALUMINIUM
Production ('000
tonnes)
Hillside 100% 123 125 117 127 132 502 498
Bayside 100% 43 44 45 43 43 174 178
Alumar 46.3% 43 35 32 39 46 152 172
Valesul 45.5% 9 8 9 9 11 37 43
Mozal (b) 47% 32 32 32 31 32 127 93
Total 250 244 235 250 263 992 984
BASE METALS (c)
COPPER
Payable metal in concentrate
('000 tonnes)
Escondida (d) 57.5% 89.1 89.3 80.1 75.3 94.4 339.1 402.7
Tintaya (d) 100% 20.1 20.9 22.9 0.8 0.2 44.9 84.9
Antamina (f) 33.8% - - 26.2 25.1 30.5 81.9 -
Alumbrera (e) 25% 11.9 11.6 11.9 12.3 12.8 48.5 32.6
Highland Valley (e) 33.6% 14.1 16.1 15.6 14.2 16.1 62.1 44.9
Selbaie 100% 3.0 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 10.2 12.8
Total 138.1 140.4 159.3 130.3 156.6 586.6 578.0
Cathode ('000 tonnes)
Escondida 57.5% 22.0 21.9 21.9 21.2 21.5 86.5 83.4
Cerro Colorado (e) 100% 33.8 34.3 33.8 31.3 31.3 130.8 96.7
Tintaya (d) 100% - - - - 1.3 1.3 -
San Manuel 100% 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.8 - 6.3 10.3
Pinto Valley 100% 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.8 12.8 16.4
Total 62.0 62.0 61.4 57.4 56.9 237.7 206.9
LEAD
Payable metal in concentrate
(tonnes)
Cannington 100% 54,271 52,879 51,914 63,172 63,799 231,764 200,328
Pering 100% 1,410 1,153 1,288 892 969 4,302 5,866
Total 55,681 54,032 53,202 64,064 64,768 236,066 206,194
ZINC
Payable metal in concentate
(tonnes)
Cannington 100% 17,176 14,058 17,285 15,002 12,511 58,856 64,194
Antamina (f) 33.8% - - 16,010 18,825 13,518 48,353 -
Selbaie 100% 8,275 9,684 7,896 8,495 8,121 34,196 36,646
Pering 100% 5,396 5,888 5,583 4,851 4,793 21,115 20,909
Total 30,846 29,630 46,774 47,174 38,942 162,520 121,749
Refer footnotes on
page 5.
BASE METALS (continued)
GOLD
Payable metal in concentrate
(ounces)
Escondida (d) 57.5% 10,302 10,641 12,166 11,837 17,694 52,338 49,597
Tintaya (d) 100% 7,693 10,249 11,500 503 - 22,252 24,424
Alumbrera (e) 25% 42,287 42,584 49,780 49,064 51,511 192,939 106,313
Selbaie 100% 8,711 6,519 4,914 5,685 5,117 22,235 38,643
Total 68,992 69,994 78,360 67,089 74,321 289,764 218,976
SILVER
Payable metal in concentrate
('000 ounces)
Cannington 100% 7,806 7,804 7,915 9,980 10,265 35,964 29,488
Antamina (f) 33.8% - - 690 565 512 1,767 -
Alumbrera (e) 25.0% 57 42 71 68 56 237 145
Highland Valley (e) 33.6% 170 190 167 168 183 709 545
Selbaie 100% 268 384 662 504 524 2,073 1,550
Total 8,302 8,421 9,505 11,284 11,540 40,750 31,729
MOLYBDENUM
Payable metal in concentrate
(tonnes)
Highland Valley (e) 33.6% 125 152 153 121 232 658 385
CARBON STEEL MATERIALS
IRON ORE
Production ('000
tonnes)
Mt Newman Joint 85% 5,239 5,973 6,423 5,565 5,413 23,374 20,950
Venture
Goldsworthy Joint 85% 1,788 1,656 1,667 1,434 1,690 6,447 6,601
Venture
Yandi Joint Venture 85% 6,882 7,046 6,933 6,614 6,663 27,256 26,156
Jimblebar 100% 1,272 1,182 1,332 1,211 1,476 5,201 4,643
Samarco 50% 1,893 1,223 928 1,640 1,838 5,629 7,508
Total 17,074 17,080 17,283 16,464 17,080 67,907 65,858
