LSE: BLT
NYSE: BBL
ASX: BHP
JSE: BIL
Headquarters:
Australia
UK
Sector:
Diversified
Government Ownership:
No State Ownership
Pre-tax Revenues (in BUSD):
30.9 (30/06/2016)
Number of employees:
not reported
Number of workers
(employees + contract workers):
65,000 (30/06/2016)
Company-reported mining worker fatalities:
  • 2015 |
    Workers: 14
  • 2016 |
    Workers: 1
Home countries, where the company is headquartered
Producing countries, where the company has mining operations
Mine sites selected for mine-site-level assessment

Summary Results

BHP is one of the three strongest performing companies for Business Conduct, and one of the ten strongest for Community Wellbeing and Environmental Responsibility. The company’s best results in Business Conduct relate to the disclosure of mineral revenues paid to producing country governments; BHP commits to engage in multi-stakeholder forums to improve the transparency of mineral revenues and fully discloses the payments it makes to sub-national and national governments. This attention to mineral revenue transparency accounts for some of BHP’s best results across all thematic areas, alongside its systematic tracking of its performance on providing safe and healthy working conditions and its commitment to manage its environmental impacts systematically, through the mitigation hierarchy approach.

BHP’s best performance on Community Wellbeing relates to its tracking of the quality of its relationships with affected communities. Overall, BHP’s results are limited by its lack of evidence of having integrated broader economic development issues or of having adopted a lifecycle management approach. For example, no evidence was found of BHP designing and planning its operations to manage post-closure transition for workers or affected communities.

Economic Development

0.130 / 1.000

Business Conduct

0.666 / 1.000

Lifecycle Management

0.056 / 1.000

Community Wellbeing

0.328 / 1.000

Working Conditions

0.550 / 1.000

Environmental Responsibility

0.480 / 1.000

The maximum value of 1.000 represents the aggregation of best scores achieved for all indicators in a given thematic area, taking into account all companies’ results. As the aggregate best score varies from one area to another, these charts cannot be used to compare company performances across different areas.

All company results are based on public domain data that have been sourced by RMI analysts or provided by companies. In the case of a few companies, very little information was available. It is important to note that a low score may only reflect a lack of relevant information in the company’s publicly available documentation.

Relative company performance

Commitment (11 indicators)

Action (41 indicators)

Effectiveness (21 indicators)

1.000 = aggregation of best scores for all indicators of this measurement area.

Indicator-by-indicator results

Economic Development

Selected Mine sites results

Mine sites individually assessed but not included
in the overall company score

Mine Site NameLocal Procurement (score /6.00)Local Employment (score /6.00)Community grievance mechanism (score /6.00)Workers grievance mechanism (score /6.00)Water quality and quantity (score /6.00)Biodiversity management (score /6.00)Mine site (score /6.00)
Cerro Colorado2100000.50
Escondida4100301.33
Spence2100000.50

List of all mine sites

Mine Site NameAliasesCountryCompany's share (%)ProductsMining types
Antamina (BHP Billiton)*Peru33.75Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Lead, Silver, BismuthOpen-pit
Area CMt Goldsworthy, Western Australia Iron Ore, WAIOAustralia85Iron OreOpen-pit
BlackwaterQueensland Coal, Central Queensland Coal AssociatesAustralia50CoalOpen-pit
BroadmeadowQueensland Coal, Central Queensland Coal AssociatesAustralia50CoalUnderground
Caval RidgeQueensland Coal, Central Queensland Coal AssociatesAustralia50CoalOpen-pit
Cerrejón (BHP Billiton)*Colombia33.33CoalOpen-pit
Cerro ColoradoChile100CopperOpen-pit
CliffsNickel WestAustralia100NickelUnderground
CrinumQueensland Coal, Gregory JVAustralia50CoalUnderground
DauniaQueensland Coal, Central Queensland Coal AssociatesAustralia50CoalOpen-pit
EscondidaChile57.5Copper, Silver, GoldOpen-pit
Goonyella RiversideQueensland Coal, Central Queensland Coal Associates, BroadmeadowAustralia50CoalOpen-pit
GregoryQueensland Coal, Gregory JVAustralia50CoalOpen-pit
JW4Western Australia Iron Ore, WAIOAustralia68Iron OreOpen-pit
JimblebarWestern Australia Iron Ore, WAIOAustralia85Iron OreOpen-pit
LeinsterNickel WestAustralia100NickelOpen-pit, Underground
Mt Arthur CoalNew South Wales Energy CoalAustralia100CoalOpen-pit
Mt KeithNickel WestAustralia100NickelOpen-pit
Mt NewmanWestern Australia Iron Ore, WAIOAustralia85Iron OreOpen-pit
NavajoUSA0CoalOpen-pit
Norwich ParkQueensland Coal, Central Queensland Coal AssociatesAustralia50CoalOpen-pit
Olympic DamAustralia100Copper, Gold, Uranium Oxide, SilverUnderground
POSMACWestern Australia Iron Ore, WAIOAustralia65Iron OreOpen-pit
Peak DownsQueensland Coal, Central Queensland Coal AssociatesAustralia50CopperOpen-pit
PoitrelQueensland Coal, BHP Billiton Mitsui Coal, BMCAustralia80CoalOpen-pit
Samarco (BHP Billiton)*Germano, Complexo de AlegriaBrazil50Iron OreOpen-pit
SarajiQueensland Coal, Central Queensland Coal AssociatesAustralia50CoalOpen-pit
South Walker CreekQueensland Coal, BHP Billiton Mitsui Coal, BMCAustralia80CoalOpen-pit
SpenceChile100CopperOpen-pit
WheelarraAustralia51Iron OreOpen-pit
YandiWestern Australia Iron Ore, WAIOAustralia85Iron OreOpen-pit
YarrieMt Goldsworthy, Western Australia Iron Ore, WAIOAustralia85Iron OreOpen-pit
*Joint-Venture not under direct control of the company and not included in RMI assessment

