South African mine hospitals may be used for virus patients The hospitals could be made available to both industry employees and the wider public. Bloomberg News | March 18, 2020 | 9:19 am
De Beers diamond buyers locked out in Botswana travel ban De Beers is set to hold an emergency meeting with the government next week. Bloomberg News | March 17, 2020 | 1:28 pm
Investors turn sour on silver in worst losing streak since 1983 Silver futures for delivery in May slipped 2.5% to settle at $12.735 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Bloomberg News | March 17, 2020 | 12:57 pm
How China bent over backward to help Tesla when the virus hit Tesla received 10,000 masks and other materials that helped the company to restart its factory. Bloomberg News | March 17, 2020 | 12:11 pm
World’s biggest precious metal industry readies for coronavirus Platinum and gold mines in South Africa are gearing up to try and minimize a local outbreak of the coronavirus. Bloomberg News | March 17, 2020 | 9:32 am
Silver, platinum and palladium join massive selloff Platinum slumped the most on record, while silver touched the lowest in more than a decade. Bloomberg News | March 16, 2020 | 1:52 pm
LME may have a paper-filing problem if UK goes on lockdown Every day, agents print ownership certificates for metal in warehouses as far away as South Korea. Bloomberg News | March 16, 2020 | 9:19 am
Black-lung coal miners facing serious threat from virus spread Biggest labor union for U.S. coal miners warns that members are at “significant risk.” Bloomberg News | March 13, 2020 | 8:18 am
Meet zinc, the cheap metal gunning for lithium’s battery crown Metal is making the jump into a developing $30 billion energy-storage market for electrical grids. Bloomberg News | March 13, 2020 | 7:35 am
China’s No.3 battery maker says auto recovery needed by May China’s purchases of new energy vehicles collapsed 78% in February. Bloomberg News | March 12, 2020 | 2:06 pm
Japan can’t quit its coal habit, nine years after Fukushima Nine years after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the street lined by the trees is still uninhabitable. Bloomberg News | March 12, 2020 | 10:22 am
Caterpillar posts worst machine sales since 2016 In February, machine sales dropped 11% on a rolling three-month period. Bloomberg News | March 12, 2020 | 9:42 am