METALLURGICAL COAL (h)
Production ('000
tonnes)
CQCA Joint Venture 50% 4,064 4,002 3,908 5,156 5,001 18,067 15,338
(i)
South Blackwater 50% - 670 524 - - 1,194 -
(j)
Gregory Joint 50% 960 486 408 861 685 2,440 3,626
Venture (i)
BHP Mitsui Coal (k) 80% 1,802 1,823 1,467 1,707 1,746 6,743 6,419
QCT Resources (l) 50% 2,087 - - - - - 5,184
Illawarra 100% 1,889 2,055 1,841 1,265 1,927 7,088 6,574
Total 10,802 9,035 8,149 8,989 9,359 35,532 37,141
MANGANESE ORES
Saleable production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa (m) 60% 490 467 501 424 475 1,867 2,162
Australia (m) 60% 446 505 387 467 309 1,668 1,612
Total 936 973 888 891 784 3,535 3,774
Refer footnotes on
page 5.
CARBON STEEL MATERIALS (cont'd)
MANGANESE ALLOYS
Saleable production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa (m) 60% 85 69 101 115 121 406 398
Australia (m) 60% 51 50 63 51 48 212 246
Total 136 119 165 166 169 619 644
HOT BRIQUETTED IRON
Production ('000
tonnes)
BoodarieTM Iron (n) 100% 276 386 384 277 - 1,047 848
STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS
NICKEL
Production ('000
tonnes)
CMSA 99.8% 9.1 9.6 10.4 10.5 9.9 40.4 31.8
Yabulu 100% 7.7 6.3 7.1 7.3 7.8 28.5 29.0
Total 16.8 15.9 17.5 17.8 17.7 68.9 60.8
CHROME ORES
Saleable production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa (m) 60% 665 629 609 549 664 2,451 3,158
FERROCHROME
Saleable production ('000 tonnes)
South Africa (m) 60% 194 207 206 201 223 837 908
ENERGY COAL
Production ('000
tonnes)
South Africa 100% 14,571 14,538 13,724 13,633 13,815 55,710 61,322
USA 100% 3,890 3,106 3,170 3,266 3,703 13,245 14,925
Australia 100% 1,329 1,173 863 1,129 1,390 4,555 5,303
Indonesia (o) 80% 2,291 2,450 1,778 186 208 4,622 8,426
Colombia (p) 33% 1,053 1,138 1,088 1,022 1,455 4,703 2,831
Total 23,134 22,405 20,623 19,236 20,571 82,835 92,807
PETROLEUM
Production
Crude oil & (000 bbl) 18,378 19,505 19,638 19,644 19,732 78,519 79,109
condensate
Natural gas (bcf) 71.64 71.05 75.47 66.30 70.66 283.47 261.83
LPG ('000 175.60 182.92 173.01 161.20 180.43 697.56 673.82
tonnes)
Ethane ('000 18.53 24.05 18.59 18.87 25.62 87.13 67.39
tonnes)
BHP STEEL
Production ('000
tonnes)
Raw steel 100% 1,328 1,382 1,262 1,251 1,411 5,306 5,432
Marketable steel 100% 1,469 1,377 1,169 1,396 1,439 5,381 5,507
products
Refer footnotes on
page 5.
EXPLORATION, TECH & NEW BUSINESS
DIAMONDS
Production ('000
carats)
EkatiTM (q) 80% 427 767 928 932 1,023 3,650 1,429
(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) Sulphide production at Escondida and Tintaya was temporarily reduced in November 2001 and January 2002
respectively due to weak market conditions. Commercial production of copper cathode commenced at Tintaya in June
2002.
(e) Included from 1 October 2000, the effective date of the acquisition of Rio Algom.
(f) Antamina commenced commercial production in October 2001.
(g) San Manuel SXEW operations closed in March 2002.
