BHP May Sell the Water Plant Feeding the World’s Biggest Copper Mine
Mining Key Facts —The move. BHP is exploring a BHP Chile desalination plant sale alongside its power transmission lines. —The value. Together the assets could fetch $1.5 billion to $2 billion. —The…
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