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Our operating assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Disclosure Of Operating Assets [Abstract] |
Our operating assets | Our operating assets We are a diversified mining operation with the majority of our assets being located in OECD countries. Non-current assets other than excluded items The total of non-current assets other than excluded items is shown by location below(a).
| 2024 US$m | 2023 US$m
Australia | 29,177 | 31,419
Canada | 14,444 | 15,362
Mongolia | 15,244 | 14,172
US | 7,111 | 7,171
Africa | 5,597 | 3,412
South America | 3,704 | 3,624
Europe (excluding UK) | 216 | 165
UK | 109 | 132
Other countries | 1,739 | 1,254
Total non-current assets other than excluded items | 77,341 | 76,711
Non-current assets excluded from analysis above: |  |
Deferred tax assets | 4,016 | 3,624
Other financial assets | 1,090 | 481
Quasi-equity loans to equity accounted units(a) | 5 | 14
Receivables and other assets | 1,214 | 1,209
Total non-current assets per balance sheet | 83,666 | 82,039
(a)Allocation of non-current assets by country is based on the location of the business units holding the assets. It includes invest ments in equity accounted units totalling US$4,832 million (2023: US$4,393 million) which represents the Group’s share of net assets excluding quasi-equity loans shown separately above.

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