Chile awards new lithium contracts despite political storm

The country awarded two of five contracts on offer -- one to Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD and another to local firm Servicios y Operaciones Mineras del Norte.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 1:29 pm

Singapore bourse to start cobalt, lithium contracts in H1 2022

SGX will partner with Fastmarkets, the price reporting agency for these products.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 11:19 am

Tunisia targets doubling phosphate output as economy languishes

Reaching the target of 8 million tons in the next two years, up from 3.9 million in 2021, would raise production to levels Tunisia hasn’t experienced since before its Arab Spring uprising.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 11:01 am

Coal slurry dam spills near historic South African game reserve

An estimated 1,500 cubic meters of liquid known as slurry leaked after a dam collapsed on Dec. 24 following heavy rains.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 10:24 am

Metals traders are bracing for the next big supply squeeze

Industrial metal markets are marching higher again, as production outages and shrinking inventories revive worries about global supplies.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 10:08 am

Nigeria woos Barrick and Rio Tinto to spur nascent mining industry

Barrick, the world’s second biggest gold miner, is among the firms said to be interested in coming to Nigeria.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 9:47 am

Supply squeeze risks are pushing lithium price higher and higher

Lithium has burst into 2022 with a fresh price spike that hands electric-vehicle makers more warning of even sharper cost pressures to come.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 4:08 am

Brazilian deluge halts giant iron ore mines, triggers dam concerns

Heavy rainfall is disrupting southeastern Brazil’s giant iron ore industry, regulators dispatched to monitor any impact on tailings dams.

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2022 | 1:28 pm

Deepwater oil targeted by Argentine activists who quashed mining

Perhaps the most famous green cause in Argentina actually ended in defeat.

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2022 | 12:36 pm

Glencore’s deal for giant Colombian coal mine ends up costing much less

The company on Tuesday said it completed the acquisition of the Cerrejon mine, at an estimated final cost of $230 million.

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2022 | 8:09 am

London Metal Exchange trading resumes after five-hour outage

LME suffered the interruption after a power failure at a third-party data center.

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2022 | 2:51 am

Coal prices in costliest US region fall from 12-year peak

Central Appalachia posted its first price decline since July, falling 6.4% to $86.55 a short tonne for the week ending Jan. 7.

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2022 | 2:40 am

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