BHP BILLITON

 

Supplementary Financial Information

Previously Unreported Comparative Quarters Results for Fiscal 2001

 

The comparative quarterly financial information presented in this release covers data for the previously unreported quarters of fiscal 2001. The information is unaudited.

This information will provide the market with the definitive basis of comparison against future financial information.

The financial information is prepared on the same basis as described within 'Basis of Preparation' as detailed on page 2 of the 'BHP Billiton results for the quarter ended 30 September 2001'.

Details for the BHP Billiton Group for the quarters ended 30 September 2000 and 30 June 2001 are provided on pages 19 to 20 of the release of 'BHP Billiton results for the quarter ended 30 September 2001'and details of individual Customer Sector Group's results for the quarter ended 30 September 2000 are provided on pages 21 to 29 of the same release.

 

Supplementary Financial Information

BHP BILLITON GROUP

US$ Million

Sep-00

Dec-00

Half Year

Mar-01

Jun-01

Full Year

Aluminium

103

115

218

135

170

523

Base metals

134

136

270

123

89

482

Carbon steel materials

211

211

422

241

255

918

Stainless steel materials

33

30

63

3

17

83

Energy coal

60

97

157

109

116

382

Exploration, technology and new business

16

10

26

12

( 32)

6

Other activities

40

46

86

38

23

147

Petroleum

344

362

706

419

282

1 407

Steel

138

74

212

43

15

270

Group and unallocated

( 131)

( 159)

( 290)

( 153)

( 148)

( 591)

EBIT

948

922

1 870

970

787

3 627

Net interest

( 84)

( 119)

( 203)

( 106)

( 161)

( 470)

Profit before tax

864

803

1 667

864

626

3 157

Taxation

( 262)

( 218)

( 480)

( 264)

( 199)

( 943)

Profit after taxation

602

585

1 187

600

427

2 214

Equity minority interests

( 13)

( 16)

( 29)

4

-

( 25)

Attributable profit (excluding exceptionals)

589

569

1 158

604

427

2 189

Exceptional items

-

-

-

( 520)

( 574)

(1 094)

Tax on exceptional items

-

-

-

110

22

132

-

-

-

( 410)

( 552)

( 962)

Equity minority interests

-

-

-

-

302

302

Attributable profit (including exceptionals)

589

569

1 158

194

177

1 529

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

BHP BILLITON GROUP

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

EBIT

EBIT

excluding

including

exceptional

Exceptional

exceptional

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

(1)

items

(2)

items

items

(2)

Capex

(4)

gross

(5)

to profit

(6)

Aluminium

647

115

-

115

30

-

-

Base metals

625

136

-

136

1 835

42

7

Carbon steel materials

854

211

-

211

249

-

-

Stainless steel materials

207

30

-

30

58

2

2

Energy coal

466

97

-

97

206

2

-

Exploration, technology and new business

50

10

-

10

6

13

12

Other activities

401

46

-

46

5

-

-

Petroleum

918

362

-

362

110

43

32

Steel

881

74

-

74

11

-

-

Group and unallocated (7)

( 87)

( 159)

-

( 159)

16

-

-

BHP Billiton Group

4 818

922

-

922

2 526

102

53

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

EBIT

EBIT

excluding

including

exceptional

Exceptional

exceptional

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

(1)

items

(2)

items

items

(2)

Capex

(4)

gross

(5)

to profit

(6)

Aluminium

773

135

-

135

1 501

-

-

Base metals

565

123

-

123

93

4

4

Carbon steel materials

834

241

-

241

32

3

3

Stainless steel materials

192

3

-

3

28

-

-

Energy coal

495

109

-

109

15

-

-

Exploration, technology and new business

67

12

-

12

9

14

14

Other activities

372

38

( 180)

( 142)

6

-

-

Petroleum

818

419

-

419

80

47

40

Steel

797

43

-

43

9

-

-

Group and unallocated (7)

( 86)

( 153)

( 340)

( 493)

100

-

-

BHP Billiton Group

4 674

970

( 520)

450

1 873

68

61

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ million

EBIT

EBIT

excluding

including

exceptional

Exceptional

exceptional

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

(1)

items

(2)

items

(3)

items

(2) (3)

