A reopening would take at least 3 years from approval from Bouganville Board. Prior to that you would need all Government approvals in place PLUS fresh feasibility studies which in turn would take around 2 years as a minimum.
In the meantime you have declining grades and copper output from mines in Chile.
Net effect, basically nothing. The market could absorb this added capacity without bothering to loose any sleep.
Cheers, TAS
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