BHP BILLITON IRON ORE PTY LTD

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1 BHP BILLITON IRON ORE PTY LTD COMPANY REPORT SUMMARY Company name: Company type: Metals/Minerals: Location: Year established: BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd Miner Steelmaking raw materials 1968 (start of Mt Newman Joint Venture) Headquarters Address: 225 St George's Terrace, State, Perth,, : Postcode: 6000 Telephone: Fax: kathryn.ackroyd@bhpbilliton.com Website BHP BILLITON IRON ORE PTY LTD Ownership BHP Billiton plc Main Products Annual Output (tonnes) 134,406,000 Managing Director: Jimmy Wilson Number of employees: 5,001-10,000 BACKGROUND Established in Perth (Western ) in 1968, BHP Billiton Iron Ore is a producer of iron ore products. With operations in (Pilbara region) and Brazil (50:50 joint venture with Vale at Samarco), BHP Billiton Iron Ore is one of the world s leading iron ore producers. Page 1 / 11

2 KEY PERSONNEL Jimmy Wilson President, BHP Billiton Iron Ore Chris Allen Supply Manager, Purchasing Tony Maramara Technical Specialist Jeremy Bower Principal, Approvals Planning Chris Klopper Project Manager, Sustaining Capital Mines Chris Watson Project Manager, Iron Ore Melissa Rothnie Mine Manager - Yandi Neil Bisland Mine Manager - Jimblebar Iron Ore Mine Michael Rose Mine Manager - Yarrie michael.j.rose@bhpbilliton.com Page 2 / 11

3 SUBSIDIARIES Company name /Province/State Percentage owned BHP Billiton Minerals (Mt Newman Joint Venture) Pty 85 BHP Billiton Minerals (Mt Goldsworthy Mining Associates Joint Venture) Pty BHP Billiton Minerals (POSMAC Joint Venture) Pty 85 BHP Billiton Minerals (Yandi Joint Venture) Pty 85 BHP Iron Ore (Jimblebar) Pty Ltd 85 BHP Direct Reduced Iron Pty Ltd 100 Samarco Mineracao SA Belo Horizonte 85 MG Brazil 50 Business type Page 3 / 11

4 MINES DATA Mine 1 - Mt Newman Mt Newman Pilbara Region Telephone Fax Proven reserves (tonnes) 371,000,000 Probable reserves (tonnes) Mine ownership percentage Railway? Railway destination Railway distance (km) 840,000,000 Primary and secondary crushers located at Mt Whaleback mine and Tertiary crusher and screening plant located at Nelson Point port. Lump re-screening plant also located at Nelson Point port 85 Yes Nelson Point, Port Hedland 426km Mt Newman Ores/minerals mined Estimated Annual Output (tonnes) Annual Capacity (tonnes) 51,326,000 Mine 2 - Mt Goldsworthy - Area C Mt Goldsworthy - Area C Address km north-west of Newman Pilbara Region Proven reserves (tonnes) 275,000,000 Probable reserves (tonnes) 468,000,000 Mine ownership percentage 85 Crushing and processing facilities for final product production at the mine Railway? Yes Railway destination Yandi Railway distance (km) 38km spur, linking Mining Area C operations Ores/minerals mined Estimated Annual Output (tonnes) Annual Capacity (tonnes) 42,425,000 50,000,000 Mine 3 - Mt Goldsworthy - Northern Page 4 / 11

5 Mt Goldsworthy - Northern Pilbara Region Mine Manager S. Harrison Proven reserves (tonnes) 8,500,000 Probable reserves (tonnes) 17,000,000 Mine ownership percentage 85 Ores/minerals mined Estimated Annual Output (tonnes) Annual Capacity (tonnes) 768, ,000 Mine 4 - Yandi Yandi Address km north-west of Newman Pilbara Region Telephone Fax Mine Manager Melissa Rothnie Proven reserves (tonnes) 593,000,000 Probable reserves (tonnes) 273,000,000 Mine ownership percentage 85 Crushing and screening plants located at Yandi mine Railway? Yes Railway destination Point Nelson Railway distance (km) 310km from Yandi Ores/minerals mined Estimated Annual Output (tonnes) Annual Capacity (tonnes) 53,536,000 Mine 5 - Orebody 18 Iron Ore Mine Orebody 18 Iron Ore Mine Address 1 Outside the town of Newman Newman Proven reserves (tonnes) 127,000,000 primary and secondary Page 5 / 11

