BHP's copper operations including SA's Olympic Dam have helped drive the company's half-year profits up. Photo: supplied

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Copper drives big profits for BHP, Oz Minerals

BHP has announced a A$7.3 billion attributable profit for the first half of the 2020 financial year, up 29 per cent on the same period last year, netting shareholders the second highest dividend in the company’s history.

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OZ Minerals study confirms West Musgrave potential

OZ Minerals’ West Musgrave project has the potential to produce 28,000 tonnes of copper and 22,000 tonnes of nickel a year for 26 years, according to a pre-feasibility study released today.

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Copper prices sink as US-China trade tensions flare

Copper prices fell to their lowest level in nearly five months overnight, after a Chinese diplomat ramped up rhetoric that could stoke the trade conflict between the United States and China and possibly erode metals demand.

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BHP flags new copper find near Olympic Dam

BHP has identified a potential new iron oxide, copper and gold mineralised system near its Olympic Dam operations in South Australia as part of a copper exploration program.

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Green-light for $900m mine just the start of copper boom, Govt declares

The State Government is hailing the approval today of Australia’s largest undeveloped copper project – the $916 million Carrapateena mine development – as a “vote of confidence in the South Australian economy”.