(h) Coal production is reported on the basis of saleable product. Production figures include some thermal coal.
(i) BHP Billiton interest is 50% from 28 June 2001 (previously CQCA joint venture 52.1% and Gregory joint venture
64.14%).
(j) BHP Billiton acquired its share of South Blackwater in July 2001. South Blackwater is equally owned by BHP
Billiton and Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd. Effective January 2002, South Blackwater production is reported in CQCA
Joint Venture.
(k) Shown on 100% basis before 20% outside equity interest.
(l) 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.
(m) Shown on 100% basis. BHP Billiton interest in saleable production is 60%.
(n) On 26 March BHP Billiton announced that it had declared 'force majeure' on sales contracts and some supply
contracts at the Boodarie Iron plant. The declaration followed suspension of work at the plant following a tube
failure in a gas re-heating furnace. The plant is progressively being brought back on-line commencing in July.
(o) 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.
(p) Carbonnes del Cerrejon (BHP Billiton 33.3%) and Cerrejon Zona Norte (BHP Billiton 16.7%) were acquired in
September 2000 and November 2000 respectively. BHP Billiton increased its interest in CZN to 33.3% effective
February 2002.
(q) Interest in EkatiTM increased from 51% to 80% effective July 2001.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
QUARTER ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
ALUMINIUM
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
ALUMINA
Production
Worsley, Australia (a) 674 662 671 677 686 2,696 1,632
Paranam, Suriname 211 219 209 208 214 850 852
Alumar, Brazil 113 83 85 111 117 396 454
Total 998 964 965 996 1,018 3,942 2,938
Sales
Worsley, Australia (a) 725 692 638 656 689 2,676 1,503
Paranam, Suriname 186 224 221 205 197 847 818
Alumar, Brazil 116 79 88 101 106 374 462
Total 1,027 995 947 962 993 3,897 2,783
(a) Interest in Worsley increased from 30% to 86% effective January 2001.
ALUMINIUM
Production
Hillside, South 123 125 117 127 132 502 498
Africa
Bayside, South 43 44 45 43 43 174 178
Africa
Alumar, Brazil 43 35 32 39 46 152 172
Valesul, Brazil 9 8 9 9 11 37 43
Mozal, Mozambique (b) 32 32 32 31 32 127 93
Total 250 244 235 250 263 992 984
Sales
Hillside, South 124 123 117 128 131 499 498
Africa
Bayside, South 50 43 43 42 53 181 179
Africa
Alumar, Brazil 45 34 33 38 45 150 171
Valesul, Brazil 12 8 8 10 11 36 41
Mozal, Mozambique (b) 33 32 32 31 34 129 90
Total 264 240 233 249 274 995 979
(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
QUARTER ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
BASE METALS
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated. Metals production is payable metal unless
otherwise stated.
Escondida, Chile (a)
Material mined (100%) ('000 77,115 85,344 84,821 80,401 77,244 327,809 304,800
tonnes)
Sulphide ore milled ('000 10,650 11,205 10,060 10,452 11,311 43,028 45,671
(100%) tonnes)
Average copper grade (%) 1.82% 1.75% 1.72% 1.53% 1.74% 1.69% 1.89%
Production ex Mill ('000 159.5 162.0 144.4 134.9 170.3 611.5 725.8
(100%) tonnes)
Production
Payable copper ('000 89.1 89.3 80.1 75.3 94.4 339.1 402.7
tonnes)
Payable gold (fine 10,302 10,641 12,166 11,837 17,694 52,338 49,597
concentrate ounces)
Copper cathode (SXEW) ('000 22.0 21.9 21.9 21.2 21.5 86.5 83.4
tonnes)
Sales
Payable copper ('000 88.3 83.8 87.0 77.0 85.3 333.0 400.4
tonnes)
Payable gold (fine 9,780 8,729 12,386 10,806 17,004 48,925 49,024
concentrate ounces)
Copper cathode (SXEW) ('000 23.1 22.9 18.0 24.6 22.7 88.1 86.8
tonnes)
(a) Sulphide production at Escondida was temporarily reduced in November 2001 due to weak market conditions.
