BHP-Lundin Bet $18 Billion on Argentine Copper

2026-02-17 - 13:35

Key Points — Vicuña Corp, the 50/50 joint venture between Australia’s BHP and Canada’s Lundin Mining, unveiled a $18 billion investment plan for its Josemaria and Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver deposits in Argentina’s San Juan province, with $7 billion to be deployed from 2027 until first production in 2030. — The project would become the