{"id":8725,"date":"2024-06-19T20:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/?p=8725"},"modified":"2024-06-19T20:30:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T10:30:14","slug":"bhp-copper-is-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/bhp-copper-is-king\/","title":{"rendered":"BHP: Copper is king"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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BHP asset president copper South Australia Anna Wiley. Image: Austmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BHP South Australian copper asset president Anna Wiley has laid out a copper-focused future for the Big Australian in her address to the Copper to the World conference in SA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiley said SA is home to 70 per cent of Australia\u2019s copper resource<\/strong>s, one of only so many world-class copper resources remaining in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis places additional importance on ensuring we economically extract as much copper as possible from our current operations,\u201d she told<\/a> the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citing BHP\u2019s Chile and South American operations, Wiley added the company\u2019s South Australian foothold to the list of assets part of its plan for a future focused on copper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a plan that has been in the works for a while, culminating in BHP\u2019s $9.7 billion acquisition of OZ Minerals last year<\/a>, bringing the SA Carrapateena and West Musgrave copper projects into the BHP fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, as BHP we operate three underground copper mines and a nationally significant smelter and refinery complex in South Australia\u2019s far north,\u201d Wiley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes the heart of BHP\u2019s SA copper province, Olympic Dam<\/strong>, which Wiley said the company is hoping to grow with the help of additional smelting and refining plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big operation \u2013 and it\u2019s getting bigger,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis has the potential to result in production of greater than 500 kilotonnes per annum of copper \u2013 and more than 700 kilotonnes of copper equivalent per annum when you include the by-products of gold, silver and uranium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis would constitute one of the most significant investments in copper metal manufacturing infrastructure in Australia for many decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiley said BHP\u2019s plan for growth relies on a range of elements coming together, like skills development, the mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector, permitting and approvals, enabling infrastructure, underlying stability, and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut in one way or another they all boil down to one very important theme: partnership and collaboration,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn recent memory it was impossible to imagine change of this pace in the mining industry, and it goes to show that amazing things can be achieved with a common ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndustry, governments, Traditional Owners, technology providers and communities working together will help bring more copper supply to market to meet global demand more quickly and more sustainably.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subscribe to <\/em>Australian Mining<\/em><\/a> and receive the latest news on product announcements, industry developments, commodities and more.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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