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October 14, 2015

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Release Time |  | IMMEDIATE
Date |  | 14 October 2015
Number |  | 20/15

CREATING VALUE THROUGH MARKETING EXCELLENCE

BHP Billiton President Marketing, Arnoud Balhuizen today outlined how the Company’s Marketing organisation is uniquely positioned to create value for shareholders by building on BHP Billiton’s scale, diversification and high quality products.

Mr Balhuizen highlighted how the Marketing organisation:

• |  | Connects the Company’s resources to market, using its technical and commercial expertise to ensure products are placed with the right customers for the best price.

• |  | Increases efficiency across the supply chain, maximising the returns from existing infrastructure investments.

• |  | Provides deep economic and commodity market insight to guide the Company’s strategic investment decisions.

• |  | Improves productivity across the portfolio by using its centralised model to help rapidly replicate best practice.

Mr Balhuizen said: “Our Marketing organisation creates substantial value for BHP Billiton shareholders by linking our operations and our customers. Singapore is an important world economic and trading centre, offering access to a highly skilled marketing workforce. Proximity to our key Asian customers, who account for nearly seventy per cent of BHP Billiton’s revenue, also enables us to gain on the ground market insight.

“We have helped transform markets by leading the move away from benchmark pricing and supporting the development of transparent price indices. We remain focused on minimising our cost base through the effective management of working capital and will continue to support productivity improvements in the rest of BHP Billiton.”

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Creating value through marketing excellence
Arnoud Balhuizen President Marketing
14 October 2015
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For example, future revenues from our operations, projects or mines described in this presentation will be based, in part, upon the market price of the minerals, metals or petroleum produced, which may vary significantly from current levels. These variations, if materially adverse, may affect the timing or the feasibility of the development of a particular project, the expansion of certain facilities or mines, or the continuation of existing operations.
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Marketing Value Drivers
Sustainability
Productivity
Portfolio
Our people, culture and highly centralised model
Arnoud Balhuizen, President Marketing, 14 October 2015 Slide 3

