This road could save the planet — and carve up Alaskan wilderness

The remote Ambler Mining District contains massive lodes of minerals essential to cleantech, but extracting them will likely make an ecological mess.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 12:17 pm

Trafigura lines up Russia aluminum deal in challenge to Glencore

Trafigura Group is in talks to buy aluminum from United Co. Rusal International.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 11:42 am

Trafigura’s non-existent nickel was bought by a US firm

Trafigura sold cargoes of nickel it now believes may not have contained any of the metal to buyers.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 10:05 am

A $1.5 billion hoard of copper and cobalt is piling up in Congo

By now, there are about 120,000 tons of copper and around 12,500 tons of cobalt stuck waiting to leave the country.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:37 am

Russians probed over gold in Sudan as West vies for influence

Dozens of Russians working for a mining company in Sudan are being probed by authorities on suspicion of gold-smuggling.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:26 am

Stellantis buys into Argentina copper in race for battery metals

The automaker has its eye on one of the world’s bigger underdeveloped copper deposits in Argentina’s San Juan province.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:21 am

China lithium probe shuts down a tenth of global supply

Some lithium operations in Yichun, Jiangxi province, have been halted as Beijing officials investigate alleged violations at the mines.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 3:32 am

China approved enough new coal plants last year to power the UK

Local governments permitted 106 gigawatts of new plants, the most since 2015.

Bloomberg News | February 26, 2023 | 5:26 pm

Australian energy minister rules out ban on new coal mines

The government was elected on a pledge to end the country’s climate wars.

Bloomberg News | February 26, 2023 | 10:17 am

Nickel shows Indonesia how to escape the middle income trap

The value of Indonesia’s nickel exports surged tenfold in five years after it forced buyers to set up refineries in the country.

Bloomberg News | February 24, 2023 | 4:50 pm

Tesla, GM among carmakers flocking to mining events amid battery metals scramble

Car companies are making inroads into the mining industry to lock in supplies of much-needed materials, putting them in direct competition with large, deal-hungry metals producers.

Bloomberg News | February 24, 2023 | 3:47 pm

Tariffs on Russian aluminum to affect tiny slice of US industry

The US imported about 200,000 tons of aluminum from Russia in 2022, according to Commerce Department data.

Bloomberg News | February 24, 2023 | 3:42 pm

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