ASX:BHP 18 June 2026 - 30 June 2026

BHP faces Port Hedland strike threat as copper growth story in focus
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BHP faces Port Hedland strike threat as copper growth story in focus

BHP Group Ltd goes into Thursday’s session with shares under pressure as the market treats a short labour stoppage as something that could drag out and challenge the miner’s main cash source. The ASX gave BHP’s latest close at A$57.51, down 2.31%. For the S&P/ASX 200, the daily wrap showed a 0.21% drop. That 2.10 percentage point difference points to a BHP-driven selloff, not just overall weakness in Australia. It's awkward for shareholders since iron ore actually climbed. Trading Economics showed iron ore CNY at 746 yuan a tonne for July 8, up 1.43%, with futures gaining on news of the planned BHP Port Hedland strike. Usually a miner with low-cost tonnes gets a lift from higher ore prices. BHP
July 8, 2026
South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) share price bounce leaves June selloff intact before quarterly update
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South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) share price bounce leaves June selloff intact before quarterly update

South32 Ltd entered Tuesday’s pre-open after a 1.79% rise on Monday, but the bounce did little to repair June’s damage. The miner closed at A$3.98; since June 22 it is down 4.1%, while the S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.1% over the same span. At the dateline time in Sydney, ASX Trade was in pre-open. The exchange lists pre-open from 07:00 to 09:59 Sydney time and normal trading from 09:59:45 to 16:00; June 30 is not listed among ASX cash-market holidays for 2026.
June 30, 2026
BHP Group Ltd (ASX:BHP) cuts A$30.7bn as Jansen reset hits before CEO shift
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BHP (ASX:BHP) bounce trails Jansen shock as volume fades

At the dateline, Tuesday’s ASX cash session had not started. ASX normal trading runs from 09:59:45 to 16:00 Sydney time, and June 30 is not one of the exchange’s listed 2026 public-holiday closures. BHP Group Ltd closed Monday at A$59.82, up 1.41%, on 8.92 million shares. That was below its 10.30 million average, a thin-volume bounce after a month in which investors have started marking down the price of cost risk again.
June 29, 2026
ASX ends week slightly down, but credit and resource sectors under pressure
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Australia stocks: Miners look to China data and banks watch RBA minutes this week

Australian shares are set to reopen later on Monday, but the cash market in Sydney hasn't opened yet. The ASX trades normally between 09:59:45 and 16:00:00 Sydney time. The S&P/ASX 200 starts the week just 4.8% off its February high of 9,202.90, but losses last week hit sectors with exposure to China, oil, and local rate moves. On Friday, the index was at 8,764.20, according to Trading Economics—up 0.53% for the month, and 2.94% over the past year.
June 28, 2026
BHP Group Ltd (ASX:BHP) cuts A$30.7bn as Jansen reset hits before CEO shift
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BHP Group Ltd (ASX:BHP) cuts A$30.7bn as Jansen reset hits before CEO shift

Australian Securities Exchange was closed on Sunday. ASX trading usually goes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sydney time on ASX business days. That means BHP's last price is from Friday’s close. BHP finished Friday at A$58.99, up 0.80%. The S&P/ASX 200 added 0.18% to 8,764. But BHP's gain barely moved the needle for the week — shares are still down 9.30% from A$65.04, which was the price before the Jansen project update.
June 28, 2026
BHP Group (ASX:BHP) falls 11% from recent high; Craig shifts Americas role
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BHP Group (ASX:BHP) falls 11% from recent high; Craig shifts Americas role

BHP Group Ltd finished the week in positive territory but the gain wasn’t enough to reverse losses from its potash cost reset. Shares moved up 0.8% to end at A$58.99 on Friday. The S&P/ASX 200 added 0.18% to finish at 8,764.20. BHP is down 10.6% from its 52-week high of A$65.98. The dollar numbers are clearer. Shares were up A$0.47 on Friday, tacking on roughly A$2.4 billion to the market cap, with 5.08 billion shares out, according to Google Finance. Still, there’s a gap of about A$35.5 billion between the 52-week high and where the stock ended Friday.
June 26, 2026
ASX 200 down 0.7% with banks, miners offsetting gains
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ASX 200 down 0.7% with banks, miners offsetting gains

