A Years-Long Push to Unite Glencore and Rio Fell Apart in a Day

For more than a decade, it was the deal mining billionaire Ivan Glasenberg had sought more than any other: putting Glencore Plc — the sprawling commodity trader-cum-miner he built —...

By Thomas Biesheuvel, Aaron Kirchfeld, Jack Farchy, Dinesh Nair · Bloomberg

For more than a decade, it was the deal mining billionaire Ivan Glasenberg had sought more than any other: putting Glencore Plc — the sprawling commodity trader-cum-miner he built — together with industry titan Rio Tinto Group.