6 Railway? No Mine 6 - Orebody 23 Iron Ore Mine Address 1 Railway? Orebody 23 Iron Ore Mine Outside the town of Newman Newman primary and secondary crushing No Mine 7 - Jimblebar Iron Ore Mine Jimblebar Iron Ore Mine Pilbara Region Mine Manager Neil Bisland Proven reserves (tonnes) 92,000,000 Probable reserves (tonnes) 413,000,000 Ores/minerals mined Estimated Annual Output (tonnes) Annual Capacity (tonnes) 4,913,000 Mine 8 - Yarrie Address 1 Yarrie 200 km East of Port Hedland Telephone Fax Mine Manager Concentrating/beneficiation plants Railway? Railway destination Railway distance (km) michael.j.rose@bhpbilliton.com Michael Rose Primary crushers at Yarrie and Nimingarra mines and idle - Yarrie is using a mobile crushing plant. Secondary and tertiary crushers at Finucane Island port Processing plant and beneficiation plant at Finucane Island port Yes Finucane Island 208km From Mt Goldsworthy Page 6 / 11

7 PORTS Location Unloading capacity (metric/long tons per hour) Stocking capacity (metric/long tons) Loading capacity (metric/long tons) Loading rate (metric/long tons) Maximum Vessel Displacement (deadweight metric/long tons) Depth of water (metres alongside pier) Nelson Point 5.8m tonnes 63m tonnes/year max 10,000 tonnes/hour (average 5,500 tonnes) 250,000 dwt 19.2 metres Finucane Island 800,000 tonnes 16m tonnes/year max 4,000 tonnes (average 3,200 tonnes) 170,000 dwt 17 metres EXPANSION PLANS Project 1 - IO Jimblebar Mine Expansion Project Type Modernization Ownership BHP Billiton (96%), Hebei Iron & Steel Group Co Ltd (4%) Investment (USD) 3,300,000,000 Estimated Annual Production Capacity 35,000,000 tonnes (iron ore) Expected Production Start Date 2014 Q1 Jimblebar Mine Project 2 - IO Port Hedland Inner Harbour Expansion Project Type Modernization Ownership BHP Billiton (85%) Investment (USD) 1,900,000,000 Estimated Annual Production Capacity 220,000,000 tonnes (iron ore) Expected Production Start Date 2012 H2 Port Hedland Project 3 - IO Port Blending and Rail Yard Facilities Project Type Modernization Ownership BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd Current Status The overall project is 11% complete. Investment (USD) 1,400,000,000 Expected Production Start Date 2014 H2 Page 7 / 11

8 BRANCHES & SALES OFFICES Sales office 1 Address 1 Verheeskade 25 The Hague Postcode 2521-BE Netherlands Telephone Fax Sales office 2 Address Robinson Tower #10-01 Address 2 Capital Tower Singapore Postcode Singapore Telephone Fax Page 8 / 11

9 FULL PRODUCTS BREAKDOWN Annual capacity: 129,000,000 Estimated Annual Output (tonnes): 134,406,000 Blast furnace lump Blast furnace sinter feed Direct reduction fines CHEMICAL ANALYSIS Mt Newman High grade lump High grade fines Fe (Calcined) Fe (natural basis) P SiO Al 2 O LOI Moisture content Brockman type ore - Mt Newman Mineral Resources Fe P SiO Al 2 O LOI Marra Mamba type ore - Mt Newman Mineral Resources Fe P SiO Al 2 O LOI Brockman type ore - Jimblebar Mineral Resources Fe P SiO Page 9 / 11

10 Al 2 O LOI Marra Mamba type ore - Jimblebar Mineral Resources Inferred Total Fe P SiO Al 2 O LOI Nimingara type ore - Mt Goldsworthy Mineral Resources Fe P SiO Al 2 O LOI Brockman type ore - Mining Area C Mineral Resources Fe P SiO Al 2 O LOI Marra Mamba type ore - Mining Area C Mineral Resources Fe P SiO Al 2 O LOI Brockman type ore - Yandi Mineral Resources Inferred Total Fe P SiO Al 2 O LOI Page 10 / 11

11 Yandi Mineral Resources - Channel iron deposits Fe P SiO Al 2 O LOI LUMPS/FINES/PELLET/SINTER FEED - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Lump - Mt Newman Bulk density 2.3 (loose), 2.5 (compacted) (+/- mm or microns) Percentage (%) 31.5mm 88% 25mm 68% 20mm 50% 15mm 32% 10mm 15% 10mm 15% 6.3mm 5% Fines - Mt Newman Bulk density 2.5 (loose), 2.7 (compacted) (+/- mm or microns) Percentage (%) 6.3mm 88% 3.15mm 67% 1.18mm 48% 0.6mm 37% 0.3mm 29% 0.15mm 23% Page 11 / 11