Tintaya, Peru (a) (b)
Material mined ('000 16,447 17,600 14,115 396 - 32,111 64,130
tonnes)
Ore milled ('000 1,508 1,640 1,569 71 - 3,280 6,301
tonnes)
Average copper grade (%) 1.56% 1.58% 1.72% 1.64% 0.00% 1.65% 1.54%
Production
Payable copper ('000 20.1 20.9 22.9 0.8 0.2 44.9 84.9
tonnes)
Payable gold (fine 7,693 10,249 11,500 503 - 22,252 24,424
concentrate ounces)
Copper cathode (SXEW) ('000 1.3 1.3
tonnes)
Sales
Payable copper ('000 32.0 19.2 17.8 8.8 0.0 45.9 86.3
tonnes)
Payable gold (fine 10,350 9,745 9,546 5,452 212 24,955 26,418
concentrate ounces)
Copper cathode (SXEW) ('000 1.9 1.9
tonnes)
(a) Sulphide production at Tintaya was temporarily reduced in January 2002 due to weak market conditions.
(b) Commercial production of copper cathode commenced in June 2002.
Cerro Colorado, Chile (a)
Material mined ('000 14,177 13,595 16,677 15,348 18,628 64,248 42,476
tonnes)
Ore milled ('000 3,546 3,516 3,864 3,698 3,581 14,659 10,289
tonnes)
Average copper grade (%) 1.09% 1.06% 1.13% 1.03% 1.00% 1.06% 1.09%
Production
Copper cathode ('000 33.8 34.3 33.8 31.3 31.3 130.8 96.7
tonnes)
Sales
Copper cathode ('000 33.6 33.8 31.7 33.9 34.5 133.9 96.7
tonnes)
(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 19,970 20,548 28,990 69,508
tonnes)
Ore milled (100%) ('000 6,318 6,309 7,250 19,877
tonnes)
Average head grades
- Copper (%) 1.42% 1.31% 1.43% 1.39%
- Zinc (%) 1.35% 1.44% 0.93% 1.23%
Production
Payable copper ('000 26.2 25.1 30.5 81.9
tonnes)
Payable zinc (tonnes) 16,010 18,825 13,518 48,353
Payable silver ('000 690 565 512 1,767
ounces)
Sales
Payable copper ('000 28.7 28.8 28.6 86.2
tonnes)
Payable zinc (tonnes) 9,283 23,028 15,009 47,320
Payable silver ('000 748 595 489 1,832
ounces)
(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 27,182 29,545 28,635 25,430 26,524 110,134 80,834
tonnes)
Ore milled (100%) ('000 7,445 7,516 7,142 7,146 7,575 29,379 21,583
tonnes)
Average head grades
- Copper (%) 0.74% 0.70% 0.74% 0.76% 0.73% 0.73% 0.70%
- Gold (g/t) 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9
Production
Payable copper ('000 11.9 11.6 11.9 12.3 12.8 48.5 32.6
tonnes)
Payable gold (fine 40,004 40,370 46,987 45,421 46,537 179,315 100,743
ounces)
Payable gold - dore (fine 2,283 2,214 2,793 3,644 4,973 13,624 5,569
ounces)
Payable silver ('000 57 42 71 68 56 237 145
ounces)
Sales
Payable copper ('000 14.2 9.8 13.1 12.7 11.6 47.2 32.1
tonnes)
Payable gold (fine 45,999 34,461 48,223 47,261 36,874 166,819 100,453
ounces)
Payable gold - dore (fine 2,138 2,009 1,829 3,710 4,466 12,014 5,978
ounces)
Payable silver ('000 57 42 71 67 56 236 144
ounces)
(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 18,988 19,910 20,883 18,322 18,522 77,637 59,295
tonnes)
Ore milled (100%) ('000 11,355 12,841 12,912 11,778 12,224 49,755 36,294
tonnes)
