Glencore is losing billionaire allies to Trump’s sanctions In just four months, Glencore Plc chief Ivan Glasenberg has lost two of his closest business allies, billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Dan Gertler. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 1:31 pm
Eurasian Resources Group: market outlook 2018 The past couple of months have featured a broad retracement of the metals complex, away from the recent highs. Eurasian Resources Group | April 12, 2018 | 1:01 pm
Sharps Pixley sees 253% increase in gold sales as tensions run high The high levels of gold sales was a record for the store which opened in January 2016 and was roughly double its previous best month. Sharps Pixley | April 12, 2018 | 12:04 pm
Coal dead? Peak oil demand? Five takes on fossil fuels’ future Mining mogul Bob Murray offered a passionate defense of coal, asserting that we’d all “die in the dark” without it. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 11:50 am
Harmony Gold says $519,000 of metal stolen from S. African mine Thieves broke into Harmony Gold Mining Co.’s Kalgold mine Tuesday morning and stole 12 kilograms (386 ounces) of the precious metal. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 11:16 am
Agarwal offers Anglo help in tapping India’s 1.3 billion people The mining tycoon wasn’t explicit about whether he wanted to assist Anglo with increasing sales to India or to start operating mines there. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 11:04 am
‘Urban mining’ in S.Korea pulls rare battery materials from recycled tech In 2016, the most recent year from which data is available, 19.6 trillion won ($18.38 billion) worth of metals were extracted from recycled materials. Reuters | April 12, 2018 | 10:44 am
Can China fill aluminium shortage after Rusal sanctioned? International prices, which have shot up more than 10 percent since the sanctions were announced, will have to rise further to lure exports from China. Reuters | April 12, 2018 | 10:31 am
De Beers is said to lift diamond prices for second straight sale The company raised prices a similar amount in its previous sale at the end of February. Bloomberg News | April 12, 2018 | 10:17 am