Most miners are falling short of carbon cuts needed for UN goal

Only 11 out of 46 metal and mining companies analyzed by Bloomberg Intelligence have carbon-reduction targets that match levels needed for the UN goal.

Bloomberg News | August 17, 2021 | 9:33 am

Wheaton's Smallwood sees deal opportunities growing faster than the competition

EV makers eye bigger battery metals role by inking mining deals

Electric-vehicle makers are pushing for an intermediary role in mining to secure supplies of key battery metals, according to Wheaton executive.

Bloomberg News | August 16, 2021 | 2:55 pm

Peru calms interventionist fears with plan to tap copper riches

Peru’s new socialist government is working with the mining industry on a new approach to community relations and red tape.

Bloomberg News | August 16, 2021 | 10:06 am

First new oil sands pipeline in years could start next month

Enbridge’s 760,0000 barrel-a-day Line 3 oil pipeline could start operating as soon as Sept. 15.

Bloomberg News | August 13, 2021 | 10:39 am

Tycoon may have shifted assets to Zimbabwe after US sanctions

Zimbabwe’s government is pressing ahead with a plan to combine its mining assets under a massive private-public enterprise.

Bloomberg News | August 13, 2021 | 7:57 am

China’s green ambitions aren’t halting new coal and steel plans

Construction began on 15 gigawatts of new coal power capacity in the first half, while companies announced 35 million tonnes of new coal-based steel-making capacity.

Bloomberg News | August 13, 2021 | 7:47 am

Palladium’s rally threatened by automakers’ pivot to platinum

Palladium has trounced its fellow major precious metals platinum and gold over the last few years.

Bloomberg News | August 12, 2021 | 4:20 pm

Codelco miners vote to strike as copper disruption threats mount

Workers at the Andina mine in central Chile rejected owner Codelco’s wage offer, opting instead to begin a strike.

Bloomberg News | August 11, 2021 | 1:51 pm

Labor woes spread from copper to lithium in one of top suppliers

Labour woes spread from copper to lithium in Chile

The 135 members of the Salar union in Chile began a strike Wednesday after failing to reach a wage agreement in collective bargaining with management.

Bloomberg News | August 11, 2021 | 1:47 pm

Top steelmaker kicks off low-carbon trial to meet green pledge

China Baowu has been trialling a low-carbon metallurgy technology at a previously idled 400-cubic-meter blast furnace in Xinjiang.

Bloomberg News | August 11, 2021 | 12:18 pm

Brazil offers lifeline to coal after UN calls for ‘death knell’

Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry on Monday published details of a new program that would support the coal sector through 2050 in the country’s southern states.

Bloomberg News | August 11, 2021 | 7:56 am

BHP gets closer to wage deal at Escondida

Negotiators asked labor authorities for a one-day extension in a mediation process.

Bloomberg News | August 10, 2021 | 9:41 am

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