Investors becoming impatient with pace of its restructuring, putting pressure on CEO Hiesinger to fix underperforming units and revive flagging share price.
Auction for $2 billion Michiquillay copper mine project in Peru was canceled by government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski but is now slated for February.
Two exploration companies with assets spanning gold in India to zinc in Ireland to list their shares on London's Alternative Investment Market on Thursday.
Strikes and slashed funds at South American copper operations could be an early sign of what is likely to be a defining feature of the market next year.
The company's Kalinganagar plant will be expanded by 5 million tonnes per annum (tpa) to 8 million tpa, entailing a total investment of 235 billion rupees.
Iron ore futures in China rose for a second session on Tuesday, supported by demand from steel producers for high-grade raw material to boost productivity.
BHP said it would seek responses from the World Coal Association over policy differences before making a final decision on whether to quit in March 2018.
The global miner said on Monday it would not pay bonuses demanded by its workers in what it called an illegal strike at the Moatize coal plant in Mozambique.