In this Summary Review People and Safety Our results at a glance Karen Wood describes our commitment to our people A snapshot of our results and five-year financial summary and safety, including our approach to leadership See page 2 See page 24 Chairman’s Review – Environment and Communities Our strategy delivers The way we manage our responsibilities to the An overview of the year by Jacques Nasser AO environment and communities in which we operate See page 4 is explained by J Michael Yeager See page 26 Chief Executive Officer’s Report – An unchanged strategy Board of Directors The year in review, by Marius Kloppers The profiles of BHP Billiton’s Directors See page 6 See page 28 Customer Sector Groups Group Management Committee An update from each of our Customer Sector Groups, Profiles of the senior management team at BHP Billiton providing a snapshot of BHP Billiton’s operational performance See page 31 See page 13 Corporate Governance Summary Finance and Marketing overview A summary of BHP Billiton governance An outline of our financial position from Alex Vanselow and See page 32 an update on our marketing operations by Alberto Calderon Remuneration Summary See page 20 Key policy principles and information about Performance update of our operations our remuneration Details of key achievements in Ferrous and Coal See page 34 by Marcus Randolph and highlights of the year Shareholder information in Non-Ferrous by Andrew Mackenzie Key dates and information relevant for shareholders, See page 22 including our dividend policy and payments See page 36 Corporate Directory A list of major BHP Billiton offices and share registries See Inside Back Cover This Summary Review is designed to provide you with an update on This Summary Review is not a substitute for the Annual Report 2010 the operations and performance of BHP Billiton over the year ended and does not contain all the information needed to give as full an 30 June 2010 in a concise and easy-to-read format. It is not a summary understanding of the Group’s performance, financial position and financial statement for the purposes of the UK Companies Act 2006. future prospects as is provided by the Annual Report 2010, which can be downloaded from the BHP Billiton website at www.bhpbilliton.com. This Summary Review is not intended to provide a guide as to the Printed copies of the Annual Report 2010 will be distributed to all likely future performance of the Group. Certain statements may be shareholders who elected to receive them, and can be requested forward-looking statements which are based on current expectations, by contacting the Share Registry. Our strategy beliefs and assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and environments in which the Group will operate in the future. 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BHP Billiton Group, which is headquartered in Australia. 6249 BHPB Summary Review 2010 Cover.indd 1 13/9/10 10:54:34 AM BHP Billiton locations Petroleum Aluminium Diamonds and Specialty Products Metallurgical Coal Ref Country Asset Description Ownership Ref Country Asset Description Ownership Ref Country Asset Description Ownership Ref Country Asset Description Ownership 1 Algeria Ohanet Joint operator with Sonatrach of 45% 13 Australia Worsley Integrated alumina refinery and 86% 24 Canada EKATI Diamond mines in the Northwest Territories 80% 33 Australia Illawarra Coal Underground coal mines (West Cliff, Dendrobium, 100% wet gas development bauxite mine in Western Australia of Canada Appin) in southern NSW, with access to rail and 2 Algeria ROD Integrated Onshore oil development (non-operated) 38% 14 Brazil Alumar Integrated alumina refinery and 36–40% 25 South Richards Bay Integrated titanium smelter and mineral sands mine 37% port facilities Development aluminium smelter Africa Minerals 34 Australia BHP Billiton Integrated mine, rail and port operations, including 50% Corporate 3 Australia Bass Producer of oil, condensate, LPG, 50% 15 Brazil MRN Bauxite mine 14.8% Mitsubishi a loading terminal at Hay Point, in the Bowen Alliance Basin, Central Queensland Strait natural gas and ethane (non-operated) 16 Mozambique Mozal Aluminium smelter near Maputo 47.1% Stainless Steel Materials 35 Australia BHP Mitsui Two open-cut coal mines in the Bowen Basin, 