Average copper grade (%) 0.43% 0.43% 0.42% 0.42% 0.43% 0.42% 0.43%
Production
Payable copper ('000 14.1 16.1 15.6 14.2 16.1 62.1 44.9
tonnes)
Payable molybdenum ('000 0.12 0.15 0.15 0.12 0.23 0.66 0.38
tonnes)
Payable silver ('000 170 190 167 168 183 709 545
ounces)
Sales
Payable copper ('000 13.6 17.5 18.8 11.6 14.9 62.7 42.2
tonnes)
Payable molybdenum ('000 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.17 0.22 0.67 0.52
tonnes)
Payable silver ('000 163 204 219 133 173 729 505
ounces)
(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 ('000 507 543 555 569 574 2,240 1,861
tonnes)
Ore milled ('000 490 496 538 567 575 2,176 1,781
tonnes)
Average head grades
- Silver (g/t) 577 598 567 619 675 616 599
- Lead (%) 13.2% 13.2% 12.1% 12.7% 13.6% 12.9% 13.3%
- Zinc (%) 5.5% 4.8% 5.3% 4.6% 3.9% 4.6% 5.4%
Production
Payable silver ('000 7,806 7,804 7,915 9,980 10,265 35,964 29,488
ounces)
Payable lead (tonnes) 54,271 52,879 51,914 63,172 63,799 231,764 200,328
Payable zinc (tonnes) 17,176 14,058 17,285 15,002 12,511 58,856 64,194
Sales
Payable silver ('000 8,681 7,231 8,045 9,383 10,788 35,448 30,359
ounces)
Payable lead (tonnes) 61,243 49,423 52,577 59,712 67,650 229,362 206,306
Payable zinc (tonnes) 17,496 13,220 17,850 19,105 14,761 64,935 63,026
Selbaie, Canada
Ore milled ('000 896 1,006 1,029 1,012 1,016 4,063 4,009
tonnes)
Average head grades
- Zinc (%) 1.42% 1.51% 1.29% 1.32% 1.26% 1.34% 1.53%
- Copper (%) 0.42% 0.34% 0.34% 0.33% 0.34% 0.34% 0.44%
- Gold (g/t) 0.45 0.34 0.24 0.26 0.25 0.27 0.48
- Silver (g/t) 18.14 25.00 37.23 29.10 28.99 30.12 25.17
Production
Payable zinc (tonnes) 8,275 9,684 7,896 8,495 8,121 34,196 36,646
Payable copper (tonnes) 2,967 2,477 2,616 2,452 2,642 10,186 12,815
Payable gold (ounces) 8,711 6,519 4,914 5,685 5,117 22,235 38,643
concentrate
Payable silver ('000 268 384 662 504 524 2,073 1,550
ounces)
Sales
Payable zinc (tonnes) 8,406 9,959 7,932 8,400 7,877 34,167 36,685
Payable copper (tonnes) 3,040 3,196 2,615 2,605 2,459 10,876 12,666
Payable gold (ounces) 8,207 8,112 8,002 5,048 5,142 26,304 36,444
concentrate
Payable silver ('000 405 284 321 605 573 1,783 1,879
ounces)
Pering, South Africa
Ore milled ('000 345 339 342 330 338 1,349 1,343
tonnes)
Average head grades
- Zinc (%) 2.09% 2.02% 1.90% 1.73% 1.85% 1.89% 2.09%
- Lead (%) 0.60% 0.49% 0.54% 0.42% 0.52% 0.50% 0.63%
Production
Payable zinc (tonnes) 5,396 5,888 5,583 4,851 4,793 21,115 20,909
Payable lead (tonnes) 1,410 1,153 1,288 892 969 4,302 5,866
Sales
Payable zinc (tonnes) 5,063 4,932 4,859 4,745 3,667 18,203 20,149
Payable lead (tonnes) 1,493 1,366 1,217 1,298 729 4,610 6,028
San Manuel, USA (a)
Production
Copper cathode (SXEW) ('000 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.8 - 6.3 10.3
tonnes)
(a) San Manuel SXEW operations closed in March 2002.
