Days after BHP failed to secure the $74 billion takeover of smaller rival Anglo American, investors have one message for chief executive Mike Henry — keep your cool.
BHP argues it showed restraint in the battle for Anglo, a welcome attribute in a sector notorious for burning billions of dollars of on underwhelming projects and ill-timed acquisitions just over a decade ago. The question now is whether that discipline holds, even with all mining bosses gunning for more volume in copper, the single most coveted metal as the energy transition accelerates.
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