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BHPBill notice of dividend currency exchange rate
On 22 August 2012 BHPBill declared a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2012 of US57cents per share.
The currency exchange rate applicable for the dividend payable in South African cents to shareholders on the BHPBill branch register is set out below:
Dividend US57cents per share: South African cents
Exchange rate: 8.441200
Dividend per ordinary share in local currency: 481.148400
The exchange rates applicable to the BHPBill dividend being paid in other currencies will be based on the foreign currency exchange rates on the Record Date, being 7 September 2012, and announced to the market on 10 September 2012.
BHPBill shareholders registered on the South African section of the register will not be able to dematerialise or rematerialise their shareholdings between the dates of 3 and 7 September 2012, both dates inclusive, nor will transfers between the UK register and the South African register be permitted between the dates of 31 August and 7 September 2012, both dates inclusive.
The dividend will be paid on 28 September 2012.
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BHPBill to sell Yeelirrie Uranium deposit
BHPBill signed an agreement to sell its wholly owned Yeelirrie uranium deposit in Western Australia to Cameco Corporation for USD430 million.
The sale is subject to relevant approvals from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board and the government of Western Australia.
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BHPBill -- WA Iron Ore dual harbour strategy
As foreshadowed in BHPBill's profit announcement on 22 August, the company has been evaluating the most efficient means of expanding production from Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) beyond its current 240 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) Inner Harbour throughput allocation in Port Hedland. Preliminary studies have shown the potential for WAIO to ship substantially more than 240 mtpa from the Inner Harbour. As a result, work on the Outer Harbour has been slowed while WAIO's focus has shifted to maximising its potential capacity from the Inner Harbour.
The Western Australia Minister for Transport and Port Hedland Port Authority has announced that WAIO has been granted the right, subject to the State approvals processes, to develop two additional berths in the Inner Harbour. These berths do not come with guaranteed shipping capacity beyond BHPBill's current 240 mtpa throughput allocation. WAIO believes there is substantially more opportunity to optimise its Inner Harbour throughput, given there is significant underutilised Inner Harbour port capacity. Port users may ship beyond their shipping allocation if unused capacity is available.
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BHPBill results presentation
The following document has today been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: www.hemscott.com/nsm.do: BHP Billiton Results Presentation Year Ended 30 June 2012 http://www.bhpbilliton.com/home/investors/reports/Documents/2012/120822_BHPBilli tonPreliminaryResultsFY12Presentation.pdf. The document may also be accessed via BHPBill's website - www.bhpbilliton.com - or using the web link above.
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BHPBill Olympic Dam update
BHPBill announced that it will investigate an alternative, less capital-intensive design of the Olympic Dam open-pit expansion, involving new technologies, to substantially improve the economics of the project. As a result it will not be ready to approve an expansion of Olympic Dam before the Indenture agreement deadline of 15 December 2012. The Company will discuss the implications of this decision for the Indenture agreement with the South Australian Government in the coming months.
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BHPBill -- Petrohawk's June financial report
The following document has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do:
- Petrohawk June 2012 Financial Report
- The document may also be accessed via BHPBill's website - www.bhpbilliton.com
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BHPBill US shake & Australian nickel asset review
BHPBill announced that it has completed its full year assessment of its United States shale and Australian nickel assets. Low US gas prices due to a short term over supply of gas have resulted in an impairment of USD2.84 billion (before tax) against the carrying value of the Fayetteville shale gas assets acquired from Chesapeake Energy in February 2011. The Company will also recognise a USD450 million (before tax) charge against the carrying value of its Nickel West assets as a result of margin deterioration. Both impairments will be recognised as exceptional items. The annual review of the Company's non-current assets will be finalised in conjunction with the preliminary financial results to be released on 22 August 2012.
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