It has been 12 months very impressive for the world’s leading miners. FTSE 350 Mining Index 156995, -0.22% – including diverse mining giants Rio Tinto RIO, -0.13%, BHP Group BHP, + 0.35%, Anglo American AAL, -0.23%, And Glencore Glen, -0.33% – According to the fact cassette,% returned% returned to shareholders …
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Evan Glensenberg, the longtime chief executive of London G Glencore PLC, is handing over the reins of the global mining and trading giant he created, saying on Friday that he would retire early next year. The Switzerland-based London-listed company said it currently supports senior deputy Gary Nagle, who currently runs …
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Getting minerals into space can be a little easier than we thought – with the help of some of the earth’s smallest inhabitants. International Space Station experiments show that bacteria can increase space mining efficiency by 400 percent, providing a much easier way to access materials we use widely in …
Read More »A wind turbine at Phu Luck Wind Farm in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam.Photo: Manan Vatsyayan / AFP (Getty Images) Currently, only 17% of the world’s renewal comes from renewable sources. The lion’s share still comes from planet-warming fossil fuels. It is clear that we need to change that ratio …
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Gold futures moved Thursday lower in volatile trading that saw prices in both directions up as much as 2%. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced changes to the central bank’s policy framework in a speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium that were seen as offering a more accommodative monetary …
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