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Production overview - 2025: coal 8100000 t; 2024: coal 3287 kt.

The mine has a Coal Handling and Processing Plant (CHPP). Coal from up to 11 seams of the Moranbah Coal Measures is blended.

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) is proposing the Saraji East Mining Lease Project, a greenfield single-seam underground mine development that will be accessed through the existing Saraji open cut highwall. This project is expected to produce up to 8 million tonnes per year of metallurgical product coal over a 20-year life. The project would involve the extraction of up to 11 million tonnes per year of run-of-mine coal. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) assessment report for this project was issued to the proponent on 24 November 2025. In November 2025, BMA placed the Saraji South operation into a period of care and maintenance due to market conditions and the impact of Queensland's coal royalties.

Production overview - 2023: coal 5480000 t.

The operation includes a coal handling and preparation plant.

The mine utilises Caterpillar 797f rear dump trucks.

A "Peak Downs Mine Continuation project" is proposed to expand the open-cut mining footprint. This project aims to produce up to 18 million tonnes of product coal annually for approximately 93 years. The project is currently in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) phase. The estimated operational workforce for this expansion is 2,400.

BHP's operational reviews for the 2025 financial year noted that steelmaking coal production was impacted by heavy wet weather and geotechnical challenges at the Broadmeadow underground mine. Despite these challenges, improved mining rates at Broadmeadow were reported in the third quarter of FY2025. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, steelmaking coal production rose by 8%, supported by strong mining rates at Broadmeadow.

Coal from Broadmeadow is processed jointly with coal from the Goonyella Riverside open cut operation. The Goonyella Riverside Mine has two coal processing plants where mined coal is sorted, washed, and blended to match demand specifications. After processing, the coal is transported by rail to the BMA-owned Hay Point Terminal.

An extension to the Broadmeadow mine was approved in 2011.

BUMA Australia provides management, supervision, and a workforce of operators and maintenance trades.

The Goonyella mine commenced operations in 1971 and merged with the adjoining Riverside mine in 1989. The mine is part of the BMA (BHP Mitsubishi Alliance) joint venture. Coal is exported via the Goonyella railway line to Hay Point. The mine is located on the traditional lands of the Barada Barna people.

Production overview - 2023: coal 780000 t; 2019: coal 17100000 t.

The site has two coal processing plants where mined coal is sorted, washed, and blended to meet customer specifications.

The mine is transitioning to an autonomous haulage system with a fleet of up to 86 Komatsu 930E haul trucks. BUMA Australia, a mining services contractor, operates three prime fleets, including 600t and 800t excavators and trucks.

An expansion to add up to 9 million tonnes per annum and up to 700 jobs has been considered.

approximately 850 workers, comprising 650 direct employees and 200 contractors

BHP's Yandi iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia is currently scaling down operations as it approaches the end of its life due to the depletion of its ore body. A gradual reduction in activities is planned throughout 2026 before a complete cessation of operations.

Production overview - 2022: iron ore 45.8 Mt.

crushing, beneficiation, ore handling

Liebherr R 9400 E electric excavator, crushers, ore handling plants

BHP and Rio Tinto have agreed to explore opportunities to mine up to 200 million tonnes of iron ore at the shared boundary of their neighbouring Yandi and Yandicoogina operations.

The permanent workforce for the initial Area C operation was estimated to be around 150 people.

Mining Area C contains a significant resource of Marra Mamba type iron ore.

Production overview - 2023: iron ore 121.8 Mt.

The operation consists of open-cut mines, three ore handling plants, and one train load-out facility. Ore is crushed and screened before being transported by rail to Port Hedland.

Over 800 pieces of mining equipment, including 300 trucks and 45 excavators. Autonomous blast hole drill rigs are being deployed, and automated trucks are in progress for deployment.

Mining Area C, together with the adjacent South Flank mine, forms what BHP refers to as the Mining Area C hub. This combined hub is expected to be the largest operating iron ore hub in the world, with a production capacity of 145 million tonnes per year. Studies are underway for a potential expansion of Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) production to 330 million tonnes per annum, with a feasibility study expected to be completed in calendar year 2025.

