Anglo American unit De Beers is going after lucrative as it aims to expand its lab-grown diamond business beyond drilling and cutting.
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Anglo American ‘encouraged’ by drilling results from copper asset in north Brazil
The company's chief executive in Brazil talked about “very promising” drilling results at property located on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
Anglo American to restart operations at Minas Rio before year-end
Operations will resume before year end, but a planned ramp-up to 26.5 million tonnes per year is likely to be pushed back to 2021 from 2020.
How Anglo quietly built a commodity trader in Glencore's shadow
In just five years, Anglo assembled marketing operations that now sell more metals than the company produces.
Anglo American asks Angola for permission to explore for metals
The move makes the company the first mining major to request exploration permits in the country since President João Lourenço vowed to open up the sector and encourage foreign investment.
India's Anil Agarwal succeeds with Vedanta Resources buyout
Some in the industry see this move as a prelude to a potentially broader deal with bigger miner Anglo American.
De Beers ready to begin South Africa’s Voorspoed mine closure
The failed plan was to find an operator with a lower cost structure or a different mining approach that would be able to take over and extend Voorspoed’s life.
Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal's moves on Anglo
Billionaire Anil Agarwal in July said he planned to offer around $1 billion to take London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc private, a move that has rekindled speculation his ultimate aim is a deal with miner Anglo-American.
De Beers sizes up Canadian diamond project, first big buy in nearly 2 decades
Anglo American unit De Beers expects its purchase of Canada's Peregrine Diamonds, its first upstream diamond acquisition since 2000, to be completed in a month to six weeks' time.
Peruvian mining society says approval of Quellaveco project marks a new era for the country
The president of Peru’s National Society of Mining, Petroleum, and Energy said the project will create 9,000 jobs during its construction phase and additional 2,500 once it goes into production.
Kumba brings in targeted dividend policy, flags SA rail issues
The iron-ore mining company is introducing a targeted dividend ratio policy of 50 to 75% of headline earnings.
World's biggest miners want more copper but nobody's selling
Nobody who owns a copper mine wants to give it up. Even when Glencore and Anglo American Plc were crippled by debt during the 2015 commodity slump, neither was willing to entertain an offer from Rio for their holdings in the giant Collahuasi deposit in Chile.
Newmont sells stake in Yanacocha gold mine to Japan’s Sumitomo for $48 million
Sumitomo’s move comes as Japanese trading companies have been grabbing assets and increasing their stakes on a few of them thanks higher commodities prices, which have boosted their profits.
US-China trade spat wipes $57B from top mining stocks in fortnight
Copper, iron ore prices drop, mining majors punished as US threatens more tariffs on "predatory" Chinese imports and Beijing calls it "blackmail".
Trump trade war blows up big week for mining majors
A week choc-a-bloc with billion dollar copper, iron ore and cobalt deals ends with huge drop in prices and sell-off in stocks of mining's biggest names.
Mitsubishi ups stake in Anglo’s Quellaveco copper project in $600-million deal
Anglo will sell a 21.9% stake in its Peruvian copper project to Mitsubishi, increasing the Japanese firm’s stake in the venture to 40%.
Brazilian President changes decades-old mining laws to lure investment, protect environment
The two separate decrees aim at making the local industry more competitive and sustainable, while while implementing rules on the collection of higher mining royalties.
Brazil’s President to change mining regulations as early as next week
Michel Temer is expected to issue a decree next week introducing key changes to mining rules that date back to the 1960s.
Miners creep through legal minefield as Brazilian scales tip
Global miners face a new reality in Brazil as local, judges included, react quicker and more ferociously to legal infractions.
From chopping block to 'core,' Anglo fires up met coal engine
Anglo American Plc is set to boost metallurgical coal capacity at a mine complex in Australia by 25 percent.
Mountain Province finds 95-carat diamond in Canada’s far north
The white octahedron of "top clarity" is the largest gem quality diamond and fourth largest stone ever recovered at the company's Gahcho Kué mine, located in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Copper king's gender push rings hollow with all-male board
Codelco just achieved a new, less enviable mantle -- the only major mining company with an all-male board and senior management team.
Anglo close to selling part of stake in giant Peruvian copper project
Quellaveco is one of the world’s largest untapped copper orebodies and Anglo’s board is set to decide later in the year whether or not to green-light development of the $5.5bn mine.
