Новости за 30.05.2022

Diversified miner Glencore has suspended production at its Raglan nickel and copper mine, in Quebec, after 630 unionised workers went on strike late on Friday night. The parties met on Friday in the presence of a mediator, without breaking an impasse in wage negotiations. Glencore it had tabled an offer to United Steelworkers Union (USW) Local 9449, representing production and maintenance workers, that placed its employees among the best paid in the mining industry.

Private equity funds group Appian Capital Advisory has lodged a claim in the High Court of England and Wales seeking compensation from Sibanye-Stillwater, after the South Africa-based miner previously terminated a $1.2-billion transaction. Appian claimed that Sibanye unlawfully breached two sale and purchase agreements (SPAs) when it failed to close the acquisition of Brazilian mining companies Atlantic Nickel and Mineração Vale Verde (MVV). Sibanye, at the time explained, that it did not follow... Читать дальше...

The US corruption and market manipulation cases against Glencore include allegations about the conduct of two former executives who formed part of the inner circle of the trading house’s top management for over a decade -- and walked away as billionaires. The US government did not bring any charges against top Glencore managers in the sweeping cases against Glencore to which the company pleaded guilty this week. But in legal documents on Tuesday, the US said that two former top Glencore executives... Читать дальше...

Australian coal miner Yancoal Australia on Monday urged shareholders not to take any action regarding a potential takeover bid from shareholder Yankuang Energy Group Company, which owns a 37.7% stake in Yancoal. Yankuang Energy last week stated that it was considering offering Yancoal shareholders convertible bonds worth $3.60 each for the remaining 498.2-million shares not yet held by the company, valuing the transaction at around $1.8-billion.

ASX-listed Azure Minerals has struck a binding, conditional sale agreements to sell its Mexican precious and base metals projects to mineral resources developer Bendito Resources Inc for A$20-million in cash and shares. Bendito intends to list on the TSX within 18 months of completing the transaction, with Azure’s Alacrán, Oposura and Promontorio projects forming the core assets of Bendito.

The Group of Seven countries on Friday agreed stringent environmental controls should govern deep-sea mining and that they would consent to such mining projects only if they did not seriously harm the marine environment. "We determined that if there is deep-sea mining at all, it should only happen under the most strict environmental standards," Germany's environment minister, Steffi Lemke, told a news conference after a meeting of G7 ministers in Berlin.