Coal is cash,but not even activists wanted Glencore to exit its dirty business
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Coal is cash,but not even activists wanted Glencore to exit its dirty business

Glencore has scrapped plans to spin off its coal business,with an unlikely coalition of investors and activists all opposed to the plan.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Glencore dumps plan to quit coal as investor demands shift

Glencore dumps plan to quit coal as investor demands shift

Australia’s biggest coal exporter says more than two-thirds of its shareholders want the company to hold on to its coal mines.

  • byNick Toscano
Empire strikes with first Beetaloo gas sales agreement
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Empire strikes with first Beetaloo gas sales agreement

Empire Energy Group is a step closer to becoming the first gas producer from the Beetaloo Basin after securing a 10-year supply deal with the NT Government.

  • byJames Pearson
‘Largest coal mining proposal’ in state’s history floated for NSW

‘Largest coal mining proposal’ in state’s history floated for NSW

The Environment Protection Authority has warned that the rest of the NSW economy would have to make steeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions to compensate if the proposal to continue Hunter Valley Operations goes ahead in its current form.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
BHP’s $60b bid forces Anglo American to confront its own shortcomings

BHP’s $60b bid forces Anglo American to confront its own shortcomings

Whether successful or not,the Australian mining giant’s offer puts pressure on Anglo’s board and management to consider significant changes to its business.

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