Spac started by ex-Rusal M&A wiz hunts for green metals giant
ACG Acquisition (LSE: ACG), a new company founded by a mining executive who helped create aluminum giant Rusal, says it plans to buy a critical minerals producer valued at several…
M&A, Financing and Restructuring
Royalty firm Ecora plans transition to green metals despite lucrative coal contract
Ecora Resources (TSX: ECOR), a mining royalties company, is betting its shift to green-economy investing in projects by giants such as Vale (NYSE: VALE) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…
China’s Zijin to buy Rosebel from Iamgold for US$360M
Canada’s Iamgold (TSX IMG; NYSE: IAG) said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its stake in the Rosebel gold mine in Suriname to Zijin Mining in a deal valued…
Uranium Energy’s Athabasca deals part of ‘unprecedented’ M&A wave in uranium, nuclear assets
Uranium Energy (NYSE: UEC) says it’s building a “critical mass” of uranium projects in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, including the recent US$150-million purchase of Rio Tinto’s (ASX: RIO) Roughrider project. The…
Turquoise Hill’s fifth largest investor to reject Rio Tinto’s US$3.3B takeover bid
Sailingstone Capital Partners, the fifth-biggest investor in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TQR) said on Friday it will vote against Rio Tinto‘s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) intended US$3.3 billion…
Harmony Gold expands into copper with US$230M Eva project buy
South African miner Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY; JSE: HAR) is expanding into the coveted copper market with the acquisition of Copper Mountain Mining’s (TSX: CMMC; ASX: C6C) Eva project in Australia,…
Teck, Agnico team up at San Nicolas in Mexico
Two of Canada’s biggest mining companies are teaming up in Mexico at the San Nicolas copper-zinc development project, one of the country’s largest undeveloped volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits and among…
Tietto investment just the latest sign of China’s growing interest in West Africa
In January, Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co. acquired Canada’s Golden Star Resources and its Wassa gold mine in Ghana. Now the Chinese gold miner is investing A$49.3 million (US$33.9 million)…
Rio Tinto and Turquoise Hill get serious, ink binding takeover deal
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has inked a definitive arrangement with Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TQR) to buy the 49% of the Canadian miner it doesn’t already…
Turquoise Hill’s top five investor rejects Rio Tinto’s bid
Sailingstone Capital Partners, the fifth-biggest investor in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TQR), is ready to put the brakes on Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) intended US$3.3 billion…
Mining industry on track to meet decarbonization targets, say analysts
The availability of risk capital for miners is biased towards those with concrete plans for achieving net-zero emissions targets by 2030, says Keith Russell, global director for energy transition, purpose…
Junior exploration sector poised for value investment, say analysts
The beaten-down junior mining complex currently sits at an attractive investment entry point as the sector continues to trade lower relative to gold and other equities, Haywood Capital Markets analysts…