Cash Flow at Risk period of worst expected loss relative to projected business plan cash flows.

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Level of confidence use in our A Cash Flow at Risk (CFaR) framework is used to measure the aggregate and diversified impact of financial risks upon the Group's financial targets. The principal measurement of risk is CFaR measured on a portfolio basis, which is defined as the worst expected loss relative to projected business plan cash flows over a one-year horizon under normal market conditions at a confidence level of 90 per cent.

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The net fair value of financial assets and financial liability.

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Percentage borrowings with floating rates.

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Percentage of net financial liabilities denominated in currency.

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Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic, amount of change in risk.

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Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic, percentage change in risk.

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Tonnes of exposure for provisionally priced.

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The amount of outstanding funds that the entity is obligated to repay.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of risk exposure associated with financial instruments with a shared characteristic that identifies a concentration of risks. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]]

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Financial Risk Management - Additional Information (Detail) t in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 AUD ($) t	Jun. 30, 2017 AUD ($) t	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) t	Jun. 30, 2018 CLP ($) t	Jun. 30, 2018 EUR (€) t	Jun. 30, 2018 GBP (£) t	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) t	Jun. 30, 2017 CLP ($) t	Jun. 30, 2017 EUR (€) t	Jun. 30, 2017 GBP (£) t
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Cash Flow at Risk period of worst expected loss relative to projected business plan cash flows	1 year
Principal measurement of risk, confidence level	90.00%
Percentage of borrowings exposed to floating interest rate	89.00%	90.00%
Borrowings			$ 26,003				$ 29,577
Fixed interest rate not swapped to floating rate [member]
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Borrowings			3,019				3,019
Fixed interest rate not swapped to floating rate [member] \| At fair value [member]
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Borrowings			$ 3,434				$ 3,523
Interest rate risk [member]
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Reasonable possible change in risk, percentage	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Effect on equity and profit after taxation, due to reasonable possible change in risk			$ 54				$ 92
Currency risk [member]
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Effect on equity and profit after taxation, due to reasonable possible change in risk			$ 10				$ 16
Percentage of net financial liabilities denominated in currency	88.00%	86.00%
Reasonable possible change in risk, amount	$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 10	€ 0.01	£ 0.01		$ 10	€ 0.01	£ 0.01
Commodity price risk [member]
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Reasonable possible change in risk, percentage	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Effect on equity and profit after taxation, due to reasonable possible change in risk			$ 9				$ 62
Commodity price risk [member] \| Forward commodity and other derivative contracts [member]
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Net asset fair value			210				358
Commodity price risk [member] \| Significant financial instruments [member]
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Net asset fair value			$ 216				$ 370
Commodity price risk [member] \| Provisionally priced contract [member]
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [Line Items]
Reasonable possible change in risk, percentage	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Effect on equity and profit after taxation, due to reasonable possible change in risk			$ 178				$ 90
Tonnes of copper exposure \| t	356	213	356	356	356	356	213	213	213	213