BHP: the mines it operates or owns, and what they report

BHP is a listed company headquartered in Australia (Australian Securities Exchange (primary listing); secondary listings on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges and American depositary receipts on the New York Stock Exchange). This site lists 5 operations tied to it, for iron ore, copper, zinc and nickel: it operates 3 and holds an interest in 2 more. On the operations here where a whole-operation figure can be stated (in metal content, or as the commodity page says for ore and smelted metal), its interests add up to about 860,300 tonnes of copper (3.7% of world output) and 247,489,400 tonnes of iron ore as ore, not iron content (9.5% of world output) and 153,500 tonnes of zinc (1.2% of world output). That leaves out operations without such a figure, so it is not the company's total.

Its operations on this site

Operations of BHP
Operation	Commodity and country	Role	Interest	Whole-operation output	Share of world output
Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) integrated mine and processing complex	iron ore Australia	Operator	85% as of 30 June 2026	291,164 thousand tonnes (kt), saleable product, wet metric tonnes (wmt) FY2026 (Jul 2025 to Jun 2026)	11%
Escondida open-pit mine	copper Chile	Operator	57.5% as of 30 June 2026	1,261.2 kt payable copper (concentrate + cathode) FY2026 (Jul 2025 to Jun 2026)	5.5%
Antamina (zinc) copper zinc mine	zinc Peru	Owner	33.75% as of 18 February 2026	454,800 tonnes of zinc production CY2025	3.5%
Antamina mine	copper Peru	Owner	33.75% as of 18 February 2026	381,800 t copper production CY2025	1.7%
Nickel West (BHP) sulphide mine	nickel Australia	Operator	100% as of 30 June 2026	30.2 kt total nickel, saleable product FY2025 (Jul 2024 to Jun 2025), as reported by operator (BHP), 100%	—

How much is that on its interests?

copper: 860,300 tonnes of content across 2 operations, about 3.7% of world output. Periods differ by operation (CY2025). At least one whole-operation figure is derived from an owner's share; see that operation's page.
iron ore: 247,489,400 tonnes of iron ore as ore, not iron content across 1 operation, about 9.5% of world output. Periods differ by operation (FY2026 (Jul 2025 to Jun 2026)).
zinc: 153,500 tonnes of content across 1 operation, about 1.2% of world output. Periods differ by operation (CY2025).

Computed as each operation's whole-operation output in metal content, or as ore or smelted metal where the commodity is measured that way, multiplied by the interest shown. Operations whose output is stated in another form, or only as the owner's share, are left out of this sum, so it understates what the company controls.

Sources

BHP: Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 30 June 2026 (annual report (SEC Form 20-F), FY2026 (Jul 2025 to Jun 2026)). Opened 4 November 2026.

The corporate facts above (headquarters, type, listing) come from the sources listed; no stock prices, valuations or executives are shown. Ownership and output are on the date and period stated on each operation's page. The list covers operations with a published figure for the commodities on this site, so it is not the company's full portfolio.

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