Colombia’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced a new project that aims at taking news steps towards decarbonizing the country’s electrical grid.
News ID: 10146 Publish Date : 2021/02/08
Miner and commodities giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) said on Wednesday it will invest A$500 million (about $355m) to extend the life of its copper smelter and refinery in the Australian state of Queensland beyond 2022.
News ID: 9903 Publish Date : 2020/09/24
Australia’s state of Queensland has granted Glencore ’s (LON:GLEN) A$1.5 billion ($1bn) Valeria coal mine the status of “coordinated project”, which will see it fast-tracked as the nation looks for alternatives to kick start the recession-ridden economy.
News ID: 9714 Publish Date : 2020/06/14
Copper and cobalt-mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be violating the rights of their workers with stringent confinement policies meant to stop the spread of Covid-19, according to a group of non-governmental organizations.
News ID: 9710 Publish Date : 2020/06/14
Anglo American is speeding up its exit from thermal coal as it announced on Thursday it planned to spin off its South African unit within the next three years.
News ID: 9399 Publish Date : 2020/05/08
Glencore ’s Zambian subsidiary Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) will resume mining operations for 90 days but still expects to go ahead with its initial plan to place its mining operations on care and maintenance, the local firm said on Sunday.
News ID: 9327 Publish Date : 2020/05/05
Eight of the world’s top ten largest mining companies are not doing enough to help meet international climate goals, research by a UK-based investor initiative set up by the Church of England reveals.
News ID: 9321 Publish Date : 2020/05/05
Glencore PLC on Thursday halted a number of smaller mines due to government restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus but added its larger operations were not materially impacted.
News ID: 8906 Publish Date : 2020/03/26
On a global scale, work is grinding to a halt and operations at mines are being temporarily suspended as majors and minors move to enact measures to protect against the spread of covid-19.
News ID: 8901 Publish Date : 2020/03/27
MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value show a revived industry entering the 2020s, but with diverging fortunes for certain subsectors.
News ID: 8293 Publish Date : 2020/01/03
Contenders for the biggest job in commodity trading, the head of Glencore , will be on parade this week. Outgoing CEO Ivan Glasenberg wanted his successor to look “like me,” and the main aspirants do.
News ID: 7163 Publish Date : 2019/10/30
Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON:GLEN) reported on Friday a 4% fall in copper output so far this year and cut 2019 guidance as it readies to halt some operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
News ID: 6973 Publish Date : 2019/10/26
Mining and commodities trader giant Glencore (LON: GLEN) has taken a small stake in an Irish zinc project located next to its own Pallas Green lead-zinc development by investing C$1 million in Group Eleven Resources’ (TSX-V: ZNG) Stonepark deposit.
News ID: 6776 Publish Date : 2019/10/16
Mining and commodities trader giant Glencore (LON:GLEN) is lending Canada’s First Cobalt Corp. (TSX-V:FCC) an initial $5 million to restart the company’s refinery in Ontario, which would become the only North American producer of refined cobalt for the electric vehicle (EV) market.
News ID: 6189 Publish Date : 2019/08/26
The price of cobalt is up 18% over the last two weeks after Glencore announced it is halting operations at its Mutanda copper-cobalt mine in the Congo – until at least 2021.
News ID: 6075 Publish Date : 2019/08/21
Cobalt, a semi-rare metal that derives its name from the German word for goblin, was given its moniker by medieval miners who frequently came across its noxious ores in their hunt for silver and gold. After a 50% drop in prices this year, it’s turned toxic for Glencore Plc too.
News ID: 5832 Publish Date : 2019/08/07
Dubai’s DSA Investments is considering forming a venture with a South African labor union to bid for coal assets that Glencore Plc was pressured into selling to a company controlled by the politically-connected Gupta family in 2015.
News ID: 5518 Publish Date : 2019/07/28
Workers at Nutrien Ltd.’s Cory potash mine in Saskatchewan have been stuck underground since Tuesday afternoon, but are safe.
News ID: 5032 Publish Date : 2019/07/04
Glencore plans to reduce the number of subsidiaries based in so-called tax havens as the commodities giant seeks to improve transparency.
News ID: 5002 Publish Date : 2019/07/02
US cobalt prices will likely decline in the first half of 2019 as supplies of metal and upstream cobalt products outweigh demand. Meanwhile, greater output and lower production costs will outstrip a bump in indium demand over the same period.
News ID: 3092 Publish Date : 2018/12/27