Rio Tinto Group is in talks to buy Glencore Plc to create the world’s biggest mining company with a combined market value of more than $200 billion, a little over a year after earlier talks between the two collapsed. Most Read from Bloomberg The companies have been discussing a potential combination of some or all of their businesses including an all-share takeover, they said in separate statements on Thursday. Glencore shares surged 10% in London, while Rio Tinto retreated 2.2% after falling 6.3% in A ...

Rio Tinto and Glencore have restarted talks over a merger that would create the world’s largest mining company.The talks come almost a year after previous discussions between the two mining companies collapsed. If a deal is agreed, it would create a global mining business with an enterprise value of more than $260bn (£193bn).The two companies said on Friday that they were in “preliminary discussions” about a “possible combination of some or all of their businesses, which could include an all-share merger”.R ...

Glencore has confirmed it is in preliminary discussions with Rio Tinto over a possible combination of some or all of their businesses, responding to recent market speculation around a potential mega-merger in the global mining and commodities sector. In a regulatory announcement released under the UK Takeover Code, Glencore said the talks could include an all-share merger, structured through the acquisition of Glencore by Rio Tinto via a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement. The company stressed that di ...

BHP Group Ltd (QBE Insurance Group Ltd (BHP share price in focusThe ASX:BHP ) share price has risen 18.7% since the start of 2025. Meanwhile, the ASX:QBE ) share price is 17.8% away from its 52-week high. This article explains why it could be worth popping BHP and QBE shares on your watchlist.BHP Group, formerly known as BHP Billiton, is a diversified natural resources company founded in 1885. It produces a wide range of commodities used in energy production and manufacturing, and is expanding into fertilis ...

January 6, 2026 03:54 AM GMT Energy and Materials | Asia Pacific Indonesia Trip Day 1 Takeaway On the first day of our Indonesia trip we met with multiple nickel, cobalt, coal, and energy companies. The government has a significant focus on raising nickel prices by cutting quotas, improving domestic natural gas availability, and raising downstream value addition in the mining sector. Mining management have a clear worry about tax/ royalty changes, considering the rise in export taxes for gold and coal that ...

5 January 2026 | 8:20PM HKT Equity Research CHINA BASIC MATERIALS 2026 outlook - supply to set the path apart 2) Anti-involution (on oversupplied segments) remains a multi-year strategic policy effort. Potential changes in capacity management that drive the next 10% improvement in industry capacity utilization could lead to highly leveraged earnings revisions from where we are. We see meaningful progress in the capacity work in cement and coal, but slower than expected in steel. We expect a more stable year ...

Amcor CDI (BHP Group Ltd (AMC share price in focusThe ASX:AMC ) share price is down around 17.6% since the start of 2025. The ASX:BHP ) share price is 37.6% above its 52-week low.Amcor develops and produces a broad range of packaging products including flexible packaging, rigid packaging containers, specialty cartons, and closures.The history of Amcor dates back to the 1860’s and the company now operates across more than 200 sites in 40 countries.Amcor are focused on innovation in the packaging space to mee ...

The Trump administration during both its terms has prioritized its efforts on reviving the coal industry by introducing a series of policy changes and executive actions intended to boost coal leasing and production on federal lands. Yet, despite these political moves, coal’s trajectory in the U.S. energy market has followed a different path, shaped more by economic realities than government intervention. Market forces, particularly the rise of cheaper and cleaner energy sources, continue to undermine coal ...

Coal mining capex growth accelerated to +9.3%y/y in 9M'25 (after +9%y/y in FY'24, +12%y/y in FY'23, +24%y/y in FY'22, +11%y/y in FY'21) — Coal mining capex was up 6%y/y in 2018, up 30%y/y in 2019 and down 1%y/y n FY'20 Vi e w p o i n t | 26 Dec 2025 09:00:08 ET │ 9 pages Global Metals & Mining Coal mining capex in China up 9% y/y in 1Q-3Q'25, more than overall mining capex growth rate CITI'S TAKE Despite the decarbonization trend in China, and on a global scale, China for now remains reliant on coal as its ...

Houston, Texas-based Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) operates as an energy infrastructure company. Valued at $60.5 billion by market cap, the company owns and operates pipelines that transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide, and other products, as well as terminals that store petroleum products and chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. The midstream giant is expected to announce its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings for 2025 in the near future. Ahead of the event, ana ...