A torrent of deal-making among gold producers that’s pushed M&A in the sector to an eight-year high is seen spilling over into the wider mining industry.

Improved guidance integrates the eight effectiveness criteria of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

While bullish on copper, the miner has also cut production guidance for 2020 to between 620,000 and 670,000 tonnes.

Copper price hits 20-week high as Chinese concentrate imports surge and stockpiles in the country drop to six year low.

Output at mines owned by Codelco, BHP, Anglo American, Rio Tinto and Glencore all went up.