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The operation of BHP exceeded 300 thousand tons of production during the period
Favorable results obtained by Minera Escondida during the first three months of the year. This is the result of a significant increase in sales-related ordinary revenue of US $ 2,001 million compared to US $ 695 million for the same period of 2017 due to the strike. .
The comparison between the two periods is strongly distorted by the 44-day strike [in
in 2017, "the company said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the profit for the period was 731 million US dollars, compared with US $ 231 million last year.
Escondida's production reached 322,721 tonnes, of which 253,296 tonnes of concentrate The results were positively influenced by the price of copper , which averaged US $ 3.16 per pound in the quarter, up 19 percent from the same period in 2017.
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