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Rebuffed BHP wired for bigger Aussie 'copper province'

BHP is running one of the largest copper exploration and drilling programs in Australia. (HANDOUT/BHP BILLITON)

Mining giant BHP needs more Australian copper as the energy transition and rise of big data increases the pressure for decades of supply.

"Global megatrends are shaping our future," asset president of BHP's copper business in South Australia Anna Wiley told a conference in Adelaide on Tuesday.

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