STORY: Glencore reportedly approached Rio Tinto late last year about combining the two big copper producers.But a source told ...

When Glencore Plc proposed a combination with Rio Tinto Group a decade ago, the larger company turned it down after just a ...

Rio Tinto and Glencore held preliminary merger talks in what would be the biggest deal in the mining industry, Bloomberg ...

Mining giants Rio Tinto (RIO) and Glencore (GLEN.L, GLNCY) discussed a potential merger last year, as reported by Bloomberg, ...

A merger of the two giants would result in a de facto takeover of Glencore by Rio Tinto. The latter is the world's ...

Trading giant Glencore and Rio Tinto are mulling a merger that could create the mining behemoth made up of two major ...

Both Glencore and Rio own some of the best copper mines in the world. However, Rio — like BHP — still depends heavily on iron ore to drive its profits, at a time when China’s decades-long construction ...

Rio Tinto is the world’s second-biggest miner, with a market value of about $103bn at the close of trading in London on ...

Rio Tinto Group and Glencore Plc have been discussing combining their businesses, which if successful would rank as the world ...

Blockbuster deals that died a decade ago are coming back to life, as sectoral, regulatory and political tailwinds create ...

A small number of giants dominate the global industry and soon there will be fewer, as another round of mergers and ...

European markets opened higher on Friday as more upbeat corporate results in the US and talk that mining giants Rio Tinto and Glencore had been in merger talks boosted sentiment.