600 operational roles

ramping up to full production capacity of 80 Mtpa; first ore achieved May 2021; on track to reach full production capacity by end of 2024 financial year

80 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) crushing and screening plant, overland conveyor system, stockyard, train loading facilities

autonomous-ready fleets, autonomous haul truck fleet

800 (permanent workers); up to 120 (for a development contract)

Production overview - 2024: iron ore 73111 t; 2023: iron ore 66801000 kt.

Ore is crushed, and where necessary, beneficiated and blended to create high-grade hematite lump and fines products. A new beneficiation plant is planned as part of the Jimblebar Hub expansion.

The mine was BHP's first to have a fully autonomous haul truck fleet, which was completed in 2017. Jimblebar is also trialling Caterpillar's Cat® Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) system on battery electric and diesel electric mining trucks, including the CAT 793 fleet.

The Jimblebar Hub Combined Proposal is a planned expansion and amalgamation of the existing Jimblebar operations with Orebody 18 and Orebody 31. This includes new above and below water table mining, overburden storage areas, a new beneficiation plant, an overland conveyor, and other infrastructure. The project is currently being assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority. A development contract valued at approximately $109 million was awarded to NRW Civil & Mining for various works to support sustainable production, commencing in November 2024 and scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2026.

Newman Operations is an integral part of BHP's Western Australian Iron Ore (WAIO) business in the Pilbara region. It consists of two main sites: Newman East (which includes Orebodies 18, 23, and 25) and Newman West (formerly known as Mount Whaleback). The Mount Whaleback mine, which began operations in 1968, is the world's largest single-pit, open-pit iron ore mine. Ore from the Newman Operations is transported by rail to Port Hedland. The processing hub at Newman includes three primary crushers and three ore handling plants, one of which is the Whaleback Beneficiation Plant.

Production overview - 2021: iron ore 78000000 t.

The Newman East site has transitioned to fully autonomous CAT 793 haul trucks.

BHP has an "Air Quality Roadmap for Newman Operations" which includes a planned expenditure of up to $230 million over five years for dust mitigation work at the Eastern Ridge and Whaleback sites. A project is underway to develop the Western Ridge deposits, which will replace production from depleting orebodies around the Newman operations. This is expected to deliver an average of 25 million tonnes per annum for about 12 years, with the ore being processed through the existing Newman facilities.

Approximately 15,000 direct and indirect employees.

Production overview - 2024: iron ore 9700000 t; 2023: iron ore 9400000 t.

The operation involves the extraction and beneficiation of iron ore at the Germano complex in Minas Gerais. The ore is then transported as a slurry through a pipeline, approximately 400 kilometres long, to the Ubu complex in Espírito Santo for pelletising. Following the restart of operations in December 2020, a new filtration system was implemented. This system allows for approximately 80% of the tailings to be dry-stacked, with the remaining 20% deposited in a confined pit, eliminating the need for traditional tailings dams.

Samarco plans to invest more than $1 billion to restore its operations to full capacity by January 2028. In 2024, USD311 million was invested in strategic initiatives, including the start-up of another plant in Ubu and the reactivation of a second concentrator and a new tailings filtration plant at the Germano Complex.

The Peak Downs mine is a large open-cut coal mine located 31 kilometres south-east of Moranbah in Queensland, Australia. It is owned as a 50:50 joint venture between BHP and Mitsubishi Development, and is operated by BMA. The mine has been in operation since 1972. It is an open-pit operation that produces high-quality hard coking coal, which is a type of metallurgical coal essential for steel manufacturing. The mine targets seams within the Moranbah Coal Measures.

Production overview - 2022: coal 4295000 t; 2019: coal 11.8 Mt.

The run-of-mine coal is processed at an on-site coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP). Additionally, approximately 2.5 million tonnes per annum of coal from Peak Downs is transported via an 11-kilometre overland conveyor to the CHPP at the nearby Caval Ridge mine.

draglines, trucks, and shovels for overburden removal and coal extraction. The equipment fleet includes Liebherr 996B and 9800 excavators, Hitachi EX5600 excavators, and a range of Caterpillar (793, 797, 797f) and Liebherr (T 282 C) haul trucks.

