Third mine disaster in a decade tests ESG boundaries in Brazil Again and again, Brazil is showing just how quickly money managers are willing to shrug off disasters. Bloomberg News | January 29, 2024 | 9:53 am
Endeavour goes to court to end strike at Burkina Faso gold mine Endeavour has slumped 18% this year. Bloomberg News | January 29, 2024 | 7:45 am
Codelco pays heavy price for ramping up debt burden to fund over-budget projects The miner sold two tranches of debt worth a total of $2 billion last week at 230 basis points and 235 points above US Treasuries. Bloomberg News | January 29, 2024 | 7:42 am
Chinese engineers are keeping Russia’s metal furnaces firing A $840-million coking plant in the steel town of Magnitogorsk is being built by a Chinese engineering giant and hundreds of Chinese workers. Bloomberg News | January 27, 2024 | 6:16 pm
Mali continues search for bodies in collapsed illegal gold mine More than 80 dead bodies have been recovered so far. Bloomberg News | January 24, 2024 | 4:04 pm
Uranium producer Niger launches mining sector overhaul Niger has temporarily suspended the granting of new mining licenses, the first step in an audit of its mining sector. Bloomberg News | January 24, 2024 | 11:25 am
Aluminum price jumps after report EU may sanction Russian metal Prices rose as much as 3.6% on the London Metal Exchange. Bloomberg News | January 23, 2024 | 3:14 pm
Trafigura’s head of lithium is latest metals trader to depart Claire Blanchelande, head of lithium at Trafigura Group, is leaving in the latest departure from the trading house’s metals unit. Bloomberg News | January 23, 2024 | 12:08 pm
Winners of China’s 2023 coal-buying bonanza face a tougher year Imports surged 62% in 2023 to an unprecedented 474 million tons as the government supplemented record production at home. Bloomberg News | January 23, 2024 | 9:19 am
Aurubis moves to terminate CEO’s contract after copper scam The criminal scam cost the copper producer about €169 million last year. Bloomberg News | January 22, 2024 | 11:16 am
Nickel prices keep slumping even as mines close The metal used in stainless steel and EV batteries is down more than 40% from a year ago amid a growing global glut. Bloomberg News | January 22, 2024 | 8:26 am
Nickel price crash seen extending Indonesia’s grip on supply A prolonged slump in nickel prices is stress-testing producers worldwide. Bloomberg News | January 22, 2024 | 7:41 am