Pinto Valley, USA
Production
Copper cathode (SXEW) ('000 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.8 12.8 16.4
tonnes)
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
QUARTER ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
CARBON STEEL MATERIALS
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
IRON ORE (a)
Pilbara, Australia
Production
Mt Newman Joint 5,239 5,973 6,423 5,565 5,413 23,374 20,950
Venture
Goldsworthy Joint 1,788 1,656 1,667 1,434 1,690 6,447 6,601
Venture
Yandi Joint Venture 6,882 7,046 6,933 6,614 6,663 27,256 26,156
Jimblebar 1,272 1,182 1,332 1,211 1,476 5,201 4,643
Total (BHP Billiton 15,181 15,858 16,355 14,824 15,242 62,279 58,350
share)
Total production 17,636 18,448 19,006 17,194 17,984 72,351 67,828
(100%)
Shipments
Lump 3,823 3,729 3,483 3,316 4,151 14,679 15,443
Fines 11,545 12,334 12,025 11,083 10,517 45,959 45,156
Total (BHP Billiton 15,368 16,063 15,508 14,399 14,668 60,638 60,599
share)
Total shipments (100%) 18,080 18,897 18,245 16,940 17,256 71,338 71,290
(a) Iron ore production and shipments are reported on a wet tonnes basis.
Samarco, Brazil
Production 1,893 1,223 928 1,640 1,838 5,629 7,508
Shipments 1,460 1,156 1,440 1,705 1,768 6,069 6,979
METALLURGICAL COAL (a)
Queensland, Australia
Production
CQCA Joint Venture (b)
Blackwater 1,130 977 1,305 1,892 1,669 5,843 4,328
Goonyella 1,122 986 850 1,036 904 3,776 3,978
Peak Downs 779 885 730 1,028 1,185 3,828 3,129
Saraji 530 627 528 676 716 2,547 2,075
Norwich Park 503 527 495 524 527 2,073 1,828
CQCA total 4,064 4,002 3,908 5,156 5,001 18,067 15,338
South Blackwater (c) - 670 524 - - 1,194 -
Gregory Joint Venture (b) 960 486 408 861 685 2,440 3,626
BHP Mitsui Coal (d)
Riverside 966 917 649 907 928 3,402 3,272
South Walker Creek 836 906 817 800 818 3,341 3,147
BHP Mitsui Coal total 1,802 1,823 1,467 1,707 1,746 6,743 6,419
Queensland total 6,826 6,980 6,307 7,724 7,432 28,444 25,383
Shipments
Coking coal 4,813 4,804 4,011 4,799 5,252 18,866 18,437
Weak coking coal 1,245 1,592 1,674 1,604 1,124 5,995 4,914
Thermal coal 624 631 704 764 734 2,833 2,388
Total 6,682 7,027 6,390 7,167 7,110 27,694 25,739
(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. Effective Jauary 2002, South Blackwater production is included in
Blackwater.
(d) BHP Mitsui Coal production shown on 100% basis before 20% outside equity interest.
QCT Resources, Australia (a)
Production
CQCA 1,263 - - - - - 3,088
Gregory Joint Venture 242 - - - - - 628
South Blackwater 582 - - - - - 1,468
Total 2,087 - - - - - 5,184
Shipments
Coking coal 1,476 - - - - - 3,985
Weak coking coal 231 - - - - - 604
Thermal coal 268 - - - - - 722
Total 1,975 - - - - - 5,311
(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 1,889 2,055 1,841 1,265 1,927 7,088 6,574
Shipments
Coking coal 1,686 1,457 1,655 1,555 1,543 6,210 5,934
Thermal coal 246 136 94 49 268 547 606
Total 1,932 1,593 1,749 1,604 1,811 6,757 6,540
MANGANESE ORES
South Africa
Saleable production (a) 490 467 501 424 475 1,867 2,162
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production is 60%.
Australia
Saleable production (a) 446 505 387 467 309 1,668 1,612
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production is 60%.
MANGANESE ALLOYS
South Africa
Saleable production (a) 85 69 101 115 121 406 398
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production is 60%.
Australia
Saleable production (a) 51 50 63 51 48 212 246
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production is 60%.
