LONDON — European markets opened in positive territory on Friday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 0.37% at 8:30 a.m. in London (3:30 a.m. ET), with major regional bourses and most sectors in the green. It was confirmed Friday morning that British mining firm Rio Tinto was in preliminary talks to acquire Swiss firm Glencore, […]
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The world’s longest robot: Autohaul, Rio Tinto’s autonomous heavy-haul train Rio Tinto Rio Tinto and Glencore have confirmed they are back in talks about a possible $260 billion megadeal that could form the world’s largest mining firm. Rio Tinto’s Australia-listed shares fell 6.3% on Friday. Shares of Glencore are expected to jump as much as […]
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Protesters attend a march to the US consulate during a demonstration, under the slogan ‘Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people’, in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 15, 2025. Christian Klindt Soelbeck | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitions around Greenland are rapidly gaining concrete form — that is, evolving from rhetoric into action. […]
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