Making Sure That Valentine Diamond Isn’t Tainted by Blood: View

It being the feast of Saint Valentine, today is a favored moment to give or receive that ultimate lovers’ gift: a diamond. This year, however, isn’t a good one for those who want to know for sure that the stone’s origins are above reproach.

Bloomberg News | February 16, 2012 | 9:57 pm

Chile Drought Threatens Power at Mines as Reservoirs Dwindle

Chile’s two-year drought has reduced water levels at reservoirs that supply power dams to 40 percent of capacity, threatening electricity generation for the country’s copper mines.

Bloomberg News | February 15, 2012 | 7:51 pm

Zinc Glut Expanding to Almost Two-Decade High Threatens Rally

The largest glut of zinc in almost two decades is threatening to curtail a rally in prices as record production expands inventories to the highest since at least 1984.

Bloomberg News | February 14, 2012 | 7:14 am

Uralkali Ready to Cut Potash Output to Protect 45% Price Gain: Commodities

OAO Uralkali (URKA), Russia’s biggest fertilizer maker, is ready to cut production to prevent potash prices from falling after Potash Corp. of […]

Bloomberg News | January 25, 2012 | 5:16 pm

Harper Builds Oil Links With China After Obama ‘Slap’ on Keystone Pipeline

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gaining support among Canadians for his plan to ship oilsands crude to China after President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Bloomberg News | January 25, 2012 | 5:37 am

Nickel Rises on Signs Demand to Top Supply: Commodities at Close

The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Spot Index of 24 raw materials rose 0.4 percent to close at 659.77 at 4:27 p.m. in New York, led by nickel.

Bloomberg News | January 20, 2012 | 1:29 am

Bulgarian coal miners strike over unpaid bonus

Thousands of miners at Bulgaria's three largest coal mines walked off the job Monday, claiming that employers are not delivering on their promise of bonuses.

Bloomberg News | January 18, 2012 | 11:17 pm

Five Rare Earths Crucial for Clean Energy Seen in Short Supply

Limited supplies of five rare-earth minerals pose a threat to increasing use of clean-energy technologies such as wind turbines and solar panels, a U.S. Energy Department report found.

Bloomberg News | January 8, 2012 | 8:32 pm

Potash to Extend Production Cuts With Allan Mine Shutdown

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (POT), the world’s largest fertilizer producer by market value, will extend cuts in potash output as buyers of the crop nutrient delay purchases.

Bloomberg News | January 8, 2012 | 8:21 pm

NMDC may pay $300 million for Mozambique, Russian coal mines

NMDC Ltd., India’s largest iron ore producer, plans to acquire two coking coal mines in Mozambique and Russia for about $300 million to feed its planned steel plants in India.

Bloomberg News | January 5, 2012 | 7:16 pm

Copper rises as U.S. growth may make up for slowdown in China

Bloomberg News | December 30, 2011 | 2:41 pm

Diamond prices to rise over four years

Diamond prices are poised to rise for the next four years, outpacing gold, as increased spending on luxury goods in China, India and the Middle East outpaces supplies of the precious stone, analysts said.

Bloomberg News | December 28, 2011 | 11:38 pm

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