Top mining mergers and acquisitions in January 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the mining sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 4 deals in the mining sector in January 2026, 3 of them with a disclosed value, worth $4.7bn in total. The largest was Zijin Gold International Company Limited's $4bn abandoned bid for Allied Gold Corporation, ahead of Goldgroup Mining Inc. and Gold Resource Corporation at $372m.
Top mining mergers and acquisitions in January 2026
- 126 JanZijin Gold International Company Limited → Allied Gold CorporationZijin Gold's C$5.5bn takeover of Allied Gold collapsesMining / GoldTerminated$4bn
- 226 JanGoldgroup Mining Inc. → Gold Resource CorporationGoldgroup agrees US$372m all-share deal for Gold ResourceMining / Gold and silverCompleted$372m
- 321 JanEnergy Fuels Inc. → Australian Strategic Materials LtdEnergy Fuels agrees A$447m takeover of ASMMining / Rare earthsCompleted$301m
- 48 JanRio Tinto → Glencore plcRio Tinto and Glencore talks on mining mega-merger collapseMining / Diversified mining and commodity tradingTerminatedUndisclosed