{
  "id": 1596576,
  "title": "‘Copper is the engine’: Red metal bonanza fuels BHP’s $14b profit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/copper-is-the-engine-red-metal-bonanza-fuels-bhps-14b-profit-1596576",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T23:46:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/copper-is-the-engine-red-metal-bonanza-fuels-bhp-s-14b-profit-20260817-p60p44.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The resources giant reported a 9 per cent lift in full-year profit to $US9.8 billion ($13.8 billion) as the red metal’s price hits record highs.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Copper is the engine’: Red metal bonanza fuels BHP’s $14b profit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/copper-is-the-engine-red-metal-bonanza-fuels-bhps-14b-profit",
        "published": "2026-08-17T23:46:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "BHP: copper overtakes iron ore as primary profit driver, here’s what it means",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/bhp-copper-overtakes-iron-ore-as-primary-profit-driver-heres-what-it",
        "published": "2026-08-18T03:14:16.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}