The Latest Breaking News from BHP

A long-awaited trial into whether Australian miner BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters opens in London on Monday, potentially triggering compensation totalling billions of dollars.

As the world transitions to renewable energy and emerging technologies, copper demand is poised to surge, with forecasts predicting a significant increase in demand through 2035. The Global X Copper Miners ETF (COPX) offers investors a way to capitalize on this trend, tracking the performance of copper mining companies.

Freeport-McMoRan is lucky to own a big chunk of Grasberg - the world's largest gold mine, as well as a huge copper mine. That's good news with the copper market, in a few years, hitting major structural supply shortfalls that will linger for a decade or more.

The ASX200 has fallen 0.2 per cent as BHP, Woodside, Coles, Johns Lyng Group, Lovisa and others report earnings.

Resources giant BHP has defended the carbon footprint of its mining operations even as demand for traditional commodities and future-facing products expands.

Residents say there has not been a quake like it in living memory.

It was the largest earthquake in the Hunter Valley in 20 years.

Workers at the world's largest copper mine in Chile suspended a strike launched earlier this week and restarted negotiations with Australian mining giant BHP, the union and management announced Friday.

Workers at the world's largest copper mine in Chile are striking after pay talks with Australian resources giant BHP fell apart, casting a shadow of uncertainty Wednesday over the market for the commodity.