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Depleting Escondida drops BHP copper production

Frik Els | October 20, 2015 | 4:54 pm Base Metals Top Companies Latin America Copper Iron Ore 

[caption id="attachment_836403" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Escondida mine in Chile. Source: Nasa[/caption] In its operational performance report BHP Billiton (ASX:BHP, NYSE:BHP) announced on Tuesday its first quarter iron ore production rose 7% to 61.3 million tonnes compared to last year and on track...

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