Elite diamond-buying club shrinks as De Beers culls old clients De Beers has cut off some of its long-term diamond buyers, marking one of the biggest shakeups in the way the miner sells gems. Bloomberg News | January 13, 2021 | 12:04 pm
Lithium miner’s German smelter plan draws billionaires Rock Tech's planned $400 million lithium refinery has attracted support from billionaires including Peter Thiel. Bloomberg News | January 12, 2021 | 9:24 am
Steinmetz pressed on Guinea deals on second day of bribery trial The Israeli billionaire and two others are accused of paying at least $8.5 million in exchange for rights to exploit Simandou. Bloomberg News | January 12, 2021 | 3:39 am
India sees $55bn investment in clean coal over next decade The investment will be made in clean coal facilities, including coal gasification and coal-bed methane. Bloomberg News | January 11, 2021 | 8:51 am
BHP invests in startup seeking to make emissions-free steel Boston Metal is developing a method to replace coking coal in the steelmaking process with electricity, reducing emissions. Bloomberg News | January 11, 2021 | 8:28 am
Beny Steinmetz lawyer attacks prosecutor over ‘secret’ Israel trips Lawyer went on the offensive in the first day of the Israeli businessman’s trial for bribery. Bloomberg News | January 11, 2021 | 8:02 am
Jim Bob Moffett, co-founder of Freeport, dies at 82 On his watch, the company rode an unprecedented commodities boom, expanding to challenge Codelco as the world’s biggest copper miner. Bloomberg News | January 11, 2021 | 3:45 am
Energy protectionism in Mexico has made climate the victim President López Obrador cut the knees off a booming renewables market and ploughed money into state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos. Bloomberg News | January 10, 2021 | 8:55 am
Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person A 4.8% rally in Tesla’s share price Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon founder on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bloomberg News | January 7, 2021 | 8:13 am
Kuvimba seeks $1 billion for 2021 acquisitions, capex Company is held by government pension funds and Zimbabwe’s sovereign wealth fund. Bloomberg News | January 7, 2021 | 8:00 am
Steelmakers, Caterpillar jump on bigger stimulus hopes American steelmakers and machinery producers surged on speculation that Democrats will take control of Congress. Bloomberg News | January 6, 2021 | 9:17 am
Autonomous startup used by mining trucks backed by BP, Tencent Oxbotica has raised $47 million in a fresh funding round that will go toward developing and deploying its products. Bloomberg News | January 6, 2021 | 8:45 am
