Topic - Glencore

Glencore plc (an acronym for Global Energy Commodity Resources) is an Anglo–Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, and a registered office in Saint Helier, Jersey. The current company was created through a merger of Glencore with Xstrata on 2 May 2013. , it ranked tenth in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies. - Source: Wikipedia

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A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine, is pictured on Feb. 10, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday, June 6, 2023, it has revoked a crucial federal permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine, previously known as PolyMet, in northeastern Minnesota, saying the permit did not comply with the water quality standards set by a sovereign downstream tribe. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

U.S. Army Corps revokes permit for Minnesota mine, cites threat to tribal water standards

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FILE - A prospecting drill rig bores into the bedrock near Ely, Minn., in search of copper, nickel and precious metals that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota on Oct. 4, 2011. The Biden administration on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, canceled a move by former President Donald Trump to renew mineral rights leases for a proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)

Biden cancels lease renewals for proposed Minnesota mine

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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2016, file photo is a former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. An internal investigation has found that the Environmental Protection Agency mishandled its oversight of permits for what would be Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine, according to the federal agency's inspector general.The findings describe a flawed review of two permits issued for the $1 billion mine that PolyMet Mining Corp. wants to build near lakes Babbitt and Hoyt. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Supreme Court affirms block of key PolyMet mine permit

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Mining giant Glencore lays out climate plan as CEO retires

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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2016, file photo is a former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. Lawyers for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine and state regulators urged the Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, to defer to the judgement of the state Department of Natural Resources and reinstate three critical permits for the project. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Minnesota Supreme Court weighs fate of PolyMet mine permits

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UK anti-fraud agency investigating commodities firm Glencore

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FILE - This Feb. 10, 2016, file photo, shows a former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. A judge has ordered a forensic search of computers used by three former top officials at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. It's part of an investigation into whether they sought to suppress concerns by federal regulators about pollution risks from the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. The order by a Ramsey County judge also sets a date of Jan. 21, 2019 for an evidentiary hearing, which is expected to last five to 10 days (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Judge orders search of agency computers in PolyMet challenge

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Minnesota Court of Appeals weighs challenges to PolyMet mine

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Twin Metals plans dry storage for waste at mine near Ely

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Congo police arrest 20 protesters over mining dispute

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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May during a visit to Imperial College where she saw machinery which converts carbon dioxide into oxygen, in London, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Britain's outgoing prime minister on Wednesday announced plans to eliminate the country's net contribution to climate change by 2050 as Europe's effort to slow global warming picked up speed. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool photo via AP)

Britain to intensify fight against climate change

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FILE - This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. Commodities giant Glencore says it will cap how much coal it mines amid shareholder pressure to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. (AP Photo/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, file)

Commodities giant Glencore to cap coal output over climate

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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2016, file photo, the closed LTV Steel taconite plant sits idle near Hoyt Lakes, Minn. The site, which closed in 2001, may return to life as part of Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine, owned by PolyMet Mining Corp. PolyMet is offering Minnesota a $544 million package of financial assurances to serve as an insurance policy to protect taxpayers from having to cover the costs of shutting down and cleaning up the copper-nickel mine it proposes to build in northeastern Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

PolyMet offers $544M in financial assurances for mine costs

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press