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Jubilee’s acid test 

A downbeat share price has mystified some

Glencore, and the Glasenberg factor

Speculation around Glencore’s next moves has been intense and unrelenting. Rumour has it talks with Rio Tinto may be revived, and that an ASX listing will change the game.

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Hot metal: behind the boardroom coup at Copper 360

A bloodless Sens statement about a reshuffle in ‘executive responsibilities’ points to ructions at the pure-play mining group

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Inside the scramble for copper: can prices rise another 50%? 

The stars have aligned for copper producers as AI, housing and green energy demand collide with a supply crunch

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Rio’s grand Glencore raid on a tightrope

A Rio Tinto-Glencore tie-up would create the world’s biggest mining company. But odds of a merger between the two companies are touch and go

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Duncan Wanblad’s unlikely reinvention of Anglo American

The vote for the Anglo American-Teck deal would have been unthinkable 18 months ago. But it gives the mining house a future many thought impossible

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Why Canada wants Anglo for itself

Analysts have scotched rumours that Anglo American will be forced to redomicile itself in Canada, though pressure from Ottawa is on

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Stars align for mining junior Orion

The junior mining sector is catching fire, if two successful cash calls by players like Orion and Southern Palladium are anything to go by

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Copper 360’s R1.15bn restart  

Copper 360 has had to go to market to raise cash and rework its debts. New CEO Graham Briggs is confident the mining start up will pull it off

Technical

Copper could be ready to pivot

Standard Bank’s copper ETN shows signs of a shift, with technical chart patterns indicating the price could either regain momentum or fall further

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How a 100-year-old railway is becoming an African lifeline

The $10bn refurb of Angola’s Lobito Corridor is increasingly urgent as copper prices soar

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Harmony’s game-changer(s)

Harmony’s purchase is the latest chess move in its master copper plan.

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The Trump effect on commodity markets

It was interesting watching the real-time effect on markets as it became clear that Trump 2.0 was about to unfold. Stock futures soared as traders relished the prospect of…