A "Peak Downs Mine Continuation Project" has been proposed to expand the open-cut footprint and extend the mine life by approximately 93 years, with a continued production rate of 18 million tonnes per annum.

almost 1,000 workers at one point

This operation includes both open-pit and underground mining. As of 2022, mining occurred at the Camelot open-pit and the Venus and B11 underground operations. The mine was originally opened in 1978 by the Agnew Mining Company and was acquired by WMC Resources in 1988 before BHP took ownership in 2005.

The Leinster operation has a concentrator and a dryer.

current workforce of approximately 300 to 350 employees and contractors; expected to directly employ around 1,500 people once fully operational

Resolution Copper is a large, undeveloped copper project in the advanced permitting and development stage, targeting initial production in the early to mid-2030s. The copper deposit is located between 5,000 and 7,000 feet below the surface.

The mine will use an underground panel caving technique. Ore will be crushed underground and transported to a processing plant. The resulting copper concentrate will be pumped as a slurry to a filter and loadout facility, with tailings sent to a separate disposal facility.

A federal land exchange was completed in March 2026, allowing the project to advance. Over US$2 billion has been invested to date, with an additional preliminary spending of approximately $500 million announced for enabling works, including drilling, infrastructure upgrades, and initial underground development.

As of early 2026, Antamina has approximately 6,000 workers, with around 3,000 being direct employees of the company.

The Antamina mine, an open-pit operation in Ancash, Peru, is jointly owned by BHP (33.75%), Glencore (33.75%), Teck Resources (22.5%), and Mitsubishi Corporation (10%). It opened in 2001 and its mine life has been extended to 2036 with a US$2 billion investment.

Production overview - 2024: copper 429000 t, zinc 273000 t, molybdenum 8000 t, silver 1300000 oz.

The mine utilizes a truck-and-shovel operation. Ore is crushed and then processed through grinding and flotation to produce copper, zinc, molybdenum, and lead/bismuth concentrates. Copper and zinc concentrates are transported via a 302-kilometre pipeline to the port of Huarmey for shipment. Molybdenum and lead/bismuth concentrates are transported by truck.

The mining fleet includes P&H 4100XPC electric shovels, Hitachi EX5600-6 hydraulic shovels, and Cat 994F wheel loaders. The haul truck fleet includes a recent acquisition of 20 Komatsu 980E-5SE trucks, each with a 400-tonne capacity.

A US$2 billion investment is underway to extend the mine's life to 2036. The approval for the Modification of the Environmental Impact Assessment for this life extension was granted in February 2024. Construction related to the expansion is expected to begin in 2025.

5,500 construction jobs at peak, 900 permanent operational positions for Stage 1.

The Jansen Potash Project is an underground potash mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, 100% owned by BHP. Stage 1 is expected to produce 4.15 Mtpa of potash with first production in mid-2027. The project includes surface infrastructure and processing facilities designed for reduced fresh water use.

First production for Stage 1 is expected in mid-CY2027. Stage 1 is expected to produce approximately 4.15 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of potash. Stage 2 will add an incremental 4.36 Mtpa of production. The target for first production from Stage 2 is the 2031 fiscal year. Once fully ramped up, the Jansen mine is expected to have an initial production capacity of approximately 8.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). There is potential for future expansions to reach an ultimate production capacity of 16 to 17 Mtpa.

The project includes surface infrastructure and processing facilities. The design aims to use approximately 60 per cent less fresh water compared to the average potash mine in Saskatchewan.

The mine will have a service shaft and a production shaft with associated hoisting facilities. Stage 2 will include improvements to shaft-hoist infrastructure and the addition of more rail cars.

Construction of Stage 2 is being advanced. BHP is also evaluating two additional expansions beyond Stage 2. The project includes the development of a port export facility at Westshore Terminals in Delta, British Columbia.

Cerro Colorado is an open-pit copper mine located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, approximately 90 kilometres east of the port city of Iquique. It is part of BHP's Pampa Norte operation. Commercial production at the mine began in mid-1994. The mine transitioned to a temporary closure and entered a state of care and maintenance in December 2023, due to the expiration of its environmental licence at the end of that year. Prior to its suspension, the mine produced high-purity copper cathodes.

