Bitter strike, pandemic measures dent BHP’s South American production – NEWS.com.au

BHPs quarterly production inched higher but production at its massive, one-third owned Cerrejon coal mine in Columbia continues to be hampered by an ongoing bitter strike.The resources giant said a 2 per cent rise in group production in the September quarter was driven by its metallurgical coal and iron ore assets, although COVID-19 measures curbed output at its copper mines in South America, particularly virus-hit Chile, where the workforce was around 30 per cent lower.
BHP has maintained all …

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