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Market View: BHP’s Copper Crown, Meta’s Trillion-Dollar Risk & Oil Rattles Markets

Published on 18 Aug 2026
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Copper has overtaken iron ore as BHP’s biggest earnings engine for the first time, as the mining giant delivers a 30% jump in underlying profit and its highest dividend in four years.

Michelle Martin looks at what BHP’s results tell investors about the long-term copper story.

Meanwhile, Meta faces a potentially enormous legal test over allegations surrounding social-media addiction, and Alibaba sharpens its focus on AI with the sale of its gaming business.

Plus, which industry is being hit by climate change?

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