The big miners’ bright spot looks increasingly dim Key battery metal nickel should help companies offset the decline of coal, but right now it’s a tough market to be in. Bloomberg News | August 22, 2023 | 3:31 pm
Lithium craze sparks 1,100% stock gains as well as deep losses Investors who bought Australian lithium stocks at the start of the year could have doubled their money or lost more than half of it. Bloomberg News | August 22, 2023 | 2:44 pm
JPMorgan’s ‘most prolific spoofer’ gets two years in prison This was the stiffest sentence handed down yet in a recent government crackdown on questionable trading practices. Bloomberg News | August 22, 2023 | 10:54 am
US requests labor review at mine owned by Mexican billionaire The issue involves a labor dispute at the San Martin mine in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Bloomberg News | August 22, 2023 | 10:34 am
Nickel firm eyes Texas for $400 million EV battery metal plant Wave Nickel seeks to tap US government incentives to build a refinery that will produce nickel sulfate for EV batteries. Bloomberg News | August 21, 2023 | 12:56 pm
Australia eyes three lost years of commodities sales to China China is the biggest buyer of Australian commodities, which has allowed Beijing to use trade as a tool to amplify its diplomatic efforts. Bloomberg News | August 21, 2023 | 11:59 am
Ecuadorians opt to restrict oil and mining ahead of run-off vote Citizens voted to shut a major oil field in the Amazon region and ban new mining concessions near Quito. Bloomberg News | August 21, 2023 | 9:51 am
Solar money in China drives world renewable investment to record China accounted for about half of a record $358 billion global investment in renewable energy in the first half of this year. Bloomberg News | August 20, 2023 | 10:37 am
Newmont ‘reviewing’ Mexico investments as worker strike drags on A workers’ strike at the country’s largest bullion mine now in its third month. Bloomberg News | August 18, 2023 | 3:59 pm
Citi buys $160 million of Russian aluminum others won’t touch The US bank was behind requests to deliver about 75,000 tons of aluminum out of warehouses in Gwangyang, South Korea. Bloomberg News | August 18, 2023 | 11:15 am
BHP, Codelco, Freeport vie for title of biggest copper producer After buying Australia’s OZ Minerals, BHP is challenging for the mantle at a time when hitherto leader Codelco has seen output slide. Bloomberg News | August 18, 2023 | 10:33 am
Rule that rocked global carbon market softened in Zimbabwe The country now says it will accept a smaller share of revenue and has begun the process of reinstating scrapped projects. Bloomberg News | August 18, 2023 | 10:06 am