Doing things by halves:Glencore’s $10.6b plan to shake up the mining world
Opinion
Coal

Doing things by halves:Glencore’s $10.6b plan to shake up the mining world

Ivan Glasenberg wanted to buy Canada’s Teck Resources to bulk up Glencore’s base metals and coal operations. His successor now is halfway there.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Glencore gears up for demerger with $10.6 billion Canada coal deal

Glencore gears up for demerger with $10.6 billion Canada coal deal

One of Australia’s largest coal exporters will spin off its coal mines and more than 10,000 local employees into a New York-listed company.

  • bySimon Johanson
‘A fight for Mount Isa’:1200 jobs under cloud with Qld mines to close
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Mining

‘A fight for Mount Isa’:1200 jobs under cloud with Qld mines to close

Glencore announced the “operational changes” on Wednesday,saying it had notified workers the underground work would close after 60 years.

  • byMatt Dennien
Gatecrashed:The $35b decision that could shake up the mining world

Gatecrashed:The $35b decision that could shake up the mining world

A shareholder vote in Canada has the potential to reshape both the hottest sector of the resources sector and its coldest.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
‘Cat and mouse’:Australia’s biggest coal miner faces investor revolt over climate stance

‘Cat and mouse’:Australia’s biggest coal miner faces investor revolt over climate stance

Mining giant Glencore is facing a showdown with more than a dozen large institutional shareholders who have thrown their weight behind a landmark climate resolution.

  • bySimon Johanson andNick Toscano
Coal miner to ‘relocate’ historic homestead and Indigenous site for mine

Coal miner to ‘relocate’ historic homestead and Indigenous site for mine

Glencore’s position hinges on uncertainty around the location of an 1826 massacre when a posse of mounted police and settlers killed up to 18 Indigenous people.

  • byBen Cubby
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Coal stoush heats up as miners told to supply local power plants

Coal stoush heats up as miners told to supply local power plants

Australia’s largest coal miners are pushing back on a NSW government policy that will force them to set aside thousands of tonnes of coal for domestic power plants.

  • byNick Toscano andSimon Johanson
‘King Coal’ is back:Miners post record profits on bumper demand

‘King Coal’ is back:Miners post record profits on bumper demand

Mining giant Glencore and coal king Whitehaven post records as sales of the highly polluting fossil fuel soared in the energy crisis.

  • bySimon Johanson andThomas Biesheuvel
The buried gold,the crumbling fraud case and the billionaires’ tsunami
Investigation
Crime

The buried gold,the crumbling fraud case and the billionaires’ tsunami

Sydney’s richest businessmen were on the hunt for a legendary cache of gold when things turned ugly.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Conflict of interest derails plans for high-speed trains
Letters
Letters

Conflict of interest derails plans for high-speed trains

There might be a reason that Sydney Airport board member Sir David Higgins is speaking out against high-speed rail.

Glencore scraps new Qld mine,blames coal royalty hike

Glencore scraps new Qld mine,blames coal royalty hike

Glencore’s announcement comes amid growing tension between coal exporters and the state government over the windfall coal royalty charges.

  • byRobyn Wuth andMarty Silk