Revenue ($USb): 60.8, up 42pc from year-earlier 42.9
Pre-tax profit ($USb): 24.6, up 82pc from 13.5
Net profit ($USb): 13.5, up 54pc from 8.7
Final dividend: 200US¢, payable September 21
BHP will exit petroleum, enter potash and spend $US500 million unifying its 20-year-old dual-listed company structure after a year that also delivered record dividends to shareholders.
Emboldened by a massive $US17 billion underlying profit, the third biggest since Australia’s BHP merged with London-listed Billiton in 2001, chief executive Mike Henry has embarked on a dramatic reshaping of the world’s biggest mining company.
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Peter Ker covers resource companies for The Australian Financial Review, based in Melbourne. Connect with Peter on Twitter. Email Peter at pker@afr.com
