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Expenses and other income (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

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Summary of Expenses and Other Income


		2018				2017				2016
		US$M				US$M				US$M
Employee benefits expense:
Wages, salaries and redundancies			3,653				3,392				3,324
Employee share awards			123				105				140
Social security costs			4				3				2
Pension and other post-retirement obligations			292				273				221
Less employee benefits expense classified as exploration and evaluation expenditure			(82	)			(79	)			(82	)
Changes in inventories of finished goods and work in progress			(142	)			(743	)			287
Raw materials and consumables used			4,389				3,830				3,985
Freight and transportation			2,294				1,786				1,648
External services			5,217				4,341				4,370
Third party commodity purchases			1,452				1,151				994
Net foreign exchange (gains)/losses			(93	)			103				(153	)
Government royalties paid and payable			2,168				1,986				1,349
Exploration and evaluation expenditure incurred and expensed in the current period			641				610				419
Depreciation and amortisation expense			6,288				6,184				6,210
Net impairments:
Property, plant and equipment			318				160				170
Goodwill and other intangible assets			14				33				16
Available for sale financial assets			1				–				–
Operating lease rentals			421				391				372
All other operating expenses			1,078				989				819

Total expenses			28,036				24,515				24,091

Losses/(Gains) on disposal of property, plant and equipment			10				(286	)			20
Other income			(257	)			(376	)			(452	)

Total other income			(247	)			(662	)			(432	)