Column: LME brand approval cements Indonesian nickel ascendancy

The Budel smelter, with a capacity to produce 315,000 metric tons per year, was suspended in the second half of January.

However, the company left its full-year production forecast unchanged.

The world’s largest shipper of thermal coal had said it intended to spin the business off within two years of closing a deal to buy Teck Resources' steelmaking coal assets.

BHP's $39 billion bid will be the elephant in the room at Anglo American's Tuesday annual general meeting.

The biggest producers all want to increase copper output to take advantage of rising demand for electric vehicles, grid infrastructure and data centers.

BHP Group is considering making an improved offer for Anglo American after its $39 billion initial proposal was rejected.

BHP is already building its own giant fertilizer project in Canada, called Jansen, to which it’s already committed more than $10 billion.

The current contract between the parties expires in 2024.

BHP's attempt to swallow up Anglo American is the latest threat to one of the London market’s most-prized sectors.