For BHP to engage in a buyout, it would need to consider price, ease of jurisdiction, and opportunity to add value.

CEO Jonathan Price said the company is advancing a range of proposals with a range of counterparties.

Alejandro Rivera resigned as CFO a day after Codelco’s investment-grade credit rating was cut one notch by Moody’s.

Global nickel production will outpace demand to the tune of 239,000 metric tons next year, according to the study group.

The company has told customers it will keep the surcharge at $228 a ton, ahead of the start of annual supply negotiations next week.

While Chile’s trade with China surpassed $65 billion last year, most of its exports are dominated by copper and much of it is shipped in the form of concentrates

While equity investors gave the demerger plan a thumbs up, Vedanta’s dollar bonds have tumbled.