Capex

(4)

gross

(5)

to profit

(6)

Aluminium

904

170

53

223

66

1

1

Base metals

573

89

( 435)

( 346)

178

7

6

Carbon steel materials

912

255

126

381

75

1

1

Stainless steel materials

210

17

( 9)

8

67

1

1

Energy coal

582

116

( 34)

82

103

1

1

Exploration, technology and new business

68

( 32)

( 13)

( 45)

389

23

37

Other items

338

23

( 114)

( 91)

3

-

-

Petroleum

775

282

-

282

145

70

46

Steel

867

15

( 22)

( 7)

31

-

-

Group and unallocated (7)

( 86)

( 148)

( 120)

( 268)

14

-

-

BHP Billiton Group

5 009

787

( 568)

219

1 071

104

93

(1)

Turnover does not add to the BHP Billiton Group figure due to inter-segment transactions.

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax.

(3)

Certain items have been restated between customer sector groups.

(4)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

(5)

Includes capitalised exploration of (December 2000: US$49 million, March 2001: US$7 million, June 2001: US$29 million)

(6)

The June 2001 quarter includes US$18 million exploration expenditure previously capitalised, now written off.

(7)

Includes consolidation adjustments and unallocated items.

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

ALUMINIUM

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Alumina

96

47

12

35

9

Aluminium

357

109

32

77

21

Intra-divisional adjustment

( 30)

-

-

-

-

Third party products

224

3

-

3

-

Total Aluminium

647

159

44

115

30

-

-

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Alumina

137

79

23

56

1 486

Aluminium

395

108

35

73

15

Intra-divisional adjustment

( 16)

-

-

-

-

Third party products

257

6

-

6

-

Total Aluminium

773

193

58

135

1 501

-

-

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Alumina

191

97

24

73

29

Aluminium

469

124

29

95

37

Intra-divisional adjustment

( 67)

-

-

-

-

Third party products

311

2

-

2

-

Total Aluminium

904

223

53

170

66

1

1

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

 

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

BASE METALS

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3) (6)

gross

(4)

to profit

Escondida

244

111

28

83

67

Ok Tedi

134

35

18

17

3

Tintaya

46

10

7

3

6

Cerro Colorado

55

30

17

13

1

Antamina

-

-

-

-

-

Alumbrera

20

4

-

4

-

Cannington

67

21

6

15

2

Highland Valley

14

2

-

2

-

Other businesses (5)

42

-

1

( 1)

6

Third party products

3

-

-

-

-

Total Base Metals

625

213

77

136

1 835

42

7

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

Escondida

223

103

25

78

64

Ok Tedi

119

23

17

6

14

Tintaya

21

7

7

-

11

Cerro Colorado

56

29

16

13

-

Antamina

-

-

-

-

-

Alumbrera

4

6

-

6

-

Cannington

85

30

6

24

4

Highland Valley

21

3

-

3

-

Other businesses (5)

35

( 6)

1

( 7)

-

Third party products

1

-

-

-

-

Total Base Metals

565

195

72

123

93

4

4

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

Escondida

170

74

25

49

85

Ok Tedi

151

16

17

( 1)

7

Tintaya

54

( 1)

9

( 10)

27

Cerro Colorado

56

27

16

11

1

Antamina

-

-

-

-

46

Alumbrera

20

12

-

12

-

Cannington

80

27

6

21

2

Highland Valley

11

( 2)

-

( 2)

-

Other businesses (5)

31

13

4

9

10

Third party products

-

-

-

-

-

Total Base Metals

573

166

77

89

178

7

6

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

(4)

Includes capitalised exploration of (December 2000: US$35 million, March 2001: US$nil, June 2000: US$1 million)

(5)

Includes Selbaie, Pering and North America Copper mining and smelting operations (which ceased during the September 1999 quarter.)

(6)

Includes the acquisition of Rio Algom Limited for US$1,750 million (before deduction of assumed debt), which has not been allocated to the various operations and therefore Capex does not add to the Base Metals total.

