BHP bets billions on Chile mines to face global copper crunch
BHP detailed to investors this week plans to spend $10.7 billion to $14.7 billion within about 10 years.
BHP Billiton has quit a small joint venture to define the Altia copper and silver prospect in Queensland, just a day after the company’s chairman and its chief executive warned it would scale back on spending. The prospect – a joint venture with Breakaway…