January 12, 2026 BHP is stuck on the sidelines of copper M&A frenzy it started The company is monitoring the Rio-Glencore talks and reviewing the situation and options with its advisers, Bloomberg sources said.
January 11, 2026 SEC to drop long-running fraud case against ex-Rio Tinto CFO over African coal assets SEC accused Guy Elliott and others of inflating the value of African coal assets the company acquired in a disastrous 2011 deal.
January 9, 2026 Rio-Glencore deal closer than ever with premium and CEO in focus Glencore boss Gary Nagle has called it the most obvious deal in mining.
January 9, 2026 Wall Street jostles to advise on Rio-Glencore, eyes $100 million prize The race is on to secure a slice of the spoils.
January 9, 2026 IPO of India’s top coking coal miner oversubscribed on first day Bharat Coking Coal's $118.7 million IPO drew bids for 1.72 billion shares, nearly five times the shares on offer.
January 9, 2026 Rio Tinto open to owning coal to secure Glencore deal: reports Rio Tinto’s coal flexibility as it weighs a Glencore takeover underscores copper’s pull and mining’s shifting pressures.
January 7, 2026 Venezuela shock lifts gold, but mining revival remains elusive Gold hit $4,430/oz after Maduro’s capture, but analysts say decades of underinvestment and data gaps will deter miners.
January 7, 2026 BlueScope Steel rejects $8.8B takeover offer The Australian steelmaker says a fourth approach from US-based Steel Dynamics fails to reflect asset value amid volatile markets.
January 6, 2026 Op-Ed: From Allende to Maduro – the price of resources and defiance Across the Americas, control of copper and oil has shaped coups, interventions and the struggle for economic sovereignty.
January 5, 2026 Coal India met coal unit sets price for $119 million IPO The company expects India’s demand for the fuel to rise annually at an average rate of 4% through 2030.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
