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Expenses and other income (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

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Summary of Expenses and Other Income


		2019				2018				2017
		US$M				US$M				US$M
Employee benefits expense:
Wages, salaries and redundancies			3,683				3,653				3,392
Employee share awards			138				123				105
Social security costs			4				4				3
Pension and other post-retirement obligations			292				292				273
Less employee benefits expense classified as exploration and evaluation expenditure			(85	)			(82	)			(79	)
Changes in inventories of finished goods and work in progress			496				(142	)			(743	)
Raw materials and consumables used			4,591				4,389				3,830
Freight and transportation			2,378				2,294				1,786
External services			4,745				4,786				4,037
Third party commodity purchases			1,069				1,374				1,060
Net foreign exchange (gains)/losses			(147	)			(93	)			103
Government royalties paid and payable			2,538				2,168				1,986
Exploration and evaluation expenditure incurred and expensed in the current period			516				641				610
Depreciation and amortisation expense			5,829				6,288				6,184
Net impairments:
Property, plant and equipment			250				318				160
Goodwill and other intangible assets			14				14				33
Available for sale financial assets			–				1				–
Operating lease rentals			405				421				391
All other operating expenses			1,306				1,078				989

Total expenses			28,022				27,527				24,120

(Gains)/losses on disposal of property, plant and equipment			(22	)			10				(286	)
Other income			(371	)			(257	)			(376	)

Total other income			(393	)			(247	)			(662	)