The ownership dispute is part of a long-running battle for control of Nornickel, a $33 billion mining company.
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Russian billionaires risk "shootout" in battle over nickel giant
After a five-year peace deal ended in December, the power struggle between two major Nornickel shareholders resurfaced earlier this month.
Shipping gauge shows iron ore, copper prices heading for fall
CHART: Baltic Dry Index has plummeted 32% since December, opening up huge gap to closely correlated industrial metal prices.
Nickel-copper-cobalt find vaults Vancouver junior to top of TSX-V ranking
Garibaldi Resources beats out tech, energy, life sciences firms for Toronto market's annual crown with 2,351% market cap gain and 150m shares traded.
Vancouver company obtains positive results in process of extracting metals from petcoke
MGX Minerals will proceed with its previously announced partnership with Highbury Energy.
Cobalt price: Supply scramble heats up with Canadian deal
Cobalt 27, RNC Minerals shares pop after inking $70m deal on world's largest undeveloped cobalt, nickel sulphide deposit.
Anglo American 'shows off' — doubles profits, halves debt, pays highest divvy in a decade
Company became the latest top miner to report soaring profits, hefty dividends and lighter debt burden.
Glencore gives investors $2.9bn in dividends after ‘strongest’ results ever
The Swiss miner and commodities trader Glencore said its solid finances will let it to pursue more acquisitions if opportunities arise.
Eramet eyes expansion in electric vehicle metals
Eramet is actively looking at acquisition targets after previously acquiring a lithium deposit in Argentina.
Toyota to make cheaper electric motors by halving use of rare earths
Asia’s No.1 carmaker has developed a magnet that reduces dependence on neodymium, a key rare earth metal used in the world’s most powerful batteries for electric vehicles.
BHP rebuffs Elliott as first-half profit hits three-year high
The New-York based fund argues an overhaul could add more than $22 billion in value for shareholders and wants BHP to conduct an independent study.
Co-owners of Russia's Nornickel back in fight for control
Nornickel, a $33 billion mining company, competes with Brazil's Vale SA for the rank of the world's top nickel producer.
Australian Mines signs off-take deal with Korea's SK Innovation
Australian Mines said the agreement included an option for SK Innovation to buy up to 19.9% of its ordinary shares.
Mining M&A jumps to 4-year high – expect more in 2018
New report says "deals in lithium, copper and cobalt are expected to feature high on the agenda of management teams across the industry."
Moody's bullish on base metals, US steel
Base metals should continue to do well in 2018 along with the US steel industry, though American coal will continue to lose ground to natural gas.
Deripaska takes on Potanin as mining tycoons battle in court
Three billionaires faced off in London court on Friday in a conflict triggered by Roman Abramovich’s desire to sell his stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC.
Japan's Mitsui wants more of Chile's Collahuasi copper mine, but none of Los Pelambres
Mitsui’s investments in Chile’s copper industry date back to the 1990s and it now has minority interests in a number of the country’s leading mines.
Vale’s iron ore output hit record high in 2017
Output of the steelmaking material reached 366.5 million tonnes last year, boosted by record high productionat Vale's northern system, which composed of its Carajás, Serra Leste and the massive S11D mine.
Copper, iron ore price jump sparks rally in mining stocks
Top listed copper producer Freeport jumped 7.4% and with Vale – up 6% – was among the NYSE's top 10 most actively traded stocks.
BHP takes $1.8 billion hit from US tax reform
Charge is due to due to cuts in the US Federal corporate income tax rate, the world’s biggest mining company said.
Another death at one of Sibanye-Stillwater gold mines
A worker died on Monday night while clearing a blocked ore pass at the company’s Driefontein gold operation in South Africa.
MGX eyeing lithium brine assets in Chile
Without changing the way it operates, the Canadian miner now wants to set foot in the world’s second lithium producing country.
Russia's Nornickel to grow platinum group metals mining in new JV
The world's leading palladium producer is planning a joint venture with Russian Platinum.
Second accident in a week at a Sibanye-Stillwater mine kills two
Two employees were trapped underground and later died in a fall of ground incident at the company's Kloof gold mine.
Private capital favours investing in copper over gold for first time
New report shows private equity investment in mining jumped to $2.3 billion last year, with the bulk going into copper and battery metals.
