Feb 16 (Reuters) - South32 Ltd S32.AX :
* HY underlying earnings from continuing operations $479 million versus $26 million a year ago
* HY revenue US$3.221 billion versus US$2.98 billion
* Interim dividend of US 3.6 cents per share
* Production guidance for FY17 is unchanged for our upstream operations
* Guidance for FY17 capital expenditure, including equity accounted investments, remains unchanged at approximately US$450M
* Depreciation and amortisation, excluding equity accounted investments, of US$760M is now expected in FY17
* Exploration expenditure of approximately US$16M is expected within our existing footprint
* Group is expected to generate a positive franking credit balance in FY17 Source text for Eikon: ID:nASX3SRWVF Further company coverage: S32.AX