Glencore and Rio Tinto in talks to form world’s biggest miner

Glencore and Rio Tinto in talks to form world’s biggest miner

[NEW YORK] Rio Tinto Group is in talks to buy Glencore to create the world’s biggest mining company with a combined market value of more than US$200 billion, a little over a year after earlier talks between the two collapsed. The companies have been discussing a potential combination of some or all of their businesses…

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Indonesia transfers seized assets to state tin miner as crackdown intensifies

Indonesia transfers seized assets to state tin miner as crackdown intensifies

[PANGKALPINANG, Indonesia] Indonesia’s attorney general on Monday handed over assets including smelters and heavy equipment seized in a corruption case to state tin miner PT Timah, as President Prabowo Subianto urged authorities to stop illegal mining and smuggling of tin. The resource-rich country is ramping up efforts to improve governance of natural resources exploitation, with…

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Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund Drops French Miner Over Environmental Fears

Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund Drops French Miner Over Environmental Fears

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund said Friday that it was excluding French mining company Eramet from its portfolio, citing risks that the company was contributing to human rights violations and environmental damage at a nickel mine in Indonesia. Managed by the country’s central bank Norges Bank and fuelled by its vast energy revenues, the fund is…

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KK Miner raises $10 billion to provide investors with an easier path to mining cryptocurrency

KK Miner raises  billion to provide investors with an easier path to mining cryptocurrency

With the rapid development of the global cryptocurrency market, the mining industry has reached a new milestone. Recently, KK Miner, a leading cryptocurrency cloud mining platform, announced that it has successfully raised $10 billion in funds, vowing to open up a simpler and more efficient cryptocurrency mining path for investors. Once this news was released,…

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Indonesia leader inaugurates miner Amman Mineral’s 21 trillion rupiah copper smelter

Indonesia leader inaugurates miner Amman Mineral’s 21 trillion rupiah copper smelter

INDONESIAN President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated Amman Mineral Internasional’s 21 trillion rupiah (S$1.8 billion) copper smelter in the West Nusa Tenggara province on Monday (Sep 23) saying he wanted global customers to turn to Indonesia for copper products. The smelter has an input capacity of 900,000 tonnes of copper concentrate per year. It is expected…

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Australia orders Chinese investors to sell down stake in rare earths miner

Australia orders Chinese investors to sell down stake in rare earths miner

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ordered several China-linked investors to dispose of shares in rare earths miner Northern Minerals on national interest grounds, a spokesperson said on Monday (Jun 3). Northern Minerals is developing the Browns Range heavy rare earths project in Western Australia, at a time when the sector has become increasingly strategic for…

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Tether acquires US$100 million stake in US-listed Bitcoin miner Bitdeer

Tether acquires US0 million stake in US-listed Bitcoin miner Bitdeer

STABLECOIN issuer Tether Holdings has acquired a US$100 million stake in Bitdeer Technologies Group, the US-listed Bitcoin miner owned by Chinese billionaire Jihan Wu, with an option to purchase an additional US$50 million in shares within a year. The two firms entered into a subscription agreement for a private placement of 18.6 million Class…

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Tether acquires US$100 million stake in US-listed Bitcoin miner Bitdeer

Tether acquires US0 million stake in US-listed Bitcoin miner Bitdeer

STABLECOIN issuer Tether Holdings has acquired a US$100 million stake in Bitdeer Technologies Group, the US-listed Bitcoin miner owned by Chinese billionaire Jihan Wu, with an option to purchase an additional US$50 million in shares within a year. The two firms entered into a subscription agreement for a private placement of 18.6 million Class…

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