Copper is new king for Australia's BHP as profit jumps 30%

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Copper is new king for Australia's BHP as profit jumps 30% - Nikkei Asia "Red metal overtakes iron ore in full-year earnings of world's largest listed miner"

BHP has copper smelting and refining operations at Olympic Dam in South Australia, where it mines significant deposits of the red metal, as well as uranium.