ASX 200 drops almost 60 points as sector gains mask wider split The ASX 200 closed down 59.7 points and the All Ordinaries ended 61 points lower at 8,951.60. Still, most sectors finished higher, with seven out of 11 in positive territory. The VanEck Australian Equal Weight ETF was up A$0.30 at A$38.70. The S&P/ASX 200 uses float-adjusted market value to weight stocks. MVW spreads its weighting evenly across big, liquid Australian names and holds a different list. The difference hit benchmark funds, as losses among the top stocks wiped out gains elsewhere in the market.
June 25, 2026
BHP Group (ASX:BHP) drops A$33 billion on Jansen delays and strike worries
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BHP Group (ASX:BHP) drops A$33 billion on Jansen delays and strike worries

BHP Group Ltd finished down 1.65% at A$58.52 on Thursday. The S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.68% to close at 8,748.70, with the materials sector dropping for a sixth session in a row. The Australian dollar was at 68.90 U.S. cents. BHP shares are down 10.0% from the June 18 close of A$65.04. With 5.08 billion shares in issue, the drop wiped out about A$33.1 billion, or US$22.8 billion, at Thursday’s rate. That’s nearly 10 times the miner’s planned US$2.3 billion Jansen charge. The first 5.6% drop took place on 37.9 million shares, which is 3.6 times the usual volume. BHP slid another 4.7% by Thursday, this time on volume close to normal.
June 25, 2026
Glencore falls harder than copper ahead of August standstill deadline
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Glencore falls harder than copper ahead of August standstill deadline

Glencore shares slipped 0.5% to 519 pence at 0920 BST, company data showed. The stock started the session at 513.9 pence and moved back up to just under 520 pence. Glencore’s market cap was around 61 billion pounds. Glencore shares dropped 4.2% Tuesday and slid another 2.5% Wednesday, putting the two-day loss at 6.7%. Volume moved up as well, climbing from 44.6 million to 54.3 million shares over those sessions.
June 25, 2026
BHP (ASX:BHP) share price falls again as Jansen costs test capital discipline
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BHP shares to watch Wednesday as port strike threat drops, Jansen impact stays

BHP Group shares are back in focus as Sydney markets open Wednesday. Unions have paused plans for a strike at Port Hedland, which cuts the chance of a near-term threat to BHP’s iron ore shipments. On Tuesday, BHP put forward a draft enterprise agreement, but unions said the gap between the parties remains wide. The stock ended Tuesday down 42 cents at A$59.92, a drop of 0.7%. The S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.33% to 8,787 as tech names retreated and miners slid with lower commodities. The ASX cash market was shut at the time of publication, so traders will see the full reaction to the labour reprieve at Wednesday’s open.
June 23, 2026
Rio Tinto Drops Even as FTSE Pushes Higher
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Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) Drops 3.5% in London as Metals Slide; Electric-Truck News Fails to Lift Shares

Rio Tinto plc dropped 3.5% early Tuesday in London, hit by selling in the metals space despite the company announcing a battery-electric mining truck trial. The shares traded at 7,248 pence at 08:48 BST, down from 7,513 pence at Monday’s close. FTSE 100 falls 0.95%, Europe’s basic-resources index drops 3.3% as U.S. rate-hike bets pick up The FTSE 100 dropped about 0.95%, steeper than the wider market. Europe’s basic-resources index slid 3.3%. Investors pushed up bets on more U.S. interest-rate hikes. Higher rates tend to boost the dollar and weigh on demand for commodities and other risk assets.
June 23, 2026
BHP (ASX:BHP) share price falls again as Jansen costs test capital discipline
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BHP (ASX:BHP) share price falls again as Jansen costs test capital discipline

BHP Group Ltd fell 1.73% to A$60.34 on Monday, extending the selloff triggered by its Canadian potash reset. Rio Tinto lost 0.78% and Fortescue 0.76%, while BHP’s New York depositary shares were down about 2.3% at US$85.85 in late-morning trade. The relative move matters. The S&P/ASX 200 ended just 0.1% lower at 8,816.1, yet State Street’s index-tracking fund put BHP at 11.61% of its holdings on June 19. A simple weight-times-return calculation suggests BHP alone cut about 0.20 percentage point from the benchmark — more than the market’s net fall. Gains elsewhere hid part of the damage.
June 22, 2026
ASX 200: Inflation, Jobs Data in Focus After BHP Rout as RBA Holds
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ASX 200: Inflation, Jobs Data in Focus After BHP Rout as RBA Holds

