Performance
Economic prosperity
The Group's continuing financial success is based on its ability to secure access to land, people and capital. We use our expertise to harness these resources, creating prosperity for our shareholders, employees, communities, governments and business partners.
We spent US$7.0 billion in wages and salaries in 2008, representing an important injection of revenue into the local and regional economies where we operate.
The Group incurred US$5.8 billion in corporate income tax and royalty charges.
