BHP continues to dump coal mines. This time it's two of its worst coking coal assets bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Rio wants to buy lithium mines. Lithium mines are too expensive. Something will have to give. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… James Fernyhough

Anglo takes a $1.7b writedown on its Woodsmith fertilizer mine (formerly Sirius Minerals), but finally gives a date for first production of 2027 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Commodity-trader Trafigura keeps looking for new business with Russia bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Jack Farchy Alfred Cang

Goldman says carmakers trying to be miners will end badly (Like pretty much every other sector that has tried its hand at mining) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… James Attwood

Vale plans to IPO or spin off its base metals business and has approached former Anglo CEO mark Cutifani to be chairman of the new company Dinesh Nair bloomberg.com/news/articles/…?

Glencore is set to lose its status as the world's biggest cobalt miner Mark Burton bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Teck's biggest shareholder, China's massive sovereign wealth fund, is currently leaning in favour of Glencore's plan to buy investors out of coal. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Veteran mining dealmaker Mick Davis has raised $590 million for his critical metals investment vehicle bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Veteran dealmaker Michael Klein has been advising Glencore on its bid to buy Teck Resources. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Jack Farchy Dinesh Nair

Teck cancels its vote on splitting the company just hours before it was due to take place. Big questions is will it now engage with Glencore? bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Teck says it's going to come up with a simpler way to split its business into metals and coal. Says Glencore's bid remains a non-starter. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Glencore is preparing to increase its offer for Canada's Teck Resources to break the current deadlock bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Dinesh Nair Jacob Lorinc

Teck Resources is struggling to secure the support of top shareholder China Investment Corp. as the miner studies options to exit its coal business while fending off a takeover bid from Glencore, Jacob Lorinc Thomas Biesheuvel report bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Big move by Russian diamond miner Alrosa which has halted sales for 2 months to try and prop up plunging prices. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

As China gets ever more bellicose on iron ore prices, Vale says only the market can control them bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

De Beers has made big cuts to diamond prices at its first sale of the year. Reductions of ~10% as it tries to kickstart sales after an awful 2023 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Glencore's head of mining Peter Freyberg has retired. Has been replaced by Xavier Wagner

LONG (MUST) READ: A collapse in demand has left the diamond industry floundering post-pandemic. None in the market is feeling the impact more than De Beers (and its owner, giant mining group Anglo American). Thomas Biesheuvel #DiamondsArentForEver bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Personal grievance: miner Rio Tinto moving its earnings release to 6pm London time, on the very same day that Glencore released theirs at 7am isn't great /rant.