Anglo American and Teck Resources deal makes it harder for BHP or Rio Tinto to move on miners’ copper assets

Just when the mining industry’s big break-up phase looked set to create a smorgasbord of bite-sized acquisition options for BHP and Rio Tinto, the game has changed again.

The $85 billion merger of South African champion Anglo American and Canadian champion Teck Resources brings together two companies that had spent the past two years shrinking and fragmenting. Loading...