Feb 14 (Reuters) - South32 Ltd S32.AX :
* HY UNDERLYING EARNINGS US$642 MILLION VERSUS US$544 MILLION
* HY REVENUE US$ 3,811 MILLION VERSUS US$3,494 MILLION
* RESOLVED TO PAY AN INTERIM DIVIDEND OF US 5.1 CENTS PER SHARE AND A SPECIAL DIVIDEND OF US 1.7 CENTS PER SHARE
* GROUP'S PRODUCTION VOLUMES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE BY 5% IN FY19 OR 7% ON A PER SHARE BASIS
* FY19 GUIDANCE FOR GROUP AND UNALLOCATED COSTS, EXCLUDING GREENFIELD EXPLORATION, IS UNCHANGED AT US$80M
* LOWERED FY19 GUIDANCE FOR SUSTAINING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, INCLUDING EAI, BY US$30M TO US$545M.
* MAJOR PROJECT CAPITAL EXPENDITURE GUIDANCE FOR FY19 HAS BEEN LOWERED BY US$48M TO US$217M
* FY19 PRODUCTION GUIDANCE HAS BEEN INCREASED BY 7% TO 6.5MT AT ILLAWARRA METALLURGICAL COAL
* AT CANNINGTON, GUIDANCE IS UNCHANGED, BUT REMAINS SUBJECT TO REVIEW PENDING ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT FROM THE FLOODS IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
* AT ILLAWARRA METALLURGICAL COAL PROJECT, CO LOWERS FY19 OPERATING UNIT COST GUIDANCE BY US$8/T TO US$97/T