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BHP Group on Tuesday reported its best first-half profit in seven years and declared a record interim dividend, as top metals user China's strong appetite for iron ore to support its infrastructure push kept prices elevated.

Mike Henry can celebrate an unexpectedly happy anniversary. He became chief executive of Australian mining giant BHP just in time for Covid-19. Higher iron ore prices driven by Chinese demand, however, have just helped pay for a record $5.1 billion dividend. They also buy...

Australian shares rose on Tuesday to their highest in nearly a year, driven by BHP Group after the miner posted strong profit and declared a record interim dividend, while a surge in commodity prices further lifted mining and energy stocks.

Global miner BHP said on Monday it expected to hit full capacity production following the expansion of its Spence copper mine within 12 months and be producing 300,000 tonnes per year up until at least 2026.

BHP Group said on Wednesday it would invest up to $15 million over five years as part of a deal with Japan's JFE Steel to look at technologies and other ways to lower emissions from the steel-making process.

The operations of global miner BHP's Cerro Colorado copper mine in water-parched northern Chile have been thrown into doubt after the country's Supreme Court upheld local indigenous communities' complaint about the project's water use.

A leading British local government pension group has urged mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP to clarify how they intend to protect the environment in and around an Arizona copper project that is opposed by many Native American tribes.

BHP Group Ltd said on Thursday it had met licensing requirements to restart operations and had begun iron ore pellet production at its Samarco joint venture with Brazil's Vale SA, five years after a deadly dam disaster.

Chile's Spence copper mine, owned by BHP Group Ltd, said on Saturday it had struck an early deal with its union of supervisors on a contract that will run until November 2023.

A 5.0 billion pound ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP <BHPB.L> <BHP.AX> has been struck out, in a blow to a 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group seeking damages after a devastating dam failure in 2015.

BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, saw production fall in September while top miner Codelco saw output rise amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the South American nation, according to government figures released Tuesday. The Chilean Copper Commission...

BHP Group Ltd <BHP.AX>, the world's biggest listed miner, said on Monday it has submitted a letter of commitment to responsible copper production under the Copper Mark framework, launched by the International Copper Association in April last year.

Brazilian federal prosecutors on Thursday filed a lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by mining giants BHP <BHP.AX> and Vale <VALE3.SA>, arguing that the package is far too low.

Brazilian federal prosecutors have filed a lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by mining giants BHP and Vale, arguing that the package is far too low.

BHP Group Ltd <BHP.AX> is evacuating non-essential workers from the Shenzi and Neptune offshore production platforms in the U.S.-regulated northern Gulf of Mexico ahead of Tropical Storm Zeta, a company spokeswoman said on Monday.

Brazilian federal prosecutors have accused mining giants BHP and Vale of colluding with a lawyer to reduce compensation for victims of a fatal dam collapse and interfere with a landmark lawsuit against BHP in the UK.

BHP Group Ltd <BHP.AX> <BHPB.L> posted on Tuesday a 7.2% rise in first-quarter iron ore production, slightly above expectations, supported by stable demand from China, the world's top consumer of the steelmaking ingredient.

BHP Group Ltd posted a 7.2% rise in first-quarter iron ore production on Tuesday, underpinned by stable demand from China, the world's top consumer of the steelmaking ingredient.

The union of supervisors at Chile's Escondida mine rejected BHP's final offer in contract negotiations on Friday, but the mining company said it would nonetheless meet again with the union in a last-ditch effort to stave off a strike.