What’s next for Rio Tinto and Glencore after $260 billion megamerger aborted

The decision by Rio Tinto and Glencore to abandon merger talks now has analysts divided on…

Glencore’s strategic allure highlighted by sale of mining assets to U.S. government-backed entity

The upshot of Glencore selling a stake in its DRC business to a U.S. government backed…

Gold’s back over $5,000 and silver’s surging as well

Gold futures reclaimed the $5,000 level on Wednesday, as the yellow metal was back on vogue…

This Trump trade returned 29% in six months — but its authors say it’s time for a big change.

Miners and rare earth plays boosted gains for a strategy devised by Ned Davis Research

It’s make-your-mind-up time for Rio Tinto as deadline looms for decision on Glencore takeover

Rio Tinto has until Feb. 5 to inform the U.K. Takeover Panel if it intends to…

The world’s biggest miner may be created with copper prices near highs

Steven Goldstein is based in London and responsible for MarketWatch’s coverage of financial markets in Europe,…

Copper looks better than aluminum medium-term, says JPMorgan as it downgrades Alcoa

Jules Rimmer is a markets reporter in London.Rimmer spent more than 30 years as a trader…

Rebuffed for the second time, BHP walks away from Anglo American, leaving the path clear for $60 billion merger

BHP made one last-gasp attempt to seduce Anglo but it looks like they have now accepted…

Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package is another canary in the coal mine

Tesla’s incentive-laden CEO retention scheme won investors’ go-ahead this week.

As speculative corners of the market tumble, some investors are cheering

“What is being brought down are the things that are were too speculative in nature,” says…