Inside Copper Miners’ 2018 Operating Plans
Rio Tinto (RIO) and Antofagasta (ANTO) kept their 2018 copper production guidances unchanged during their respective second-quarter production report releases. Rio Tinto has assumed its copper share in Grasberg to be zero in 2018. Anglo American (AAL-L) has also maintained its 2018 copper production guidance of 630,000–660,000 metric tons.