Australian shares start the week with traders watching for new inflation and jobs data to guide the next move. The S&P/ASX 200 gave up ground Friday, ending down 0.92% at 8,828.7 after miners slumped and pulled the index lower, wiping out early gains. The releases are in focus after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates at 4.35% last week. That followed three hikes earlier this year. The central bank repeated that inflation is “still too high” and kept the door open to more tightening if demand and prices don’t cool.
June 21, 2026
BHP Braces as Jansen Cost Surge Puts Capital Moves in Spotlight
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BHP Braces as Jansen Cost Surge Puts Capital Moves in Spotlight

Australia’s share market was closed Sunday. BHP Group comes into Monday after dropping 5.6% on Friday, its sharpest single-day loss since April 2025. The selloff pushed the Australian mining index down 4% as well. William Taylor, chief operating officer and portfolio manager at ETF Shares, said the move was about Jansen’s “immediate capital intensity.” BHP shares fell 2.4% for the week ended Friday, giving up earlier gains. The timing is key for the company’s plan to expand outside iron ore and copper with its Saskatchewan Jansen potash mine. Brandon Craig is set to take over as CEO from Mike Henry on July 1.
June 21, 2026
ASX 200 edges higher this week as BHP falls and Hormuz risk lingers
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ASX 200 edges higher this week as BHP falls and Hormuz risk lingers

Australian shares eked out a weekly rise, but heavy selling in miners on Friday and wariness over the Strait of Hormuz put the market at risk of another choppy start on Monday. The benchmark slipped 0.92% in the last session, breaking a four-day win streak. ASX 200 jumped 1.25% Monday after early optimism around a U.S.-Iran deal. But that move is starting to look shaky. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Saturday Hormuz was closed. U.S. Central Command said 55 merchant ships passed through with over 17 million barrels of oil.
June 20, 2026
Fortescue drops 2.3% over the week as China iron ore prices stay under pressure
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Fortescue drops 2.3% over the week as China iron ore prices stay under pressure

Fortescue Ltd closed the week at A$19.75. The stock dropped four sessions in a row after a rally on Monday tied to commodities. On Friday, Fortescue lost 1.1%. It finished near the day’s low of A$19.58, with volumes at 9.6 million shares. The decline is notable since the wider Australian market still managed a roughly 0.3% weekly gain. The S&P/ASX 200 jumped at the start of the week before giving back most of those gains in the next four days, ending Friday at 8,828.70, up from 8,804.00 last week.
June 19, 2026
ASX 200 Drops 0.6% as Miners, Banks Weigh on Australia Stocks
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ASX 200 Closes Week Flat With BHP Drop Dragging Miners; CPI, Jobs Ahead

ASX 200 squeaked out a gain of less than 0.3% this week even after shedding 82.4 points on Friday, as heavy mining losses led by BHP knocked the market back. Healthcare names and other defensives made some headway but couldn’t turn things around. “Not a panic, but rather a buyers’ strike on the day,” Moomoo strategist Michael McCarthy said. This drop is important since miners are still a big part of the Australian market and were behind some of its earlier gains. Commodity prices took another hit as the U.S. dollar firmed and the Federal Reserve signaled it still favors higher rates to curb inflation. By late morning, shares of Rio Tinto lost 2.9% and Fortescue fell 1.1%, with losses
June 19, 2026
BHP sheds 5.6% with Jansen potash costs in focus
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BHP sheds 5.6% with Jansen potash costs in focus

BHP Group's shares on the ASX slumped 5.6% to A$61.40 Friday. The miner reported another cost revision for its Jansen potash project in Canada. That was the steepest one-day drop since April 7, 2025. The overrun at Jansen comes less than two weeks before Brandon Craig is set to replace Mike Henry as BHP’s chief executive on July 1. Jansen is at the center of BHP’s shift towards potash and copper as it looks to lessen its dependence on iron ore and coal. The timing means this is more than just a hit for one session.
June 19, 2026
ASX 200 Drops 0.6% as Miners, Banks Weigh on Australia Stocks
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ASX 200 Drops 0.6% as Miners, Banks Weigh on Australia Stocks

ASX stocks ended their four-day run lower on Thursday. Fresh anxiety over U.S. rates hit miners, banks and tech names. The local cash market was shut at press time, set to reopen Friday. Stocks slipped after a four-day rally pushed the benchmark to a two-month high. Materials, property and financial shares, which had climbed in that stretch, lost ground as traders looked again at borrowing costs and global demand.
June 18, 2026
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