 

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

CARBON STEEL MATERIALS

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

WA Iron Ore

257

122

17

105

8

Samarco (4)

50

13

-

13

-

Total Iron Ore

307

135

17

118

8

Queensland (5)

298

106

16

90

228

Illawarra

64

13

4

9

2

Total Metallurgical Coal

362

119

20

99

230

Manganese

172

27

5

22

5

BoodarieTM Iron

14

( 27)

-

( 27)

6

Intra-divisional adjustment

( 10)

( 1)

-

( 1)

-

Third party products

9

-

-

-

-

Total Carbon Steel

854

253

42

211

249

-

-

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

WA Iron Ore

270

132

22

110

6

Samarco (4)

75

24

-

24

-

Total Iron Ore

345

156

22

134

6

Queensland (5)

299

121

16

105

11

Illawarra

60

17

5

12

3

Total Metallurgical Coal

359

138

21

117

14

Manganese

99

26

7

19

6

BoodarieTM Iron

29

( 29)

-

( 29)

6

Intra-divisional adjustment

( 9)

-

-

-

-

Third party products

11

-

-

-

-

Total Carbon Steel

834

291

50

241

32

3

3

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

WA Iron Ore

266

137

22

115

9

Samarco (4)

47

19

-

19

-

Total Iron Ore

313

156

22

134

9

Queensland (5)

324

114

14

100

44

Illawarra

75

27

3

24

6

Total Coking Coal

399

141

17

124

50

Manganese

158

39

7

32

10

BoodarieTM Iron

40

( 35)

-

( 35)

6

Intra-divisional adjustment

( 9)

( 1)

-

( 1)

-

Third party products

11

1

-

1

-

Total Carbon Steel

912

301

46

255

75

1

1

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

(4)

Equity accounted investments.

(5)

Includes equity accounted results from QCT Resources Ltd which was acquired in November 2000 and ceased following equalisation with Mitsubishi in June 2001.

 

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

STAINLESS STEEL MATERIALS

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Nickel

99

29

11

18

51

Chrome

106

18

6

12

7

Third party products

2

-

-

-

-

Total Stainless Steel

207

47

17

30

58

2

2

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Nickel

112

30

18

12

19

Chrome

78

( 2)

7

( 9)

9

Third party products

2

-

-

-

-

Total Stainless Steel

192

28

25

3

28

-

-

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Nickel

130

40

12

28

52

Chrome

78

( 2)

9

( 11)

15

Third party products

2

-

-

-

-

Total Stainless Steel

210

38

21

17

67

1

1

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

 

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

ENERGY COAL

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

Ingwe

280

95

24

71

17

New Mexico

104

33

8

25

15

COAL

21

( 1)

4

( 5)

5

Indonesia

53

15

8

7

-

Colombia

6

( 1)

-

( 1)

169

Third party products

2

-

-

-

-

Total Energy Coal

466

141

44

97

206

2

-

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Ingwe

264

88

22

66

1

New Mexico

99

32

9

23

10

COAL

35

8

4

4

4

Indonesia

49

13

7

6

-

Colombia

35

9

-

9

-

Third party products

13

1

-

1

-

Total Energy Coal

495

151

42

109

15

-

-

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Ingwe

255

91

37

54

75

New Mexico

104

31

13

18

24

COAL

42

12

2

10

3

Indonesia

68

27

6

21

1

Colombia

42

8

-

8

-

Third party products

71

5

-

5

-

Total Energy Coal

582

174

58

116

103

1

1

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

(4)

The December 2001 quarter includes US$2 million capitalised exploration.

 

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY AND NEW BUSINESS

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

(5)

Ekati

48

31

6

25

4

Exploration and Technology

2

( 14)

1

( 15)

2

Total Exploration, Technology and New Business

50

17

7

10

6

13

12

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

(5)

Ekati

66

41

6

35

8

Exploration and Technology

1

( 22)

1

( 23)

1

Total Exploration, Technology and New Business

67

19

7

12

9

14

14

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

(5)

Ekati

62

36

7

29

389

Exploration and Technology

6

( 59)

2

( 61)

-

Total Exploration, Technology and New Business

68

( 23)

9

( 32)

389

23

37

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

(4)

Includes capitalised exploration of (December 2000: US$1 million, March 2001: US$nil, June 2000: US$4 million)

(5)

The June 2001 quarter includes US$18 million exploration expenditure previously capitalised, now written off.

