Financial assets (except provisionally priced receivables) which are held under a hold to collect business model and have cash flows that meet

the solely payments of principal and interest (SPPI) criteria are recognised at amortised cost. Provisionally priced receivables are measured at

fair value through profit or loss with subsequent fair value gains or losses taken to the income statement.

As a part of our working capital management, we offer receivables factoring and letter of credit programs for our customers/receivables. For our

receivables under letter of credit programs, the business model of "hold to collect" has not changed and these continue to be recognised at amortised

cost as the sale of the letter of credit is made close to maturity of receivables and discounting costs are immaterial. The receivables under our global

factoring program do not meet the "hold to collect" model and therefore are recognised at fair value through profit or loss and continue to be classified

as trade receivables within operating cash flows. US$588 million of receivables (2023: US$475 million) are subject to our factoring program and

US$510 million (2023: US$372 million) of receivables subject to a letter of credit discounting program have been transferred to the participating banks


	2024			2023
	Non-current US$m	Current US$m	Total US$m	Non-current US$m	Current US$m	Total US$m
Trade receivables(a)	–	2,344	2,344	–	2,461	2,461
Other financial receivables(a)	355	643	998	234	548	782
Other receivables(b)	380	429	809	470	347	817
Prepayment of tolling charges to jointly controlled entities(c)	94	–	94	113	–	113
Pension surpluses (note 28)	405	–	405	466	–	466
Other prepayments	163	825	988	376	589	965
Total(d)	1,397	4,241	5,638	1,659	3,945	5,604

(a)At 31 December 2024, trade receivables and other financial receivables are stated net of allowances for expected credit losses of US$72 million (2023: US$82 million). We apply the

“simplified approach” to trade receivables and receivables relating to net investment in finance leases and a “general approach” to all other financial assets.

(b)At 31 December 2024, other receivables include US$333 million (2023: US$349 million) related to Energy Resources of Australia Ltd’s (ERA) deposit held in a trust fund which is controlled by the

Government of Australia. ERA are entitled to reimbursement from the fund once specific phases of rehabilitation relating to the Ranger Project are completed. The fund is outside the scope of IFRS 9.

(c)These prepayments will be charged to Group operating costs as tolling services are rendered and product processing occurs.

(d)There is no material element of receivables and other assets that is interest-bearing or financing in nature. The fair value of current trade and other receivables and the majority of amounts

Our Commercial team manages customer credit risk by reference to our established policy, procedures and controls. The team establishes credit limits

for all of our customers. Where customers are rated by an independent credit rating agency, these ratings are used as a guide to set credit limits. Where

there are no independent credit ratings available, we assess the credit quality of the customer through a credit rating model and assign appropriate credit

limits. The Commercial team monitors outstanding customer receivables regularly and highlights any credit concerns to senior management.

Receivables to high-risk customers are often secured by letters of credit or other forms of credit enhancement.