Mining billionaire backs outback gas pipeline to ease power woes The project, being considered by the federal government, may cost as much as A$5 billion ($3.9 billion), according to one industry estimate. Bloomberg News | April 13, 2018 | 11:19 am
Senate confirms former coal lobbyist to be EPA’s number two Andrew Wheeler was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to be EPA’s deputy administrator by a vote of 53 to 45. Bloomberg News | April 13, 2018 | 11:07 am
Aluminum is having wildest week ever after Rusal sanctions shock The U.S.’s decision to blacklist United Co. Rusal, the world’s second-biggest aluminum maker, set off a rush to secure supply. Bloomberg News | April 13, 2018 | 10:34 am
Glencore is losing billionaire allies to Trump’s sanctions In just four months, Glencore Plc chief Ivan Glasenberg has lost two of his closest business allies, billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Dan Gertler. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 1:31 pm
Coal dead? Peak oil demand? Five takes on fossil fuels’ future Mining mogul Bob Murray offered a passionate defense of coal, asserting that we’d all “die in the dark” without it. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 11:50 am
Harmony Gold says $519,000 of metal stolen from S. African mine Thieves broke into Harmony Gold Mining Co.’s Kalgold mine Tuesday morning and stole 12 kilograms (386 ounces) of the precious metal. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 11:16 am
Agarwal offers Anglo help in tapping India’s 1.3 billion people The mining tycoon wasn’t explicit about whether he wanted to assist Anglo with increasing sales to India or to start operating mines there. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 11:04 am
De Beers is said to lift diamond prices for second straight sale The company raised prices a similar amount in its previous sale at the end of February. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 10:17 am
Bundesbank pulls all stops to show Germans their gold is real The subject of the country’s reserves became particularly heated during the years of the sovereign debt crisis. Bloomberg News | April 11, 2018 | 12:12 am
`Nervous’ investors pile into gold ETFs as global tensions mount Anxious investors from Germany to China are seeking shelter in gold ETFs. Bloomberg News | April 10, 2018 | 1:32 pm
Once-hot material graphene could be next battery breakthrough The next big thing for batteries may have fizzled out years ago. Bloomberg News | April 10, 2018 | 1:09 pm
Vanadium batteries need Elon Musk moment to kick-start market Vanadium needs a big player in the global battery market to get behind the metal to share center stage with other energy-storage components such as lithium. Bloomberg News | April 10, 2018 | 11:02 am