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Venezuela HBI

8

( 12)

-

( 12)

-

NAMD

264

10

3

7

5

Other businesses (4)

129

51

-

51

-

Total Other Activities

401

49

3

46

5

-

-

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Venezuela HBI

5

( 10)

-

( 10)

4

NAMD

276

10

2

8

2

Other businesses (4)

91

42

2

40

-

Total Other Activities

372

42

4

38

6

-

-

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Venezuela HBI

-

-

-

-

-

NAMD

257

10

2

8

3

Other businesses (4)

81

16

1

15

-

Total Other Activities

338

26

3

23

3

-

-

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

(4)

Includes Richards Bay Minerals operations, Colombus Stainless Steel operations and the Hartley Platinum

mine which was sold in January 2001.

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

PETROLEUM

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

Bass Strait

297

166

20

146

15

North West Shelf

188

132

13

119

9

Liverpool Bay

73

56

24

32

12

Other businesses

322

168

66

102

74

Marketing activities

69

3

-

3

-

Intra-divisional adjust

-

-

-

-

-

Divisional activities

( 31)

( 40)

-

( 40)

-

Total Petroleum

918

485

123

362

110

43

32

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

Bass Strait

264

148

22

126

13

North West Shelf

194

153

14

139

9

Liverpool Bay

100

83

30

53

8

Other businesses

256

180

63

117

50

Marketing activities

15

-

-

-

-

Intra-divisional adjust

-

-

-

-

-

Divisional activities

( 11)

( 16)

-

( 16)

-

Total Petroleum

818

548

129

419

80

47

40

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

(4)

to profit

Bass Strait

272

142

22

120

10

North West Shelf

164

112

12

100

16

Liverpool Bay

106

90

31

59

16

Other businesses

219

56

55

1

103

Marketing activities

27

11

-

11

-

Intra-divisional adjust

-

-

-

-

-

Divisional activities

( 13)

( 9)

-

( 9)

-

Total Petroleum

775

402

120

282

145

70

46

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

(4)

Includes capitalised exploration of (December 2000: US$11 million, March 2001: US$7 million, June 2001: US$24 million)

 

 

 

Supplementary Financial Information

STEEL

Quarter ended 31 December 2000

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Flat Products (4)

343

40

21

19

5

Coated Products

425

45

14

31

6

Discontinuing operations (5)

110

8

4

4

-

Intra-divisional adjust

( 218)

25

-

25

-

Divisional activities

5

( 6)

-

( 6)

-

Transport & Logistics

216

5

4

1

-

Total Steel

881

117

43

74

11

-

-

Quarter ended 31 March 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Flat Products (4)

343

16

19

( 3)

5

Coated Products

411

51

14

37

4

Discontinuing operations (5)

1

-

-

-

-

Intra-divisional adjust

( 176)

5

-

5

-

Divisional activities

4

( 4)

-

( 4)

-

Transport & Logistics

214

11

3

8

-

Total Steel

797

79

36

43

9

-

-

Quarter ended 30 June 2001

US$ Million

Depn &

Exploration

Exploration

Turnover

EBITDA

(1)

amortisation

EBIT

(2)

Capex

(3)

gross

to profit

Flat Products (4)

373

( 2)

19

( 21)

20

Coated Products

443

43

16

27

11

Discontinuing operations (5)

-

-

-

-

-

Intra-divisional adjust

( 181)

5

-

5

-

Divisional activities

6

( 6)

1

( 7)

-

Transport & Logistics

226

14

3

11

-

Total Steel

867

54

39

15

31

-

-

(1)

EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortisation (excluding exceptional items).

(2)

EBIT is earnings before interest and tax (excluding exceptional items).

(3)

Capex includes capital and investment expenditure and excludes capitalised interest and capitalised exploration.

(4)

Includes North Star BHP Steel.

(5)

Includes the Long Products business (OneSteel Limited) which ceased to report results from November 2000 following spin-out.

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