December 7, 2020 Glencore’s succession isn’t over yet Glasenberg’s exit hasn’t been the brutal Darwinian process he so often predicted.
December 7, 2020 Steinmetz to face corruption charges at Geneva trial Israeli diamond tycoon is accused of paying or having arranged to pay $10 million in bribes, in order to obtain mining rights over the vast Simandou iron ore project.
December 7, 2020 Trump set to approve Arizona land swap for mine opposed by Native Americans The San Carlos Apache Tribe says the mine, if built, would destroy land considered the home of religious deities and sites used for tribal ceremonies.
December 7, 2020 IGO in talks to buy into Tianqi’s Greenbushes lithium mine Australian nickel-gold miner IGO could buy up to a 25% stake, worth close to $1.5 billion, in the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine.
December 6, 2020 What’s behind a feud at Rio Tinto’s copper mine in Mongolia Oyu Tolgoi is one of the world's largest-known copper and gold deposits.
December 4, 2020 Vale postpones sale of operations in New Caledonia The miner has lost billions of dollars with the operation, located next to the Goro deposit.
December 4, 2020 Glencore taps coal head Gary Nagle as new CEO Announcement came as the Swiss firm revealed an ambitious plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
December 3, 2020 US metals and mining industry M&A deals total $1.59bn in Q3 2020 The valuation is a decrease of 13% from the previous quarter, and also marks a drop of 10.9% in comparison to the last four-quarter average of $1.79 billion.
December 3, 2020 Yamana makes ‘significant progress’ in first year of generative exploration The objective is to discover a standalone project with inferred mineral resources of at least 1.5 moz AuEq in three years.
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