HOT BRIQUETTED IRON
BoodarieTM Iron,
Australia (a)
Production 276 386 384 277 - 1,047 848
Shipments 342 358 302 391 93 1,144 741
(a) Refer footnote (n) on page 5.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
QUARTER ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
NICKEL
CMSA, Colombia
Production 9.1 9.6 10.4 10.5 9.9 40.4 31.8
Sales 10.2 9.1 10.4 10.5 11.6 41.6 30.9
Yabulu, Australia
Production
Nickel 7.7 6.3 7.1 7.3 7.8 28.5 29.0
Cobalt 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.7 1.8
Sales
Nickel 8.2 7.7 6.9 7.3 7.1 29.0 27.3
Cobalt 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.9 1.6
CHROME ORES
South Africa
Saleable production (a) 665 629 609 549 664 2,451 3,158
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production is 60%.
FERROCHROME
South Africa
Saleable production (a) 194 207 206 201 223 837 908
(a) Shown on 100% basis, BHP Billiton interest in saleable production is 60%.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
QUARTER ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
ENERGY COAL
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
Ingwe, South Africa
Production 14,571 14,538 13,724 13,633 13,815 55,710 61,322
Sales
Export 6,557 6,289 6,083 5,605 5,744 23,721 25,779
Local utility 6,821 7,477 6,780 6,979 7,767 29,003 31,149
Inland 1,110 1,092 1,111 835 742 3,780 5,007
Total 14,488 14,858 13,974 13,418 14,253 56,503 61,935
New Mexico, USA
Production
Navajo Coal 2,170 1,694 1,682 1,801 2,030 7,207 7,671
San Juan Coal 1,720 1,412 1,488 1,465 1,673 6,038 7,254
Total 3,890 3,106 3,170 3,266 3,703 13,245 14,925
Sales - local utility 3,434 3,407 3,489 2,882 3,469 13,247 14,350
Hunter Valley, Australia
Production 1,329 1,173 863 1,129 1,390 4,555 5,303
Sales
Export 1,201 604 571 904 1,056 3,135 4,025
Inland 399 398 378 342 337 1,455 1,422
Total 1,600 1,002 949 1,246 1,393 4,590 5,447
Kalimantan, Indonesia
Production (a)
Senakin (b) 1,099 1,161 801 - - 1,962 3,978
Satui (b) 981 1,068 777 - - 1,845 3,596
Petangis 211 221 201 186 208 815 852
Total 2,291 2,450 1,778 186 208 4,622 8,426
Sales - export 2,308 2,312 1,684 242 243 4,481 8,374
(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 1,053 1,138 1,088 1,022 1,455 4,703 2,831
Sales - export 959 1,098 688 971 1,144 3,901 2,737
(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. BHP Billiton increased its interest in CZN to 33.3% effective February
2002.
PRODUCTION AND SHIPMENT REPORT
QUARTER ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
PETROLEUM
BHP Billiton attributable production unless otherwise stated.
Figures in italics indicate adjustments made
since the figure was previously reported.
