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William Clowes

Kinshasa

Reporter at BQ Prime

Bloomberg reporter covering mining & metals in Africa. Formerly in Nigeria & DR Congo. Opinions my own. Contact me at [email protected]

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  • Valterra Edges Up on Platinum Miner’s Debut Outside Anglo (3)

    4 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | William Clowes |Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro |Bre Bradham

    Valterra Platinum Ltd. edged higher on its first day outside Anglo American Plc, after adding a secondary listing in London to broaden its appeal to investors. Anglo spun off the Johannesburg-based producer of platinum-group metals as part of a streamlining announced a year ago, while fending off a $49 billion approach from BHP Group.

  • Eramet Drops as Gabon Aims to End Manganese Ore Exports

    5 days ago | bloomberg.com | Francois de Beaupuy |William Clowes

    (Bloomberg) -- Eramet SA shares fell as much as 5.7% after Gabon decided to ban the export of manganese ore from 2029, jeopardizing the French miner’s biggest source of profit. Friday’s announcement, which threatens to upend the supply chain of a metal that’s used to harden steel products chiefly used in construction, is part of the African nation’s aim to boost jobs and add more value domestically to the country’s oil, timber and manganese resources.

  • Congo’s Flooded Mine Is Latest Threat to World Copper Supply

    1 week ago | bloomberg.com | William Clowes |Thomas Biesheuvel |Jack Farchy

    The Kamoa Kakula mining site in Kamoa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Bloomberg) -- The status of one of the world’s most important copper mines remains clouded in uncertainty, more than a week after seismic activity caused widespread flooding deep below ground. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.’s Kamoa-Kakula complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the world’s top sources of copper and was on course to become the third-biggest supplier of the key energy-transition metal this year.

  • Anglo's Platinum Miner Flies Solo With Long-Term Demand in Flux

    1 week ago | financialpost.com | William Clowes

    Advertisement 1Anglo American Plc will spin off its platinum business next week, in a test of both its restructuring strategy and the viability of a standalone firm facing headwinds over long-term demand. Article content(Bloomberg) — Anglo American Plc will spin off its platinum business next week, in a test of both its restructuring strategy and the viability of a standalone firm facing headwinds over long-term demand.

  • Anglo’s Platinum Miner Flies Solo With Long-Term Demand in Flux

    1 week ago | bloomberg.com | William Clowes

    (Bloomberg) -- Anglo American Plc will spin off its platinum business next week, in a test of both its restructuring strategy and the viability of a standalone firm facing headwinds over long-term demand. The London-based mining giant will distribute its controlling interest in Johannesburg-listed Valterra Platinum Ltd. to shareholders as part of a streamlining announced last May to fend off a $49 billion approach from BHP Group. Anglo is also exiting coal, nickel and diamonds.

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