BMO exploring transition financing for carbon capture project BMO is exploring transition funding for a carbon capture project as it seeks to mobilize C$400 billion for sustainable finance by 2025. Bloomberg News | December 4, 2019 | 1:08 pm
Indonesia dangles cheaper energy to lure billions in investment Indonesia is home to some of the world’s largest deposits of copper, nickel and tin. Bloomberg News | December 4, 2019 | 10:49 am
South African miners to challenge new law in court next year The firms are testing three aspects of the government’s revised mining charter. Bloomberg News | December 4, 2019 | 10:32 am
Violent protests shut down key Rio Tinto mine in South Africa The company closed Richards Bay Minerals unit on Wednesday and paused a $463 million expansion project amid escalating violence. Bloomberg News | December 4, 2019 | 6:56 am
Coal exports choked by green-minded towns on US west coast It’s about to get harder for America’s miners to ship coal to Asia. Bloomberg News | December 3, 2019 | 2:14 pm
Burkina Faso seeks to defend gold sector against militants The incident near Boungou “isn’t yet a reason for investors to become discouraged.” Bloomberg News | December 3, 2019 | 9:31 am
Diamond industry’s torrid year set to continue for some time The crisis afflicting the diamond industry won’t end anytime soon, according to Liberum Capital Markets. Bloomberg News | December 2, 2019 | 9:23 am
Oil sands crude could get even heavier amid pipeline shortage Producers are looking to remove condensate and other light oils from the oil-sands bitumen they produce, so they can get more of it onto rail cars. Bloomberg News | December 2, 2019 | 9:00 am
Gold is new obsession for East Europe’s nationalist leaders Poland’s government touted this week its economic might after completing the repatriation of 100 tonnes of the metal. Bloomberg News | November 29, 2019 | 5:15 am
Rio spending $4 billion on iron ore pipeline amid China demand Rio forecasts its iron ore shipments to rise as much as 5% in 2020. Bloomberg News | November 28, 2019 | 1:23 pm
Zimbabwe’s ZCDC plans debut international diamond sale in 2020 ZCDC has cut its diamond production forecast for this year by 24% to 3.1 million carats, but sees a rebound to 6.12 million carats in 2020. Bloomberg News | November 28, 2019 | 9:45 am
Chile protests threaten to dethrone world’s top copper producer Codelco planned to spend $20 billion to modernize its aging mines, but protests have undermined the state-owned miner's push. Bloomberg News | November 28, 2019 | 8:29 am
