BHP Group is trading 4.02% down now at £2,914.00, with pressure linked to copper prices falling to five-week lows.
- October 22 reporting also linked pressure to an Australian mining-stock sell-off; BHP was down 2.4% in Australia.
- Interest-rate worries and AI investment uncertainty were cited as weighing on metals and the wider market.
- An earlier quarterly update showed copper production down 19%, but the report pointed to weaker copper prices and sector pressure—not production—as the immediate explanation.