A miner blew up ancient human history, now an industry may pay Regulatory changes could introduce additional costs and make it harder to win approvals. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2020 | 1:32 pm
Vedanta seeks to upsize loan to $2.75 billion to fund delisting The firm won shareholder approval last week to begin the delisting process. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2020 | 9:36 am
Trade spat, virus add fuel to China’s push for iron ore security A souring relationship with Australia and iron ore supply shocks in Brazil may reignite China’s ambitions to reduce its dependence. Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 3:43 pm
Copper heads for best quarter since 2010 as supply worries mount There’s growing risk to mining in top producer Chile. Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 11:54 am
More copper workers are falling ill in the world’s top producer Of Codelco’s 71,000 total workforce, 1,951 have been diagnosed with covid-19. Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 11:02 am
House Democrats will call for 100% clean cars by 2035 The plan also sets a goal of achieving net-zero emissions for the electricity sector by 2040. Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 9:01 am
Congo suspends cobalt trade in key province on virus Lualaba registered its first two positive covid-19 tests this week. Bloomberg News | June 26, 2020 | 9:00 am
Virus-hit South African miners battle to return workers Companies may take until August to get all their employees back at work. Bloomberg News | June 25, 2020 | 10:49 am
Future of copper production thrown into doubt by worker cuts Tactics employed by mines in Chile to navigate the pandemic are similar to those used by high-cost producers to ride out low prices. Bloomberg News | June 23, 2020 | 9:39 am
Australia sacred sites seen remaining under threat after mine law reform While the proposed legislation embodies significant changes on paper, they will do little to prevent miners in practice from getting their way. Bloomberg News | June 23, 2020 | 9:15 am
Europe targets US coal in election-year trade staredown Targeting the $2.7-billion in coal exports to the EU would hit at the base of Trump’s support. Bloomberg News | June 23, 2020 | 8:46 am
Maaden phosphate unit signs $4.1 billion finance deal The refinancing allows the business to reduce interest expense and pushes back the start of repayments until 2022. Bloomberg News | June 22, 2020 | 9:46 am