
In Johannesburg Wednesday, an index of industrial miners surged 1.7% to provide the biggest boost to the overall market. BHP +1.1% after RBC Capital Markets said the company has the potential to pay out 100% of 2021 earnings in dividends and still come in below its net debt target amid surging iron ore prices.
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This is a story which would seem to follow the traditional "clogs to clogs in three generations" except that the third generation is said to be worth c$7 billion. However, it does appear that the entrepreneurial gene in the founding family lost its potency in that third generation.
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MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, announced plans to spin off businesses worth an estimated $16 billion, most of them acquired in a 2001 merger, to...
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Norway's $1-trillion sovereign wealth fund may have to sell its $1-billion stake in commodities giant Glencore, among other companies that derive more than 30% of their revenue from coal, to meet ...
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Rio (ASX: RIO: quote) already has plans to boost its West Australian iron ore production from about 200 million tonnes a year to 320 million tonnes by 2013, but the new increase puts Rio way up on ...
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Mar 4, 2014There are 29 African billionaires this year, up from 20 just a year ago. These are the 29 Africans who are worth $1 billion or more: Aliko Dangote, $25 billion. Nigerian, Cement, , Sugar ...
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At the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, 45 hedge funds held stakes worth $1.3 billion (Dh4.78 billion) in Newmont Corporation, compared to 48 in the preceding quarter worth $774 million (Dh2.8 ...
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Anglo American has been reducing its assets held in South Africa since the 1990s. However, according to Anglo's latest restructuring plans, which were announced last month, it will sell all its local coal mines, its stake in manganese producer Samancor and exit its stake in Kumba Iron Ore. 2.
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South Africa's Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) ... China will sell another 30,000 tonnes of copper, 90,000 tonnes of aluminum, and 50,000 tonnes of zinc at auction from its state reserves on July 29. ... Iron ore has been in a bull market for more than two years, and it's not about to end soon, according to Goldman Sachs. ...
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Sep 22, 2021This bit of diversification should help spread some of your risks around in the event iron ore hits the skids once again. As of Sept. 21, shares in SLX were selling for around $54.53. The most...
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BHP Billiton last week said it was sticking with its $10 billion iron ore expansion plan and was mining ore at a rate of 165 million to 170 million metric tonnes per year.
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MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) (BLT.L), announced plans to spin off businesses worth an estimated $16 billion (9.62 billion pounds), most of...
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According to Knoema, nickel prices sat at $17,577 per tonne in the second quarter of 2021, up 44% year-over-year, from $12,179 per tonne. The World Bank estimated nickel prices would drop to $16,000 per tonne at some point in 2022, and reach a maximum of $18,000 per tonne by the end of the year. This may have been the case if Vladimir Putin had ...
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A 2015 study by the South African Medical Research Council found association between living proximity to mine dumps and prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases. An estimated 1.6 million people live near mine dumps in South Africa, the most unequal country in the world, with 31 million people living below the poverty line.
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James Thornhill, Bloomberg News. BHP Group, the world's biggest mining company, has raised its offer for Noront Resources Ltd., trumping a bid from iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest and securing the support of the Canadian nickel miner's board. The Melbourne-based company increased its bid by 36 per cent to $0.75 per share, above the $0. ...
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Forrest, the biggest shareholder in and chairman of iron-ore force Fortescue Metals Group, has seen his wealth burst through the $10 billion mark in the past month as commodity prices soar. The Top 10
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This late hurdle, however, did not prevent the creation of a mining conglomerate holding considerable stakes in every part of the mining industry, as well as other natural resource holdings. A day after the merger, shares soared 6%, making the group worth £73 billion.
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Today Glasenberg owns more than 8% of Glencore, and in 2014 he earned $198 million just in dividend payments alone. When the company went public, he paid $420 million in taxes to the tiny Swiss ...
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She has sold equity stakes totalling thirty per cent to South Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese steelmakers, and has launched a Roy Hill subsidiary that, at its peak, will employ thirty-six hundred ...
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"Chinese steel mills import 250 million tons of iron ore under long-term contract every year, and if the iron ore price increases 65%, the cost for all the Chinese mills will increase RMB 60 billion,"said Hu Kai, an analyst from Umetal, a China-based website that provides iron ore information and analysis.
