JXTG declines to comment on Caserones copper mine sale report

JXTG Holdings, a Japanese oil refiner and miner, on Monday declined to comment on a media report that it is exploring the sale of its majority-owned Caserones copper mine in Chile.

The Wall Street Journal said on Friday that JXTG is exploring the sale of Caserones, which could gain the company about $1-billion, citing people familiar with the matter.