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Chairman of En+ says working on reducing Deripaska’s stake

Greg Barker welcomed a decision by the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday to give investors an extra month to divest or transfer their holdings in En+ Group and other sanctions targets.

Reuters | May 2, 2018 | 4:17 pm

Mongolian Copper Corp considers international fight for Erdenet mine

State seeks enforced acquisition of MCC's Erdenet stake.

Reuters | May 2, 2018 | 4:09 pm

War on coal making the world’s top mine owners a lot richer

Anglo American Plc, Glencore Plc and BHP Billiton Ltd. are generating the highest profits in years from their coal mines.

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2018 | 11:50 am

Glencore is said to take Congo rift with Gertler to London court

The Swiss miner was granted a temporary injunction against the Israeli billionaire after petitioning the London court to rule against a Congolese judge’s decision last week to freeze assets at its Kamoto Copper project.

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2018 | 10:45 am

Rio Tinto to double number of autonomous drills at Pilbara mines

Driverless trucks at the same iron ore operations already haul over a quarter of both ore and waste material.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2018 | 9:26 am

S.Africa gold miners to sign silicosis lawsuit settlement this week

Most claimants are black miners from South Africa and neighbouring countries such as Lesotho, whom critics say were not provided with adequate protection during and even after the Apartheid ended in 1994.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2018 | 6:59 am

Vedanta considers building zinc smelter in South Africa

Company is accelerating expansion of its African zinc operations to take advantage of a surge in zinc prices.

Reuters | May 2, 2018 | 5:00 am

StrikePoint grabs historic Porter Idaho silver asset from Skeena

Skeena will receive Cdn$1.75 million in cash plus another Cdn$1.75 million in StrikePoint common shares at a value of Cdn$0.225, based upon the 20-day average price of the stock.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2018 | 3:57 am