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Chinese companies are far from taking control over African or global mining. In 2018, they control less than 7% of the value of total African mine production. Chinese investments in African mining of non-fuel minerals between 1995 and 2018 have contributed to production growth but it has also increased Chinese control over African mineral and metal production. There is evidence pointing to a ...
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A bidding war involving BHP Group, the world's biggest mining company, and an iron ore billionaire over a small Canadian nickel company may be coming to an end.
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Feb 15, 2022Results briefing | News and analysis on today's profit results from BHP, Atomos, Ansell, Cardinale, Dexus, Elmo Software, GWA, Lifestyle Communities, Money3, Reckon ...
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As spending increases on shale gas, iron ore, coking coal and potash.
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Miners have recovered from the latest downturn after spending years reshaping their portfolios, paying off huge debt piles and shoring up their balance sheets. But with firms like Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Glencore and Anglo American generating cash again, questions are being asked of how best to spend it.
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South America; Africa; National Show ... This time last year Rio was trying to get rid of an unwanted takeover from BHP at $150. Today Rio is worth about $50. ... The paradox is that iron ore ...
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With growing discord in South Africa's political and financial arenas, Munk and his partners believed Barrick could offer a more prudent investment. The new Barrick went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in May 1983 with 1.3 million shares. The sale garnered only C$2.5 million, just enough to get the fledgling company on its way.
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The researchers found that to build 31.5 million EVs would take a jaw-dropping 207,900 tonnes of cobalt, 264,600 tonnes of lithium carbonate, at least 7,200 tonnes of neodymium and dysprosium, and 2,362,500 tonnes of copper — about 10% of global production.
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Last Thursday, the company's share price hit a three-year high, closing up 17% since March, when Mr. Agarwal announced his first series of Anglo investments. On Tuesday, its stock closed at...
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At BHP's current share price a 4-for-1 deal would value Rio at $164 a share, with the current 3-for-1 valuation at $123.45. Rio shares closed yesterday at $131.21 as the market looks for a sweetener. ABN AMRO this week said BHP would likely have to offer something close to $150 a share
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The world's largest mining company, Australia's BHP Billiton, launched a takeover bid for London-based Rio Tinto on Feb. 5, offering $147 billion in a deal that would have created a mining goliath worth nearly $350 billion. Rio Tinto rejected the bid Feb. 6, saying the offer "significantly" undervalued Rio Tinto.
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Unless China slows, looks like it may go on for sometime but eventually Brazilian iron ore producer Vale will restore its production; iron ore will be produced in Africa on a large scale and scrap ...
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Anglo American also owns 63% of Kumba Iron Ore; the stakes in Anglo Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore are currently worth nearly $11bn, ... South Africa. Africa. Budget. Companies and Deals. Covid-19.
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South Africa's Ruling ANC to Win 2024 Vote Even as City Support Plunges, Survey Shows ... BHP Group, the world's biggest mining company, has raised its offer for Noront Resources Ltd., trumping a bid from iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest and securing the support of the Canadian nickel miner's board. ... trumping a bid from iron ore ...
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Mar 2, 2015This year, a record 1,826 billionaires made it to FORBES' annual ranking of the world's richest people. There are 29 African billionaires this year, the same number as in 2014.
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MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton BHP.AX BLT.L, announced plans to spin off businesses worth an estimated $16 billion (9.62 billion pounds), most of them...
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In today's Daily Dose: Rio Tinto prefers Yancoal's sweetened offer for its Australian coal assets; an attack at Acacia's Tanzanian gold mine leads to 66 arrests; and BHP starts work at the South Flank iron ore project ahead of a final go-ahead.
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The only other steel producer in South Africa that uses iron ore as feedstock is Davsteel, which accounts for 4% of production. The remaining 2% of production is accounted for by small firms that use scrap metal rather than iron ore as an input to their steel making processes. 103. There are no imports of iron ore into South Africa.
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Anglo American Platinum Limited (JSE: AMS) is the world's largest primary producer of platinum, accounting for about 38% of the world's annual supply.. Based in South Africa, most of the group's operations lie to the northwest and northeast of Johannesburg.A majority of the company's operations take place in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, a large region that contains a range of mineral ...
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