Production overview - 2024: copper 11000 kt; 2023: copper 35000 t.

The mine processes ore from the oxidised and enriched portion of a porphyry copper deposit. The processing facilities include a crushing system with primary, secondary, and tertiary crushers, leaching pads, and solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW) plants to produce copper cathodes.

BHP is assessing the potential to restart operations at Cerro Colorado towards the end of the decade, with a possible reopening around 2028 or 2030. The company is exploring a life extension project for the mine, which could extend its operational life by at least 20 more years. This involves assessing the application of new leaching technologies to potentially restart operations. A US$60 million project has been submitted for environmental review, focusing on drilling and prospecting to gather geotechnical and hydrogeological information to inform future development. If approved, this work would commence in July 2026 and last for 31 months. A potential restart could see average annual production between 85,000-100,000 tonnes, with a possibility of boosting output to 145,000 tonnes per year with optimisation of the existing concentrator. A larger project, with investments estimated between US$2.3 billion and US$3.2 billion, would be required for long-term operations beyond 2031, which would include a new concentrator. Any future continuation of production would use seawater instead of freshwater.

approximately 4,000 people

Spence is an operational division of BHP Group's Minerals Americas business, located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It produces copper concentrate and high-quality copper cathodes, with gold, silver and molybdenum as by-products. The mine processes both oxide and sulphide ores.

Production overview - 2023: copper 249000 t.

leaching, solvent extraction, and electrowinning for oxide ores, and a concentrator for sulphide ores.

autonomous fleet of trucks and drilling rigs

The Spence Growth Option (SGO) project, which included the construction of a concentrator, began production in 2020 and has extended the mine life by over 50 years.

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Mt Arthur Coal is an open-cut thermal coal mine located near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest coal mine in NSW, operating 24/7 from 21 unique seams. BHP plans to cease mining by the end of the 2030 financial year, with government approval for operations until June 2030. The mine exclusively serves international markets, transporting coal to the Port of Newcastle. BHP is exploring repurposing the 7,000-hectare site, potentially for a pumped hydro energy storage facility.

Production overview - 2023: coal 14172000 t; 2019: coal 18257000 t.

The mine has a coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) with a capacity to handle 2,000 tonnes per hour of raw coal and prepare 1,200 tonnes per hour. The process includes crushing, screening, cleaning, and sorting. Mined coal is transported to the CHPP, crushed, and then conveyed to one of three stockpiles: a domestic stockpile for local power stations, an export stockpile, or a stockpile for coal requiring further treatment.

two Liebherr R 9800 800-tonne excavators, two Liebherr R 996B excavators, one Liebherr R 994B excavator, 44 Liebherr T 282C off-highway trucks, electric shovels, dozers, graders, drills, water carts

Approximately 8000 employees work across BHP's Copper SA projects, with about 2500 of those working underground at Olympic Dam and 1000 in surface processing.

Production overview - 2024: uranium 3603 t; 2023: copper 212000 t, gold 186000 oz, uranium 3406 t.

The Olympic Dam operations include a fully integrated underground mine and an above-ground metallurgical complex. Ore mined underground is transported by an automated train system to crushing, storage, and hoisting facilities. The metallurgical complex features a grinding and concentrating circuit, a hydrometallurgical plant with solvent extraction for copper and uranium, a copper smelter, a copper refinery, and a recovery circuit for precious metals.

BHP is investing over A$840 million in several projects to enhance productivity at Olympic Dam. This investment includes developing an underground access tunnel into the Southern Mine Area, a new backfill system to access new sections of the mine, expanding the ore pass capacity, and installing a new oxygen plant to improve smelter performance. The company is also assessing options for a new two-stage smelter, with a final investment decision anticipated between the 2026 and 2027 financial years. There are plans to potentially increase annual copper production at Copper South Australia to over 500,000 tonnes per annum.

Production overview - 2025: rare earth elements 6375 t; 2023: rare earth elements 16780 t.

