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https://www.bhp.com/investor-centre/annual-report-2019/

The following table provides a summary of the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement contained in section 5.1.4 to show the key sources and uses of cash during the periods presented: 2019 2018 Year ended 30 June US$M US$M 2017 US$M Cash generated from operations 23,428 22,949 18,612 Dividends received 516 709 636 Net interest paid (903) '887) (984) Proceeds/(settlements) of cash management related instruments 296 (292) (140) Net taxation paid (5,940) 4,918 2,248) Net operating cash flows from Continuing operations 17,397 17,561 15,876 Net operating cash flows from Discontinued operations 474 900 928 Net operating cash flow 17,871 18,461 16,804 Purchases of property, plant and equipment (6,250) (4,979) 3,697) Exploration expenditure (873) (874) (966) Subtotal: Capital and exploration expenditure (7,123) (5,853) (4,663) Exploration expenditure expensed and included in operating cash flows 516 641 610 Net investment and funding of equity accounted investments (630) 204 (234) Other investing activities (140) (52) 563 Net investing cash flows from Continuing operations (7,377) (5,060) 3,724) Net investing cash flows from Discontinued operations (443) (861) (437) Proceeds from divestment of Onshore US, net of its cash 10,427 Net investing cash flows 2,607 (5,921 (4,161) Net repayment of interest bearing liabilities (2,514) (3,878 5,501) Share buy-back - BHP Group Limited (5,220) Dividends paid (11,395) (5,220 (2,921) Dividends paid to non-controlling interests (1,198 (1,582 575) Other financing activities (188) (171) (108) Net financing cash flows from Continuing operations (20,515) (10,851) (9,105) Net financing cash flows from Discontinued operations (13) (40) (28) Net financing cash flows (20,528) (10,891) (9,133) Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (10,477) 1,649 3,510 Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents from Continuing operations (10,495) 1,650 3,047 Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents from Discontinued operations 18 (1) 463 Net operating cash inflows of US$17.9 billion decreased by Net financing cash outflows of US$20.5 billion increased by US$0.6 billion. This decrease reflects increased costs (including US$9.6 billion. This reflects the off-market buy-back of BHP Group outages and weather impact) and higher Australian and Chilean Limited shares of US$5.2 billion in December 2018, the special income tax payments in FY2019 offset by strong commodity dividend of US$5.2 billion paid in January 2019 from the Onshore prices and record production from several of our operations. US asset sale (net proceeds) and higher dividends to BHP Net investing cash inflows of US$2.6 billion increased by shareholders of US$1.0 billion partially offset by lower repayments US$8.5 billion. The increase reflects the proceeds from the of interest bearing liabilities of US$1.6 billion and lower dividends divestment of Onshore US, net of its cash partially offset by to non-controlling interests of US$0.4 billion. continued investment in high-return latent capacity projects, and increased investment in South Flank, Mad Dog Phase 2 For more information, refer to section 1.12.3 and note 19 'Net debt' in section 5. and the Spence Growth Option. Higher net investment and funding of equity accounted investments relate to the FY2018 cash receipt from Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group not repeating in FY2019 and investment in SolGold and Resolution.Reconciling our financial results to our key performance indicators Profit Earnings Cash Measure: Profit after taxation from US$M Profit after taxation from US$M Net operating cash flows US$M Continuing and Continuing and Discontinued operations 9,185 Discontinued operations 9,185 from Continuing operations 17,397 Made up of: Profit after taxation Profit after taxation Cash generated by the Group's consolidated operations, after dividends received, interest, taxation and royalty-related taxation. It excludes cash flows relating to investing and financing activities Adjusted for: Exceptional items before tax " 1,060 Exceptional items Net operating cash flows before taxation 1,060 from Discontinued 474 operations Tax effect of Tax effect of exceptional items (242) exceptional items (242) Depreciation and amortisation excluding 5,829 exceptional items Exceptional items Impairments of property, attributable to 818 plant and equipment, 264 BHP shareholders financial assets and intangibles excluding exceptional item Profit after taxation (879) Net finance costs excluding attributable to exceptional items 956 non-controlling interests Taxation expense excluding exceptional items 5,771 Loss after taxation from Discontinued operations 335 To reach Underlying attributable profit 9,124 Underlying our KPIs EBITDA 23,158 Net operating cash flows 17,871 Why do Underlying attributable profit allows the Underlying EBITDA is the key alternative Net operating cash flows provide insights we use it? comparability of underlying financial performance measure that management nto how we are managing costs and performance by excluding the impacts of uses internally to assess the performance increasing productivity across BHP. exceptional items and is a performance of BHP's segments and make decisions indicator against which short-term incentive on the allocation of resources and, in outcomes for our senior executives are our view, is more relevant to capital measured. 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