December 12, 2017 World’s third-largest insurer to divest from oil sands and pipelines AXA and three other French investment groups follow the World Bank's lead.
December 12, 2017 Responsible Jewellery Council certifies Alrosa’s mining and business practices The RJC conducted a months-long sustainability audit.
December 12, 2017 Russia’s TMK sees steel pipe sales rising to 4.3m tonnes in 2018 Last year, TMK, controlled by businessman Dmitry Pumpyansky, sold 3.4 million tonnes of its steel pipes.
December 12, 2017 ArcelorMittal coal miners widen strike in Kazakhstan A sit-in by miners of ArcelorMittal's Kazakh unit widened to all of the firm's coal mines on Tuesday as hundreds of workers demanded a 100 percent wage rise.
December 12, 2017 Glencore sees 2018 zinc output steady at around 1 million tonnes Glencore said on Tuesday it expected zinc output to fall slightly in 2018 to around 1.09 million tonnes versus 1.1 million tonnes this year.
December 12, 2017 Glencore’s marketing division EBIT to come in at top of range The company also confirmed its 2018 dividend policy would include a fixed dividend of $1bn and said it would reactivate idled capacity "when appropriate".
December 11, 2017 US Senate Chairman presses nuclear regulators on uranium exports by US firm owned by Russia Senator John Barrasso is expanding a 2010 investigation into the Obama administration’s approval of the sale of Uranium One’s uranium recovery facilities to the Russian state-owned firm Atomredmetzoloto.
December 11, 2017 State leader named to board of main ThyssenKrupp shareholder The election for a seven-year term of Armin Laschet comes as ThyssenKrupp seeks to diversify away from its traditional focus on steel.
December 11, 2017 ArcelorMittal miners stage sit-in at four Kazakh coal mines About 200 coal miners in Kazakhstan refused to leave four mines operated by a unit of ArcelorMittal at the end of their shift on Monday and staged a sit-in.
December 8, 2017 Glencore says signs labor pacts at most of its Australian coal mines These new labor agreements with workers at 13 of its coal mines in Australia end months of negotiations over wages and benefits.
Heavy rainfall disrupts Australian metallurgical coal supplies Some coal miners have declared force majeure on portions of their shipments or warned customers of potential delays, according to traders. January 16, 2026 | 07:09 am
