BHP Billiton

BHP Group Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, production and processing of iron ore, metallurgical coal and copper. It operates through the following segments: Petroleum, Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal. The Petroleum segment explores, develops and produces oil and gas. The Copper segment refers to the mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold. The Iron Ore segment refers to mining of iron ore. The Coal segment focuses on metallurgical coal and energy coal. The company was founded on August 13, 1885 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

BHP Group Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, production and processing of iron ore, metallurgical coal, and copper. It operates through the following segments: Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal. The Copper segment refers to the mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium, and gold. The Iron Ore segment involves in the mining of iron ore. The Coal segment focuses on metallurgical coal and energy coal. The company was founded on August 13, 1885 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

A powerful workers union behind a strike at BHP's huge Escondida mine, which produced nearly 5% of the world's copper in 2023, is looking to snarl production at the site as it pushes for a bigger share of profits.

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BHP, the world's biggest mining company, is facing a costs squeeze on both sides of the Pacific from organized labor at its mines in Australia and Chile.

BHP Faces A Trans-Pacific Organized Labor Costs Squeeze

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Workers at BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile will go on strike starting on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with the company, according to a statement from the union.

Workers at BHP's Escondida copper mine will strike after failing to reach agreement

BHP Group , the world's top miner, is mulling a sale of Brazilian copper and gold assets it took over as part of the buyout of smaller peer Oz Minerals, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

BHP mulling sale of gold, copper mines in Brazil, Bloomberg News reports

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Workers at BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, rejected an offer for a new collective bargaining agreement, setting the stage for a potential strike, the union said on Thursday.

Workers at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile reject contract offer, union says

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BHP and Lundin Mining to acquire Filo for $3.2 billion

TORONTO, July 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BHP and Lundin Mining Corporation (Lundin Mining) have agreed to jointly acquire 100% of Filo Corp., a Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) listed company, through a Canadian plan of arrangement (Filo Acquisition). Filo Corp. owns 100% of the Filo del Sol (FDS) copper project.

BHP and Lundin Mining to acquire Filo Corp. and form a 50/50 joint venture to progress the Filo del Sol and Josemaria projects

Global miner BHP Group and Canada-listed Lundin Mining will takeover explorer Filo Corp for C$4.5 billion ($3.25 billion), the companies said on Monday, as they move to progress the Filo del Sol and Josemaria projects.

BHP and Lundin Mining to buy Filo for $3.25 bln

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The union at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile, the world's largest copper mine, has called on its nearly 2,400 members to reject a final contract offer from the company and prepare for a strike, the union president said.

Exclusive: Union at BHP's Escondida mine urges rejection of contract offer, strike possible

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BHP reports iron ore production of 260 Mt in fiscal 2024. The miner expects production in fiscal 2025 between 255 and 265.5 Mt.

BHP Reports Record Iron Ore Production in FY24, Copper Up 9%

BHP Group Ltd (LSE:BHP, ASX:BHP) told investors it will temporarily suspend its Western Australia Nickel operations from October, amid ‘oversupply' in the global nickel market which has suppressed sales prices. The suspension includes the miner's Nickel West operations and the West Musgrave project.

BHP Group shutters Western Australia nickel mining for at least three years

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BHP seeks a permit from Chile's environmental regulator to build a $250-million electric trolley system at Escondida. It is set to cut down diesel consumption and improve truck performance.

BHP Seeks Approval for Electric Trolley System at Escondida

SANTIAGO, Chile, July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Escondida | BHP submitted an Environmental Impact Statement (DIA) to the Environmental Impact Assessment System (SEIA), to advance in the "Implementation of the Mining Truck Electrification System in Escondida Norte" project, which seeks to assist the movement of these pieces of equipment inside the mine by means of a trolley system.

Escondida | BHP initiates environmental processing to implement a truck transportation system based on an electric trolley

MONTREAL, July 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to announce the commencement of a major exploration program for nickel and copper in Nunavik, following up on exploration work carried out from 2020 to 2023 during which new Ni-Cu-Co mineral occurrences were discovered.

Midland Begins a Major Exploration Program for Nickel and Copper in Nunavik, Quebec Under Its Strategic Alliance With BHP

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Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil's worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and Vale for "trying to derail" a potential 36 billion-pound ($46 billion) London lawsuit.

Claimants for deadly Mariana dam collapse file injunction against BHP, Vale

BHP Group's pathway to net zero will not be linear and it requires significant effort to overcome organic growth and technology challenges, the company's vice president for climate said on Thursday.

BHP Group's carbon emissions set to see a small increase in 2024

Mining giant BHP and the union representing workers at its Spence copper mine in Chile have agreed to extend contract negotiations, said BHP on Wednesday, for now putting off the risk of a strike.

BHP, Chile mine union to extend contract negotiations

Australia's Mining and Energy Union (MEU) has filed for "same job same pay" orders covering 1,700 labour-hire workers at three large BHP coal mines in Queensland, it said on Wednesday.

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