The Lynas Advanced Materials Plant is the world's largest single rare earths processing plant. It processes rare earth concentrate from the Mt Weld mine in Western Australia to produce high-quality separated rare earth materials. The plant produces key materials such as neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) oxide for magnets, cerium oxide for glass polishing, and heavy rare earth compounds for electronics and wind turbines. As a condition of its renewed licence, the Malaysian government will require the facility to stop producing radioactive waste by 2031. Any radioactive waste generated in the five years leading up to 2031 must be treated and neutralised by extracting thorium or other methods.

In late 2025, Lynas announced a RM500 million (S$156 million) investment to expand its refinery in Gebeng. The company is also required to contribute 1 per cent of its annual gross sales to research and development for Malaysia's rare earth sector as part of its licence renewal. A permanent disposal facility for radioactive waste is under construction and was 72 per cent complete as of October 2025, with full operation expected by the end of 2026.

around 115 direct jobs (operational)

The Kalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility, opened in November 2024, is Australia's first rare earths metal production facility. It processes rare earth concentrate from the Mt Weld mine into Mixed Rare Earths Carbonate using a cracking and leaching process. It is a zero-discharge site.

Production overview - 2025: rare earth elements 6375 t.

cracking and leaching process, mixing with concentrated sulphuric acid and heating in a 110-metre long rotating kiln, leaching with water, impurity removal, waste gas cleaning circuit

large rotating kiln, 48 steel tanks

On 5 August 2024, Lynas announced a significant update to the Mt Weld Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve. The Mineral Resources increased by 92% to 106.6 million tonnes at an average grade of 4.12% Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) for a total of 4.39 million tonnes of contained TREO. The Ore Reserves increased by 63% to 32.0 million tonnes at 6.4% TREO for 2.0 million tonnes of contained TREO. This update included a significant increase in contained Heavy Rare Earth mineralisation.

Production overview - 2024: rare earth elements 32 Mt; 2022: rare earth elements 15970 t.

Ore mined from the Mt Weld deposit is trucked to an on-site concentration plant. The ore undergoes crushing, grinding, flotation, and filtration to produce a mixed rare earths concentrate. The concentrate is then transported to Lynas' Kalgoorlie Processing Facility for initial processing or shipped to the Lynas Malaysia refinery for further processing and production of finished rare earths products. The Kalgoorlie facility produces Mixed Rare Earths Carbonate (MREC) which is shipped to Malaysia for separation. A new concentrate dewatering circuit, part of the Mt Weld Expansion Project, became operational in the latter half of 2024.

As part of a mining contract, Carey Group has introduced a new fleet of equipment, including a PC1250 excavator and Komatsu 785 haul trucks.

Lynas is advancing a $500 million Mt Weld Expansion Project to meet growing global demand. Stage 1, a new concentrate dewatering circuit, was operational in the October 2024 quarter. Construction of Stage 2, the balance of the plant including grinding and flotation circuits, is progressing and was forecast to be complete by the end of FY25. The expansion aims to support a production capacity of 12,000 tonnes per annum of NdPr finished product.

As of a report published in 2023, there were a total of 10,567 workers on site, comprising 3,621 employees and 6,946 contractors. As of February 2024, Minera Escondida employed approximately 3,935 direct workers.

Escondida has two open pits: Escondida and Escondida Norte.

Production overview - 2023: copper 1055000 t.

The operation has three concentrator plants (Los Colorados, Laguna Seca Line 1 and Laguna Seca Line 2) with a combined approved capacity of 460,000 tonnes per day. It also has two leaching operations, one for oxide ore and one for sulphide ore, which produce copper cathodes via solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW). The copper concentrate is transported as a slurry through a pipeline to the port of Coloso for dewatering and shipping.

In August 2022, BHP announced an agreement with Caterpillar and Finning to replace the entire haul truck fleet of over 160 trucks over the subsequent ten years. The new fleet will consist of Caterpillar 798 AC electric drive trucks.

BHP has submitted a proposal for a new concentrator to replace the Los Colorados plant, which is nearing the end of its operational life. The project, with a capital expenditure estimated between $4.4 billion and $5.9 billion, aims to maintain processing capacity at 460,000 tonnes per day. If approved, construction could begin in early 2027, with first production targeted for between 2031 and 2032. Other planned investments include an expansion at the Laguna Seca concentrator and the implementation of new leaching technologies.