Glencore

Thiess has secured a $340 million contract extension with Glencore to provide mining services at the Mt Owen coal operations in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.

Glencore has been awarded a financial lifeline by the Queensland Government to extend the operation of its Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery beyond 2022. 

The Australian Government has invested $50 million in a carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) fund, a decision that is welcomed by Glencore.

Glencore is reviewing the future of its Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery in Queensland.

Zinc market turbulence is starting to fade as miners become more optimistic about the commodity’s future.

Nathan River Resources has received backing from London-listed Amur Minerals and Glencore to progress its Roper Bar iron ore project in the Northern Territory.

Glencore has joined the founding members of the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) to help tackle ethical issues pervading the country’s cobalt supply chain.

Glencore will temporarily shut down sites and equipment at a number of New South Wales and Queensland coal operations to manage its production profile as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the global market.

Glencore’s production of coking and thermal coal has taken a dip in Australia this year.

Glencore has transformed 52 hectares of the formerly mined land at the Ulan coal operation in New South Wales into a habitat for a diverse range of native plants and animals.

A British law firm’s effort to save the Indigenous community of Provincial in the La Guajira region of Colombia from the alleged impacts of the Cerrejón coal operation has backfired.

Graduate development programs provide a pathway to jobs in the mining sector. What more needs to be done to attract the next generation to choose a career in mining? Tara Hamid writes.

A BHP-backed coal mine in Colombia has been accused of violating the human rights of the Provincial Wayuu community amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Queensland Government has recognised Glencore’s proposed billion-dollar coal mine, Valeria as a coordinated project.

Glencore is opening new career opportunities across regional communities, with the major mining company set to launch its 2021 apprenticeship program.

Glencore is aiming to expand its zinc portfolio by increasing an interest in Vancouver-based junior Group Eleven Resources.

Only two of the 10 largest mining companies are on track to limit climate change to two degrees Celsius, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

Glencore has greeted 2020 with a steep decline to its Australian coking coal production, but its thermal coal portfolio offset the blow.

The Antamina copper-zinc mine in Peru has been temporarily suspended to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Glencore has extended its 2021 graduate development program to increase the number of intakes hailing from regional Australia.