BHP calls off $320 million deal to sell Chile's Cerro Colorado
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - BHP said on Wednesday a deal to sell its Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile to private equity fund EMR Capital had been called off because of problems with financing.The Anglo-Australian company, the world's biggest listed miner, said in June it had agreed to sell the mine in a cash deal worth as much as $320 million (255 million pounds), depending on copper price performance. Cerro Colorado is one of three mines operated by BHP in Chile."The decision to call off the deal..