Closed mine sites (controlled assets under care & maintenance, closure or post-closure management)

Mine Site NameAliasesCountryCompany's share (%)ProductsMining typesYear of closure
Ambrosia LakeUSA100Uranium OxideUnderground1999
BeenupAustralia100TitaniumOpen-pit1999
Carson HillUSA100GoldOpen-pit, Tailings Leach1990
GoldsworthyAustralia85Iron OreOpen-pit1982
IslandCanada100Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, GoldOpen-pit1996
JenipapoBrazil100Gold1992
LisbonUSA100Uranium OxideUnderground1989
LusangIndonesia70GoldUnderground1995
McCabeGladstoneUSA100Gold, Copper, SilverUnderground, Tailings Leach1993
NimingarraMt Goldsworthy, Western Australia Iron Ore, WAIOAustralia85Iron OreOpen-pit2007
San ManuelKalamazooUSA100Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, GoldOpen-pit, Underground2003
SelbaieCanada100Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverOpen-pit2004
Shay GapAustralia85Iron OreOpen-pit1993
StanleighCanada100Uranium OxideOpen-pit1996

Assets sold during the assessment period

Mine Site NameAliasesCountryProductsMining types
HajuIndoMet CoalIndonesiaCoalOpen-pit

Main Shareholders

As of: 30/03/2018Shares (%)
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.10.09
Aberdeen Asset Investments Limited4.88
Elliott Management Corporation4.66
Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Limited2.97
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.2.76
The Vanguard Group, Inc.2.7
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)2.33
Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.2.19
Schroder Investment Management Ltd. (SIM)1.49
Capital World Investors1.42
Capital Research Global Investors1.16
State Street Global Advisors (UK) Ltd.1.13
SAFE Investment Company Limited1.12
Alecta pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt1.02
UBS Asset Management (Switzerland)0.85

Known Subsidiaries

As of: 03/02/2018Country
141 Union CompanyUSA
Agnew Pastoral Company Pty LtdAustralia
Albion Downs Pty LimitedAustralia
Araguaia Participaçóes LtdaBrazil
Bass Strait Australia
BHPB Freight Pty Ltd (a)(b)Australia
BHP Billiton Aluminium Australia Pty LtdAustralia
BHP Billiton (AUS) DDS Pty LtdAustralia
BHP Billiton Australia UK Finance LimitedBritish Virgin Islands
BHP Billiton Boliviana de Petróleo Inc.USA
BHP Billiton Brasil Exploração e Produção de Petróleo LimitadaBrazil
BHP Billiton Brasil Investimentos de Petróleo LtdaBrazil
BHP Billiton Brasil LtdaBrazil
BHP Billiton Canada Inc.Canada
BHP Billiton Capital Inc.USA

Known Tax Jurisdictions

AlgeriaAnguillaArgentinaAustraliaBermudaBrazil
British Virgin IslandsCanadaCayman IslandsChileChinaColombia
DRCGuernseyIndiaIndonesiaIrelandJapan
JerseyLiberiaMalaysiaMexicoNetherlandsPanama
Papua New GuineaPeruPhilippinesSaint LuciaSingaporeSouth Africa
SwitzerlandTrinidad and TobagoUKUSAZambia

Recent involvements in Investor/State investment disputes (since 2014)

No case

Disclaimer

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