Zimbabwe will accelerate debt plan, Finance Minister says Zimbabwe will fast-track plans to settle its debt arrears, a key step needed to restore investor confidence in the country’s economy. Bloomberg News | September 10, 2018 | 8:53 am
Iraq pumping oil at record levels, unaffected by protests The country’s crude exports reached a record of 3.59 million barrels a day. Bloomberg News | September 9, 2018 | 7:50 am
Chinese aluminum gushes onto world markets on Rusal supply fears Aluminum prices jumped in April after the U.S. announced sanctions on Rusal, the top supplier outside of China. Bloomberg News | September 8, 2018 | 11:42 am
China coal imports hold near 4-year high as demand resilient Foreign purchases fell just 1.1 percent in August to the equivalent of 925,161 metric tons a day, compared with 935,806 the previous month. Bloomberg News | September 8, 2018 | 11:31 am
Giant diamonds has been mining’s one success story this year This summer’s crash in commodity prices is turning it into a year to forget for miners. Unless you dig the world’s biggest diamonds. Bloomberg News | September 7, 2018 | 9:41 am
South Africa to make oil, mining announcement in says, ANC says An agreement has been reached on separating laws for the country’s oil industry and dropping a bill to govern the two sectors. Bloomberg News | September 6, 2018 | 9:59 am
Viceroy says it’s shorting Canadian miner Pretium Arguing the company has artificially inflated the value of its Canadian gold mine, which risks being taken over by creditors in coming months. Bloomberg News | September 6, 2018 | 9:29 am
ENRC wins UK appeal in attorney-client privilege case A UK appeals court overturned a decision forcing a Kazakh mining company to hand over documents to prosecutors who are investigating the firm for corruption. Bloomberg News | September 5, 2018 | 1:34 pm
Biggest Congo coltan miner resumes buying after output halt Societe Miniere de Bisunzu Sarl resumed purchases of the ore after a three-month shutdown at one of the country’s largest deposits. Bloomberg News | September 5, 2018 | 1:18 pm
Zambia to trim budget gap; May be considering higher mine taxes The Finance Ministry is targeting a budget shortfall of 6.5 percent of gross domestic product next year, compared to 7.4 percent this year. Bloomberg News | September 5, 2018 | 8:33 am
Copper deal day hits with a flurry of M&A for the hottest metal “Everyone loves copper and everyone wants to buy it” has been this year’s mining mantra. Today the ball started rolling. Bloomberg News | September 5, 2018 | 8:13 am
Tesla’s cobalt-light batteries seen providing cost advantage Batteries made by the U.S. manufacturer and its Japanese partner, Panasonic Corp., require less cobalt, the metal whose price has shot up. Bloomberg News | September 4, 2018 | 10:34 am