80% Directory 4 Australia Minerva Operator of Minerva gas field development 90% 17 South Aluminium Two aluminium smelters at Richards Bay 100% Ref Country Asset Description Ownership in the Otway Basin of Victoria Coal Central Queensland Africa South Africa 26 Australia Nickel Sulphide nickel assets including Mt Keith and 100% 5 Australia North West One of Australia’s largest resource 8.33–16.67% West Leinster nickel operations, Kalgoorlie nickel smelter Energy Coal Shelf projects, producing liquids, LNG and Base Metals and Kambalda nickel concentrator and the Kwinana domestic gas (non-operated) nickel refinery Ref Country Asset Description Ownership Ref Country Asset Description Ownership 6 Australia Pyrenees Operator of Pyrenees floating, production, 71.43% 27 Colombia Cerro Integrated laterite ferronickel mining and smelting 99.94% 36 Australia NSW Energy Open-cut coal mine that supplies thermal 100% 18 Australia Cannington Silver, lead and zinc mine in northwest 100% storage and offloading vessel, which Matoso complex in northern Colombia Coal coal to export markets and for domestic BHP Billiton Group Registered Offices BHP Billiton Corporate Centres Marketing Offices Queensland produces oil in Western Australia electricity generation 19 Chile Pampa Integration of Cerro Colorado and Spence 100% BHP Billiton Limited South Africa Netherlands 7 Australia Stybarrow Operator of Stybarrow floating, production, 50% 37 Colombia Cerrejón Largest thermal coal exporter in Colombia, 33.3% Norte open-cut mines producing copper cathode Iron Ore 6 Hollard Street Verheeskade 25 storage and offloading vessel, which with integrated rail and port facilities Australia produces oil in Western Australia in Atacama Desert, northern Chile Ref Country Asset Description Ownership Johannesburg 2001 2521 BE The Hague 38 South BHP Billiton One of the largest producers and exporters 50–100% BHP Billiton Centre 20 Chile Escondida The world’s largest copper mine, located 57.5% 8 Pakistan Zamzama Operator of onshore gas development 38.5% 28 Australia Western Integrated iron ore mines, rail and port operations 85–100% Africa Energy Coal of thermal coal in South Africa 180 Lonsdale Street Telephone +27 11 376 9111 Telephone +31 70 315 6666 in northern Chile in Sindh province Australia in the Pilbara South Africa Melbourne VIC 3000 Facsimile +27 11 838 4716 Facsimile +31 70 315 6767 21 Peru Antamina Copper and zinc mine located in the 33.75% Iron Ore 9 Trinidad Angostura Operator of oil field located offshore 45% 39 US New Mexico Two mines in New Mexico supplying energy 100% Andes, north-central Peru Telephone 1300 554 757 (within Australia) and Tobago east Trinidad 29 Brazil Samarco An efficient low-cost producer of iron ore pellets 50% Coal coal to adjacent power stations Chile Singapore 10 UK Bruce/Keith Oil and gas production in the UK Bruce – 16% 22 US Pinto Valley Copper mine located in State of Arizona 100% in southeast Brazil +61 3 9609 3333 (outside Australia) Avenida Americo Vespucio Sur # 100 #10-01 Capital Tower North Sea Keith – 31.83% Facsimile +61 3 9609 3015 9th Floor 168 Robinson Road 11 UK Liverpool Operator of oil and gas developments 46.1% Uranium (a) Manganese Bay in the Irish Sea BHP Billiton Plc Las Condes Singapore 068912 Ref Country Asset Description Ownership Ref Country Asset Description Ownership 12 US Gulf of Interests in several producing assets, including 4.95–100% Santiago Telephone +65 6349 3333 23 Australia Olympic Dam The largest poly-metallic orebody in the world 100% 30 Australia GEMCO Producer of manganese ore in the Northern Territory 60% United Kingdom Mexico deepwater oil and gas production at: Telephone +56 2 330 5000 Facsimile +65 6349 4000 and Australia’s biggest underground mine, 31 Australia TEMCO Producer of manganese alloys in Tasmania 60% Neathouse Place • Atlantis (44%) • Mad Dog (23.9%) producing uranium, copper and gold London SW1V 1BH Facsimile +56 2 207 6509 • Shenzi (44%) • Neptune (35%) 32 South Samancor Integrated producer of manganese ore 60% Belgium Additional other interests in producing (a) Uranium forms part of the Base Metals Customer Sector Group. Africa Manganese (Hotazel Manganese Mines) and alloy (Metalloys) Telephone +44 20 7802 4000 United States BHP Billiton Diamonds (Belgium) N.V. assets and