Luxury giant Richemont and US retailer Signet Jewelers Ltd. are in talks to join a consortium that’s in prime position to buy diamond miner De Beers, according to five people familiar with the matter.

Botswana and a group leading the race to buy De Beers are near an agreement on their future ownership stakes in the diamond miner, potentially paving the way for Anglo American Plc to finally exit the business.

Rio Tinto Group plans to expand its marketing operations to trade more metal from other producers as well as derivatives, according to people familiar with its strategy, as part of a drive by its new leader to make the business more agile.

Radiant World has disclosed $870 million outstanding to six creditors who financed its receivables, according to a spreadsheet included in a legal filing by the embattled commodity trader.

A senior Glencore Plc executive last year urged counterparts at Radiant World not to communicate by email, according to WhatsApp messages from the company’s head of iron ore seen by Bloomberg News.

Glencore Plc took a provision of about $480 million on its exposure to Radiant World, the iron ore trader that is under pressure amid concerns it provided falsified documents to banks, according to people familiar with the matter.

Glencore Plc last year acquired warrants that would have given it a minority ownership stake in Radiant World, the iron ore trader under pressure amid concerns it provided falsified documents to banks, according to people familiar with the matter.

Glencore Plc said it has taken a provision on its exposure to iron ore trader Radiant World and confirmed it has stopped doing any new business with the firm.

Glencore Plc reported a steep jump in profits after a surge in the price of its most important commodities and a near-record period for its trading unit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

Anglo American Plc saw a steep jump in earnings, driven by the copper mines that it’s put at the center of its new strategy.

Anglo American Plc has selected a group led by De Beers’ former boss Gareth Penny as the preferred bidder for its sale of the world’s biggest diamond mining company, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Diamond giant De Beers plans to halt production at its South African mine for two years, as the one-time monopoly continues to wrestle with one of the deepest crises to ever hit the industry.

De Beers has made some of the deepest ever cuts to its official diamond prices, potentially signaling an end to its years-long campaign to hold them well above the market rate.

Rio Tinto Group is in talks with oil-trading giant Vitol Group about setting up a freight and logistics joint venture, less than five months after ending talks to buy rival miner and trader Glencore Plc.

BHP Group will take a $2.3 billion writedown on its giant Jansen potash mine, after announcing the latest in a series of cost and time overruns for an expansion of the project in Canada.

A consortium led by De Beers’s former boss Gareth Penny is leading the race to buy the world’s biggest diamond miner after the Iran war hampered other bidders, according to people familiar with the matter.

Anglo American Plc agreed to sell its steelmaking coal mines in Australia to Dhilmar Ltd. for as much as $3.88 billion in cash, as the mining company continues to reshape its business.

Equinox Gold Corp. agreed to acquire Canada’s Orla Mining Ltd. for about $5.1 billion, the latest in a wave of gold-mining deals as producers seek to boost output and reserves after a massive price rally in bullion over the past year.

Barrick Mining Corp. said it plans to list its North American operations in New York and reaffirmed it’s on track to complete the initial public offering by year end.

Anglo American Plc has at least three potential buyers for its Australian steelmaking coal business after a sale to Peabody Energy Corp. was derailed last year following a fire at one of the mines.