CRUDE OIL & CONDENSATE ('000 barrels)
Bass Strait 6,946 7,400 7,197 6,593 6,786 27,976 28,839
North West Shelf - condensate 1,239 1,331 1,310 1,525 1,466 5,633 4,848
North West Shelf - Wanaea/Cossack 1,757 1,652 1,919 1,851 1,892 7,314 7,144
Laminaria 3,076 3,001 2,569 1,958 2,200 9,728 14,853
Buffalo (a) - - - - - - 1,520
Griffin 1,194 1,037 863 1,971 1,587 5,458 7,140
Pakistan (b) 14 17 19 20 18 74 17
Typhoon (c) - 835 1,443 1,507 1,754 5,539 -
Americas 958 918 810 917 861 3,506 3,669
Liverpool Bay 2,516 2,830 2,868 2,770 2,574 11,042 8,679
Bruce/Keith (d) 678 483 640 532 594 2,248 2,400
Total 18,378 19,505 19,638 19,644 19,732 78,519 79,109
NATURAL GAS (billion cubic feet)
Bass Strait 26.75 29.76 23.14 17.18 26.77 96.86 96.40
North West Shelf - 3.81 3.68 3.73 3.45 2.86 13.73 13.51
Domestic
North West Shelf - LNG 13.47 15.76 15.56 15.22 13.01 59.55 56.73
Griffin 0.84 1.45 1.25 0.92 0.34 3.97 3.14
Pakistan (b) 2.03 2.66 2.83 2.94 3.02 11.45 2.43
Typhoon (c) - 0.67 1.48 2.01 1.93 6.09 -
Americas 5.52 5.41 4.69 4.40 4.63 19.13 21.30
Bruce 7.59 3.28 10.65 8.44 7.92 30.29 32.41
Keith (d) 0.25 0.19 0.27 0.11 0.16 0.72 0.60
Liverpool Bay 11.38 8.19 11.87 11.63 10.01 41.69 35.31
Total 71.64 71.05 75.47 66.30 70.66 283.47 261.83
LPG ('000 tonnes)
Bass Strait 117.66 128.73 107.80 108.47 126.70 471.70 454.51
North West Shelf 31.65 36.32 35.53 33.33 35.08 140.26 124.26
Griffin - - - - - - 3.58
Bruce 24.85 16.51 28.50 18.73 17.49 81.23 86.15
Keith (d) 1.44 1.36 1.18 0.67 1.17 4.38 5.32
Total 175.60 182.92 173.01 161.20 180.43 697.56 673.82
ETHANE ('000 tonnes) 18.53 24.05 18.59 18.87 25.62 87.13 67.39
(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 YEAR ENDED
JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
BHP STEEL
BHP Billiton attributable production unless otherwise stated.
('000 tonnes)
PRODUCTION
Iron Sands
NZS, New Zealand 478 397 464 395 363 1,619 2,187
Coke
Port Kembla, Australia 643 661 620 626 643 2,550 2,436
Iron
Port Kembla, Australia 1,269 1,262 1,191 1,144 1,263 4,860 4,975
Raw Steel
Port Kembla, Australia 1,176 1,238 1,109 1,126 1,281 4,754 4,830
NZS, New Zealand 152 144 153 125 130 552 602
Total 1,328 1,382 1,262 1,251 1,411 5,306 5,432
Delta, Ohio (a) 197 196 196 202 206 800 766
Marketable Steel Products
Flat Products
Flat and Tinplate 1,183 1,183 1,054 1,103 1,184 4,524 4,671
products
Coated Products
Rolled and coated 474 533 400 489 451 1,873 1,931
products
Flat and coated products (NZS) 135 137 117 128 135 517 536
Rolled and coated products 89 69 70 70 90 299 338
(offshore)
Building products (includes 42 40 36 32 39 147 158
offshore)
Total (b) 1,469 1,377 1,169 1,396 1,439 5,381 5,507
Delta, Ohio (a) 193 192 192 198 202 784 750
DESPATCHES (c)
Business unit despatches
Flat Products 1,294 1,128 996 1,164 1,134 4,422 4,704
Coated Products 813 746 657 648 695 2,746 2,902
Total (d) 1,587 1,296 1,153 1,386 1,397 5,232 5,342
External despatches
Australia Domestic (e) 585 691 569 545 619 2,424 2,088
Export 757 387 391 653 551 1,982 2,359
New Zealand Domestic (e) 55 61 56 60 61 238 240
Export 97 83 67 58 76 284 297
Other offshore 93 74 70 70 90 304 358
Total 1,587 1,296 1,153 1,386 1,397 5,232 5,342
Delta, Ohio (a) 191 191 189 208 208 796 748
(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 YEAR ENDED
JUNE SEPT DEC MARCH JUNE JUNE JUNE
2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2001
EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY & NEW BUSINESS
BHP Billiton attributable production and sales unless otherwise stated.
DIAMONDS
EkatiTM, Canada
Production (a) ('000 427 767 928 932 1,023 3,650 1,429
carats)
(a) Interest in EkatiTM increased from 51% to 80% effective July 2001.
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