BlackRock will cut exposure to thermal coal as the world’s largest asset manager moves to address climate change, but that doesn’t mean it’s selling out of the biggest producers — including top shipper Glencore.
Producers of the dirtiest fuel are com…
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Almost one year to the day, Vale shares recovered all the ground they lost following the deadly dam break that weighed on global iron-ore supplies and led to an international backlash.
The stock on Tuesday traded as high as 56.35 reais, up 1.9% on the…
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Gold sagged again as the soon-to-be signed Sino-American trade deal, release of decent monthly economic figures from China, and steady easing of tensions in the Middle East all combined to undermine the case for havens just as US equities romped to rec…
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The price of copper, a barometer for the global economy, could jump in 2020 with capital spending for new production down and stockpiles tapped out at a time when US-China trade tensions are easing.
The threat of a long trade war limited mining activi…
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Siemens AG said it intends to honor a controversial contract to supply signaling systems to an Australian coal mine, defying the demands of activists who said they will continue protests in Germany on Monday.
The company will establish a sustainabilit…
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The Indian conglomerate coming under increasing pressure over its controversial coal mine in Australia said it won’t let protests dissuade it from completing the project.
The group, controlled by billionaire Gautam Adani, is responding to an uptick in…
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Palladium’s great start to the year pales in comparison to its lesser known, but much more expensive sister metal, rhodium. Rhodium – mainly used in autocatalysts and five times more costly than gold – surged 32% already this month, touching the highes…
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Brazil is pushing ahead with plans to allow mining in the indigenous reserves of the Amazon rain forest and will send a bill to Congress later this month to regulate the activity, according to the country’s minister for mines and energy.
The Brazilian…
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The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Iran on Friday, including penalties on the Islamic Republic’s metals and some senior leaders, following Tehran’s attack on US military bases.
The sanctions target steel, aluminum, copper and iron, as w…
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The Carnegie Institution of Washington, which has been doing scientific research for more than a century, filed lawsuits in New York alleging its patents for growing diamonds in a lab are being infringed by some top makers of such gem stones.
The inst…
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