Anglo American has reported a 4% rise in total production for the final quarter of 2019, despite a severe drought in Chile pulling back copper production in the last three months of the year. Output from its flagship Los Bronces mine plummeted by 28%, which pulled...
Anglo American has confirmed it is in advanced discussions with London-listed miner Sirius Minerals after proposing a takeover offer valuing the struggling company at about £386 million (US$507 million). The 5.5p per share cash bid comes in at 34% above Sirius’ current share price, which has...
Anglo American will soon return its Minas Rio iron ore mine in Brazil to full capacity after the mining giant was granted a key licence for the use of an expanded tailings dam at the site. Operations at the mine were suspended for eight months last...
Anglo American’s US$5.3 billion Quellaveco copper project has been labelled a ‘generational asset’ and ‘a licence to print money’ by the CEO of its Peruvian operations Tom McCulley. Quellaveco is one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits, located in the Moquegua region of Peru. The...
Family-run, South African drilling company Rosond has secured a contract with Kumba Iron ore worth R2 billion, replacing larger firms Master Drilling and Geoserve Exploration Drilling at two mines in the Northern Cape. Rosond has worked on a greenfield exploration drilling programme for Anglo American-owned Kumba...
Anglo American has confirmed it will raise its dividend payout by 27% for the six months to June after reporting a 19% jump in core earnings for the first half of 2019. The UK-based mining giant also declared a bonus return for its shareholders via a...
BHP has become the latest mining giant to consider exiting thermal coal as climate change pressure from investors and activists continues to push companies away from polluting fossil fuels. According to unnamed sources familiar with the matter, BHP is looking at options to divest its thermal...
Rio Tinto and several of its large diversified rivals managed to further increase profit margins and cash flows during the 2018 financial year, according to a recent Fitch Solutions report. The report outlined how improved financial performances were a result of miners streamlining their operations, cutting...
Anglo American and Rio Tinto have become founding donors to the World Bank’s Climate-Smart Mining initiative – the first ever fund dedicated to making mining a more sustainable practice. The World Bank said the facility will focus on helping resource-rich developing countries benefit from increasing global...
Mining companies on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) were boosted yesterday in the wake of embattled Brazilian miner Vale’s decision to shut another iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state. The FTSE 100 was dominated by mining companies including Fresnillo, who ended the day up by...