Stories before and after the company merged with Xstrata in 2012
August 2024
Billionaire former Glencore oil trader charged with corruption in West Africa
Alex Beard and four other executives charged with conspiring to make corrupt payments in long-running SFO investigation
May 2024
Anglo American rejects BHP’s third takeover offer of £38.6bn
Australian firm says £31.11 a share is its final offer, but FTSE 100 miner agrees to enter talks with larger rival
Temperature Check
Gina Rinehart, One Nation and the Greens all oppose Glencore’s plan to store CO2 in the Great Artesian Basin – why?
Graham Readfearn
The mining company insists the storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resource
Mining industry braces for multi-billion pound Anglo American bidding war
Glencore understood to be considering takeover offer while BHP could move again after initial rejection
December 2023
Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows
Multinationals in particular hiked prices far above rise in costs to deliver an outsize impact on cost of living crisis, report concludes
October 2023
Bleak day for UK jobs as firms including Rolls-Royce and KPMG plan to cut 4,000 roles
British jet engine maker to cut workforce as Swedish electric truck firm Volta files for bankruptcy
May 2023
Battery passports: how a meeting at Davos helped set a car industry standard
Concerns raised over mining companies’ role in battery passport scheme
February 2023
Glencore shareholders to receive almost £6bn after record profits
Mining and commodities firm’s pre-tax profit climbed 60% to £28.2bn last year, up £10.6bn on 2021
November 2022
FTSE 100 firms hand billions in dividend payouts to Qatar investors
Critics say everyday UK consumer spending has funnelled billions to controversial World Cup host since 2010
London court forces Glencore to pay record £281m for bribery in Africa
Miner hit with largest ever UK legal penalty for a company over ‘endemic’ corruption at African oil trading desk
Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears
Corruption at FTSE 100 firm described as endemic at sentence hearing
October 2022
The rural network
Aboriginal cultural heritage protected as NSW rejects Glendell coalmine expansion
Wonnarua people want Ravensworth Homestead added to the state heritage register and to become a site of reconciliation
July 2022
Temperature Check
Mining giant Glencore’s Australian PR blitz forgets the coal driving the climate crisis
Graham Readfearn
The company’s new campaign trumpets that it is ‘laying the foundations for a low carbon future’ – without mentioning the nearly $1bn it spent on coal production in 2020 and 2021
June 2022
Glencore pleads guilty to bribery related to African oil operations
SFO says subsidiary of commodity trading company will be sentenced in November
May 2022
Glencore to pay $1bn settlement amid US bribery and market abuse allegations
Company also indicates it will plead guilty to bribery counts in UK in relation to oil operations in Africa
March 2022
UK firms rush to dump Russian assets amid efforts to isolate Moscow
British Gas owner Centrica cuts ties as Legal & General, Abrdn and Nest all try to sell stocks
February 2022
Britishvolt secures £40m investment for electric vehicle battery factory
Scandal-hit mining companies BHP and Glencore pay record $12bn to investors
November 2021
The rural network
Glencore launches public attack on Indigenous pair opposing NSW mining project
In community newspaper ad, mining giant name Aboriginal men who are seeking to protect massacre site
