20 Jul, 2021, 3:40 am
BHP Chief Executive Officer Mike Henry said BHP safely delivered another year of excellent operational performance and its second consecutive financial year with zero fatalities at our operated assets. We set several production records and brought on four major projects safely, on schedule and on budget. We achieved production records at our Western Australia Iron Ore operations and the Goonyella Riverside metallurgical coal mine in Queensland. We maintained all-time high concentrator throughput at our Escondida copper mine in Chile. Olympic Dam in South Australia had its highest annual copper production since BHP acquired the asset in 2005, and its best-ever gold production. South Flank, the largest and one of the most technically-advanced iron ore mines in Australia, began production in May and will boost the overall quality of BHP’s iron ore product suite. In the same month, the Ruby project in Trinidad and Tobago started production. Atlantis Phase 3 in t
BHP has struggled with the Jansen project for years. Despite already spending about US$4.5 billion on the project east of Saskatoon and digging two 1,000-meter deep shafts, the company has yet to approve its construction and has faced shareholder opposition.
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BHP is in talks with Nutrien on giant potash mine
BHP shares rose as much as 3.4% in London on Thursday after gaining 1% in Sydney.
By Thomas Biesheuvel and James Thornhill, Bloomberg
27 May 2021 13:57
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BHP Group is in talks with Nutrien Ltd. about a potential partnership in its massive Canadian potash venture as the worldâs biggest mining company moves closer to a final decision on the project.
The pair are discussing multiple options, including Nutrien becoming the operator and selling the potash through its existing channels, or the Canadian company taking a stake in the Jansen mine, according to people familiar with the matter. There is no guarantee the talks will lead to a deal, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the discussions are private.
BHP Group is in talks with Nutrien Ltd. about a potential partnership in Saskatchewan’s Jansen potash mine as the world’s biggest mining company moves closer to a final decision on the project.