Our journey
Leading transformation in commodity markets
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BHP and Billiton merger
Launch of globalCOAL (thermal coal)
Shift to index pricing (bulks and freight)
Launch of globalORE
Launch of globalCOAL
(met coal)
2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
Dual hub marketing model The Hague and Singapore
Integration of onshore shale gas marketing Singapore and Houston hubs
South32 demerger
Sales by region
(Total sales, copper equivalent units1)
Asia
North America
Europe
ROW
FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15
1. Copper equivalent production based on FY15 realised prices. Sales based on equity volumes.
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Our simpler centralised organisation
Accelerating best practice
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We connect the resource to market
Post-demerger, we continue to maximise the advantages of our centralised structure
– aggregating and driving efficiency
– optimising our global book
– applying best-in-class risk management
– leveraging market intelligence from diverse product markets and customer sectors
In FY15 Marketing managed
– US$44.6 billion of sales1
– US$3.0 billion of supply chain costs2
We create substantial value through rapid replication of best practice across our diverse portfolio
1. FY15 Group revenue.
2. Includes freight and pipeline costs.
Customers
Construction
Consumer durables
Transport
Power and electronics
Machinery
Other
Industry & feedstock
Heating
Market analysis
Sales
Credit and risk
Freight
Operations
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Our locations
Global footprint with strength in diversity
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Houston Hub
London
Santiago
Delhi
Tokyo
Shanghai
Singapore Hub
Brisbane
Perth
Adelaide
Bubble indicates marketing office locations.
Bubble size indicative of # personnel.
Our dual marketing hubs in Singapore and Houston are strategically located – close to our customers
Marketing diversity
50% Female
34 Different nationalities
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Safety is our first priority
Marketing is accountable for product stewardship
Sustainability
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In FY15 we had no significant HSE events as we
– moved ~220 Mt of freight1,2
– chartered over 1,710 vessels2
– handled hazardous materials
We drive the continuous improvement of industry standards, working with industry and governments
– Transportable Moisture Limits
– ship vetting procedures through RightShip
Managing supply chain risks globally to avoid incidents and interruptions to our customers
1. Moved tonnes includes only freight managed by BHP Billiton.
2. Includes discontinued operations.
Port Hedland
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Revenue enhancement
We deliver a competitive revenue line
Productivity
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Optimise product placement to customers through deep technical understanding of
– our customer’s operations
– the value of our product performance
Achieving the best price
– driving transparent pricing to enable full value recognition of our high-quality resources
Iron ore pricing has evolved
– we were at the forefront of the transition from benchmark to index pricing
– this allowed us to capture the geographic competitive advantage in freight between Australia and Brazil
Leading market transformation to capture full value for our quality resources
1. Spot price sources: Platts 62% Fines CFR and Tangshan 66% concentrate.
2. Annual benchmark source: TEX report.
3. Source: Baltic exchange.
Indexation created price transparency in iron ore.
(US$/dmt1,2)
200 150 100 50 0
CY00
CY05
CY10
CY15
Discontinued
Spot price - fines
Spot price - concentrate
Annual benchmark price
... allowing us to capture the freight cost advantage
(C3 and C5 freight indices3, US$/dmt)
100 75 50 25 0
CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11 CY12 CY13 CY14 CY15
C3 Brazil - China
C5 W Australia - China
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Resource maximisation
Driving value maximisation of our Tier 1 resource base
Productivity
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We translate our customer needs into clear actions for our operations, to enable optimisation of mine planning…
... and debottlenecking of the supply chain for end-to-end efficiency (mine to customer)
– “never an empty berth”
– “maximise loader utilisation”
– “minimise vessel turnaround time”
Allowing us to accelerate the right resource to market
Maximising the returns from our existing infrastructure
Jimblebar
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Cost reduction
We maximise Group returns by minimising our cost base
Productivity
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Capital is allocated to the highest return options in our portfolio
– no ownership of vessels1
– trading of third party products is a low margin business
Superior working capital performance
– optimised customer portfolio allows shorter supply chains and less working capital
Improving productivity through simplification
– aligning systems, processes and organisational structures enables benchmarking and best-practice
Ensuring that capital is allocated where the greatest return is achieved
1. No ships wholly owned by BHP Billiton.
2. BHP Billiton figures include discontinued operations prior to FY15.
3. Peer group includes Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Vale.
4. Marketing overheads per copper equivalent unit of equity sales using FY15 realised price, includes discontinued operations.
Superior working capital management
(inventory/total revenue2)
0.13 0.11 0.09 0.07 0.05
FY01 FY03 FY05 FY07 FY09 FY11 FY13 FY15
BHP Billiton
Peer group average3
Driving productivity through the cycle
(US$/t of copper equivalent unit sold4, index FY12=100)
100 80 60 40 20 0
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15
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Continuous improvement
Building on our achievements
Productivity
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In a highly competitive and cyclical industry, continuous improvement is essential
We are ‘hard-wired’ to drive improvement every day, with a dedicated analysis and improvement function
We identify and prioritise opportunities that are aligned with our key value drivers
revenue enhancement
resource optimisation
cost reduction
Our productivity pipeline has delivered substantial value, with more to come
1. Represents the single largest initiative in each business.
2. Number of export orders fulfilled electronically without paper.
Marketing contributes to business productivity1
(cumulative contribution to free cash flow, US$ million)
1000 800 600 400 200 0
Petroleum Iron Ore Copper Coal
FY16e FY17e FY18e FY19e FY20e
Leading automation through eDocumentation
(paperless transactions2, %)
60 40 20 0
Achieved
Target
FY14 FY15 FY16e FY17e

Arnoud Balhuizen, President Marketing, 14 October 2015 |  | Slide 11

Portfolio
Strategic insight about commodity markets
Portfolio
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We leverage our global footprint and diverse knowledge base to inform our outlook on commodity markets
Our holistic approach to analysis ensures integrated views across commodities
global and regional economic drivers
demand sector intelligence
commodity forecasts
Scenarios are used to understand key uncertainties, and test the resilience of our portfolio and investment options
Providing insights to enable strategic decisions
Carbon
Energy
Copper
Steel
Potash
Freight
Crude oil
Gas
Thermal coal
Uranium
Iron ore
Hard coking coal

