Home BHP to take massive writedowns; expects decline in copper output for 2016 BHP Billiton expects a 12% fall in copper production in financial year 2016 and will take a multi-billion-dollar writedown related to its South 32 demerger. The miner will record a $2.1 billion net loss on the demerger of South 32 in the June 2015 half year, the miner said in a statement on Wednesday July... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Shivani Singh July 22, 2015 03:57 GMT Singapore Keywords BHP Billiton copper production outlook de-merger South-32 molybdenum Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}