Glencore says takeover bid for Teck stands after spinoff fails
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is far from giving up on its plan to take over Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) as it confirmed on Thursday its bid for Canada’s largest…
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Teck takes restructuring plan off the table ahead of vote
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, has decided to withdraw its plan to split up the company into two — a base metals and a coal…
First Quantum’s issues in Panama hit earnings, production
First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) earnings in the first quarter of the year fell by more than 80% to US$75 million from the US$385 million recorded in the same period…
Prosper Gold goes after Mohave project in Arizona
Canadian junior Prosper Gold (TSX-V: PGX) has inked an option agreement with DS Resources and Mohave Mine Partnership to acquire a 100% interest in the Mohave gold project in Arizona,…
Anglo American’s copper output up 28% in first quarter
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) said on Tuesday that copper production jumped by 28% in the first three months of the year to 178,100 tonnes, thanks mainly to the ramp-up of its…
Horizonte says Araguaia nickel mine in Brazil is on track for early 2024 production
Horizonte Minerals (TSX: HZM; AIM: HZM) said on Monday it was on track to begin production at its Araguaia nickel mine in northern Brazil in the first quarter of 2024. The…
Wyloo tightens grip on nickel explorer Mincor
Wyloo Metals, a privately-held mining company owned by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest, has secured control of nickel and gold explorer Mincor Resources (ASX: MCR) by locking in a 51.24% interest….
Argentina says new projects will boost lithium production fivefold by 2025
Argentina, the world’s fourth largest global lithium supplier, says it’s on track to reach 200,000 tonnes annual production by 2025. That’s thanks to the development of six new projects in…
Chile to nationalize its lithium industry
The long-awaited policy sets ups a public-private model in which the state will partner with miners through a dedicated national lithium company.
Storm Mountain Diamonds finds giant pink rock in Lesotho
Storm Mountain Diamonds (SMD), jointly owned by Namakwa Diamonds and the government of Lesotho, has recovered a 108.39-carat fancy pink diamond at its Kao mine in the Southern African country. …
ASX-listed Essential Metals rejects Tianqi Lithium-IGO takeover bid
Essential Metals (ASX: ESS) shareholders have rejected a A$136 million (US$92 million) joint takeover bid led by China’s Tianqi Lithium and Australia’s IGO Ltd. (ASX: IGO). The outcome was, in…
Sumitomo Metals backs Teck’s split plan
Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining confirmed on Thursday its support for Teck Resources’ (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) planned spinoff into two companies in the face of an alternative proposal from Glencore…