Australia’s BHP BHPLF, the world’s biggest mining company, considered a bid for smaller player Anglo American NGLOY about five years ago. BHP coveted only Anglo’s copper, and was put off by the prospect of dismantling a highly complex company to nail the prize. So it passed.
Big mistake. Copper since then has become the new oil, and no big mining house can prosper without the…

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