Mining M&A is heating up with strategic moves to consolidate operations and strengthen market positions in the copper and gold sectors. Two big announcements in the last week of July could indicate that miners are on the hunt for good projects. The larger of the two deals this week, global mining giants BHP Group Ltd (LSE:BHP, ASX:BHP) and Lundin Mining Corporation (TSX:LUN) have joined forces in a C$4.5 billion deal to acquire Filo Mining Corp (OTCQX:FLMMF, TSX-V:FIL), a TSX-listed South American copper mi ...