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Palladium price lowest since August 2020 on automaker demand concerns

The World Platinum Investment Council said this week that it expects higher costs of palladium, used in vehicle pollution-control devices, to spur a gradual switch by automakers to using more platinum in gasoline-powered cars and trucks.

Bloomberg News | September 10, 2021 | 8:19 am

Harvard’s $42bn fund to end investment in fossil fuels

Harvard's massive endowment will support the world’s green energy transition.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 10, 2021 | 3:50 am

LME says its User Committee to be chaired by Gavin Prentice

Prentice has more than 30 years' experience in commodities trading,…

Reuters | September 9, 2021 | 7:40 am

Human, environmental costs of sand, gravel mining overlooked — study

Researchers say sand and gravel are the most mined materials…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 9, 2021 | 5:00 am

Conservation body calls for global moratorium on deep-sea mining

Environment officials and campaigners have called for a global moratorium…

Reuters | September 8, 2021 | 10:25 pm

BP is front-runner to buy BHP’s US shale unit

The London-based oil major has made the highest offer for the assets, which BHP prefers selling in a single package.

Bloomberg News | July 9, 2018 | 11:25 am

Alrosa unearths diamond shaped as soccer ball

The 0.50-carat stone was found at the company’s Karpinskaya-1 pipe, located in the northern Arkhangelsk Region.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 8, 2018 | 7:27 am

Goldman says buy commodities as clock ticks toward trade war

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has poured cold water on the notion that a trade war between the U.S. and China represents a serious threat to raw materials, saying most of them aren’t likely to be significantly impacted.

Bloomberg News | July 5, 2018 | 2:08 pm

Glencore announces $1 bn share buyback days after probe

Glencore Plc will buy back as much as $1 billion of its shares, a move that may soothe investor concerns after the world’s top commodity trader was hit by a U.S. Department of Justice probe earlier this week.

Bloomberg News | July 5, 2018 | 1:54 pm

Automaker shares soar on U.S. proposal to eliminate tariffs

Shares in European carmakers are having their best trading day in two years after a U.S. official floated a proposal to eliminate vehicle-import tariffs on both sides of the Atlantic.

Bloomberg News | July 5, 2018 | 1:07 pm

Thyssenkrupp CEO asks to step down, board to meet on Friday

After two years of at times fraught talks, the two steel firms last Saturday signed an agreement to create Europe's second-largest steelmaker.

Bloomberg News | July 5, 2018 | 12:45 pm

Renault, PSA unveil plans for electric-car services in Paris

Renault SA and rival French automaker PSA Group unveiled plans for new electric car-sharing services in Paris just days after Mayor Anne Hidalgo pulled the plug on an operation backed by Bollore SA.

Bloomberg News | July 5, 2018 | 10:32 am