集团表示，由于智利关键矿山受天气影响且矿石品位下降，铜产量出现下滑，但维持了对关键能源转型金属全年指引的不变。
Group said copper output slumped as its key mines in Chile were affected by weather and lower-quality ore, but kept its full-year guidance for the key energy transition metal unchanged.
该公司周二在季报中表示，截至9月的三个月内，铜产量较去年同期下降19%。该下降反映了“计划中的品位下降和计划内维修，以及智利恶劣天气导致的临时中断”。
Copper production slumped 19% from a year earlier in the three months through September, the company said in a quarterly report on Tuesday. The drop reflected “planned grade declines and scheduled maintenance, alongside temporary disruptions from severe weather in Chile,” it said.
大型矿企正面临老矿山品位下降的问题，而寻找新的铜矿床变得越来越困难。这恰逢红色金属价格因人工智能的强劲增长以及可再生能源和电气化的持续推进而出现牛市行情。
Major miners are struggling with falling grades at old mines, while finding new deposits of copper is becoming harder. This coincides with a bull run in prices of the red metal off the back of intense growth from artificial intelligence and the ongoing rollout of renewables and electrification.
“全球市场仍然波动，地缘政治紧张、贸易不确定性以及能源和运输成本上升继续在整个行业中制造逆风，”必和必拓首席执行官布兰登·克雷格在文件中表示。他补充说，这是一个“维修密集型”的时期。
“Global markets remain volatile, with geopolitical tensions, trade uncertainty and elevated energy and freight costs continuing to create headwinds across the industry,” BHP Chief Executive Officer Brandon Craig said in the filing. It was a “maintenance-intensive” period, he added.
根据季报，必和必拓本季度铜产量为400,700吨，而另一大关键商品铁矿石产量保持稳定，为6650万吨。
BHP mined 400,700 tons of copper in the quarter, while output of its other key commodity iron ore was steady at 66.5 million tons, according to its quarterly report.
铜——电气化的关键金属——的指引保持不变，而炼钢原料铁矿石的全年预测也维持不变，为2.6亿至2.72亿吨。
Guidance remained unchanged for copper — the key metal for electrification — while full-year forecasts for steelmaking ingredient iron ore were also unchanged at 260 million to 272 million tons.
全球最大矿企正在大力投入，仅为了维持其智利旗舰铜矿的产量，同时也在寻求开发南美其他地区的新资源。上周，它避免了旗舰埃斯康迪达矿区的罢工。
The world’s biggest miner is spending heavily just to maintain production from its flagship Chilean copper mines, while also seeking to tap new resources elsewhere in South America. Last week, it averted a strike at its flagship Escondida operation.
必和必拓还计划提升西澳大利亚的铁矿石产量，克雷格希望在近期内实现年产量3.05亿吨的目标，即使在对运营中的300名工人进行裁员之后。
BHP is also aiming to boost iron ore production in Western Australia, where Craig hopes to reach 305 million tons of yearly production in the near term, even after making 300 workers redundant across the operations.
在其他方面，该公司在成本和时间超支后继续在加拿大推进詹森钾肥项目的开发，并保持按计划在明年交付关键肥料矿物的首批矿石的进度。
Elsewhere, the company continues development of its Jansen potash project in Canada after cost and time overruns, and remains on track to deliver first ore of the key fertilizer mineral next year.