He said the over 1,000 cubic metres of liquid cyanide spilled into a local river did not cause any environmental damage to justify keeping operations suspended.
Argentina’s presidential election, the first to be decided in a second and final round since the constitution was changed in the 1990s, will be key for the country’s economy, particularly its mining sector.
This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.
