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Industry Notes / Mining: copper over iron / Chapter 4 of 8 · Bar

Liking copper is not the same as higher next-year profit

In the base case, copper's gain is offset by iron ore

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Price effect on EBITDA
Bull
74 $bn
Base
−13 $bn
Bear
−116 $bn

A rough price-only sketch moves EBITDA by about +$7.4 billion in a bull case and −$11.6 billion in a bear case. The base case is roughly flat to slightly down. Known volume and cost headwinds are not included.

Source:基于 BHP FY26 公开分部利润的价格情景测算;仅价格效应,非公司指引

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