Antofagasta expects 2024 copper output at low end of yearly forecast
Antofagasta produced 284,700 metric tons of copper in the first half, down 3.7% from the same period in 2023.
Last year, it paid US$4.65 billion to acquire U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips’ stake in the Syncrude oilsands project in northern Alberta. The deal for a nine per cent share of the world’s biggest oilsands development marked China’s largest-ever investment