BHP Group Limited (BHP) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:04.378 Hello, and thank you for joining us to hear about BHP's results for the first half of 00:00:04.378 -- 00:00:10.186 the 2024 financial year. I'm joined by our Chief Financial Officer, David Lamont. 00:00:10.186 -- 00:00:14.573 We're pleased to present a set of results today that underscore the strength of our strategy 00:00:14.573 -- 00:00:18.038 and the quality of our execution. 00:00:18.038 -- 00:00:23.066 I must start, however, by acknowledging the loss of Luke O'Brien, a co-worker from one 00:00:23.066 -- 00:00:28.013 of our contracting partners who was fatally injured while on the job at Siraji in January 00:00:28.013 -- 00:00:33.136 of this year. The safety and well-being of our people is the priority, and 00:00:33.136 -- 00:00:38.807 it simply isn't acceptable if anyone is being seriously injured or worse while at work. 00:00:38.807 -- 00:00:42.595 And we are redoubling our ongoing efforts to reinforce our culture and controls when 00:00:42.595 -- 00:00:45.056 it comes to safety. 00:00:45.678 -- 00:00:51.610 Operationally, in the December 2023 half, we delivered a 7% increase in copper production. 00:00:51.610 -- 00:00:56.520 We maintained strong momentum at Western Australian Iron Ore and we remain on track to 00:00:56.520 -- 00:01:01.430 meet our original full-year production and unit cost guidance across all, bar one, of 00:01:01.430 -- 00:01:03.076 our assets. 00:01:03.076 -- 00:01:07.720 We progressed important portfolio changes in line with our strategy, including successfully 00:01:07.720 -- 00:01:11.984 integrating our new copper asset in South Australia, sanctioning additional investment 00:01:11.984 -- 00:01:17.189 in potash at Janssen in Canada, and further focusing our metallurgical coal portfolio 00:01:17.189 -- ...