Rio Tinto and Glencore spoke for months about deal that was once taboo
The news of Glencore and Rio’s discussions “has turned up the temperature on an already simmering M&A environment,” RBC Capital Markets analyst says.
BIV reports that Vancouver-based Prophecy Coal is behind Mongolia’s first shipment of coal to the Republic of Buryatia in the Russian Federation:
On Wednesday, Prophecy Coal (TSX-V:PCY) said it had shipped 650 tonnes, or 10 wagons worth, of coal from the company’s Ulaan Ovoo mine in Mongolia to an energy company in southeastern Russia.