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Marketing Value Drivers
Sustainability
Productivity
Portfolio
Our people, culture and highly centralised model
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Case studies
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Sustainability
Case Study: RightShip
Setting the standard for vessel safety
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Prior to 2001, there was no visibility of vessel performance based on a common set of vetting standards
BHP Billiton led efforts with key industry peers in October 2001 to form RightShip
– independent ship vetting company
– ISO9001 and ISO27001 certified
– operating in 40 countries
– over 250 customers globally
– conducted 35,847 vets in 2014
Today RightShip rating is the standard across the minerals industry
Driving improvements in safe operations globally
Hay Point Coal Terminal
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Productivity
Case Study: Metallurgical coal
Growing the high-value tonnes
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The coal market comprises multiple product qualities, each with its own intrinsic value to our customers
Our product placement strategies maximise the benefits for our business and our customers
– specific product qualities
– importance of supply stability
– low level of impurities (e.g. ash)
In FY15, 71% of our growth volume was placed with customers who can extract the most value from our quality products
Improving our profitability through product placement
PMV1 volume placement FY14 vs FY15
(share of customer purchases, %)
100
80
60
40
20
0
71% of growth tonnes in
FY15 placed in Q1/Q2
segments
Higher value
Lower value
Customer value segment
BHP Billiton share FY14
BHP Billiton share FY15
Competitors’ share FY15
1. PMV – Premium mid volatility coking coal.
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Productivity
Case Study: Copper
Optimising value-in-use based on customer requirements
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The value of Escondida’s concentrate to customers depends on individual smelter constraints and our grade relative to others
Value in use (VIU) is mainly determined by the composition of the copper concentrate
– copper grade
– slag to copper ratio
– sulphur to copper ratio
– impurities
– precious metals
Based on deep VIU knowledge, we optimise grades and recoveries at Escondida based on customer requirements
Turning our resource into the most valuable product for the market
Delivering premium prices for Escondida concentrate
(Escondida TCRC premium or discount at various smelters1)
Discount Premium
Lower slag improves smelter metal recoveries
(slag to copper ratio)
5
4
3
2
1
0
Escondida
1. Escondida’s copper concentrate TCRC premium or discount versus peer benchmark for 19 smelters in Chile, China, Germany, India, Korea, Japan and Philippines.
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Productivity
Case Study: US condensate
Creating market access
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Processed condensate is distilled to remove light hydrocarbons, differentiating it from US non-exportable ‘crude oil’
Working with regulators, BHP Billiton was the first company to export processed condensate through ‘self-classification’
This drove access to international markets for our Onshore US business, in compliance with export requirements
Exports have resulted in a relative price uplift of more than US$4/bbl
Pursuing opportunities to capture the best price for our products
Eagle Ford condensate export uplift
(US$/bbl1)
8
6
4
2
0
Dec 14
Jan 15
Feb 152
Mar 15
Apr 15 May 15 Jun 15 Jul 15 Aug 15
1. Net back price uplift.
2. Due to narrowing of the Brent – WTI price differential in February 2015, higher prices were achieved domestically rather than exporting.
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Productivity
Case Study: Iron Ore
Debottlenecking the port
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Our operations at Port Hedland are a critical link in our Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) supply chain
Marketing has worked closely with WAIO on multiple initiatives to manage product quality while driving improvement
– adapting the vessel fleet mix to improve throughput and reduce turnaround times
– increasing direct to ship (DTS) ore
These initiatives have enabled increases in throughput and cost reduction with minimal capital spend
– incremental capacity increase of >8 Mtpa
– ship turnaround time reduction of 18% compared to FY13
Playing a critical role in maximising supply chain throughput
WAIO direct to ship loading
(% of inflow loaded direct to vessels without yard stacking)
50
40
30
20
FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15
Vessel turnaround time
(Port Hedland, vessel TAT average days, index FY13=100)
110
100
90
80
70
down 18%
FY13 FY14 FY15
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Productivity
Case Study: Freight
A competitive cost advantage
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We are a significant player in global freight
– ~7% of world seaborne dry bulk volumes
– chartered over 1,710 vessels1 in FY15
Based on our deep understanding of the market, our chartering strategy drives cost reduction
– we anticipated industry oversupply, avoiding long-term deals at the height of the market
– leverage our scale, chartering larger vessels to reduce unit cost
Freight costs ~20% lower than our Australian based peers
1. Includes discontinued operations.
2. Peer figures derived from Clarksons, the Baltic Exchange and other Market Intelligence.
3. H2 FY15.
Freight book for Iron Ore shipments
(% of methodology)
100
80
60
40
20
0
45
54
60
15
25
40
33
27
BHP Billiton Peer2 Peer2
Fixed price Index linked Spot market
Freight cost comparison for Iron Ore3
(indexed BHP Billiton = 100)
125
100
75
BHP Billiton Peer2 Peer2
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Portfolio
Case Study: Portfolio
Understanding future commodity trends
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We have exposure to bulk commodities, metals and energy markets across our diverse portfolio
Our robust market outlook is based on a granular understanding of key global trends
– technological innovation
– sectoral consumption patterns
– evolving policy landscape
Proprietary analysis underpins our understanding of complex dynamics such as product substitution and recycling
Deep and structured analysis providing a foundation for our commodity outlook
Copper demand analysis – driver tree
China Demand
Power infrastructure
Construction
Consumer durables
Transportation
Capital goods
Other
Distribution cable
Generators
Transformers
Others
Incremental
length
Copper intensity
# of units
Copper intensity
F
GDP
Power cable
coefficient
Legend
Addition
Multiplication
F Function
Example breakdown for power sector
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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Date: October 14, 2015 |  |  |  | By: |  | /s/ Rachel Agnew
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