April 26, 2024 Anglo American rejects “opportunistic” $39bn takeover bid from BHP Under takeover rules, BHP is required to either make a solid offer for Anglo American by May 22 or walk away.
April 25, 2024 Miner owned by South America’s richest family mulls bond sale Antofagasta, which operates copper mines in Chile, last tapped global debt markets in 2022 when it sold $500 million in 10-year bonds.
April 25, 2024 Anglo’s stumbles have made it prey for mining’s biggest predator The company’s reputation is in tatters after a series of missteps sent its value plunging by half. And now industry heavyweight BHP is moving in.
April 25, 2024 South Africa scrutinizes BHP bid for Anglo weeks before election The deal worth about $39 billion would involve Anglo exiting its platinum and iron ore assets in the country.
April 25, 2024 Metso to deliver copper smelter to Almalyk MMC, Uzbekistan The planned production capacity of the new copper smelter is 300,000 r/y of copper cathodes and 1.8 million t/y of sulphuric acid.
April 25, 2024 Copper price rally resuscitates world’s worst-performing currency in the first quarter The Chilean peso is up 3.4% in April, the only currency to have risen against the dollar in the month.
April 25, 2024 Chile president wants copper output boost of 1Mt by 2026 "We have to take advantage of this super-cycle of copper that has been spoken of positively in recent days," Boric said on Thursday.
April 25, 2024 Vale sees no impact from BHP-Anglo deal on Minas-Rio project Questioned about potential interest in Anglo's assets, CEO Bartolomeo also said that Vale would "clearly" be interested.
April 25, 2024 Grupo Mexico posts 16% drop in Q1 net profit as metals prices fall Earnings were lower copper, molybdenum and zinc prices.
April 25, 2024 BHP-Anglo American potential merger: It’s all about copper The world’s largest miner wants to buy Anglo American, but only if its London-based peer divests Amplats and Kumba.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
