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BHP is said to weigh bid for Blackstone-backed Bluewater

The Bluewater business, which is also attracting interest from closely held Fieldwood Energy LLC, is focused on deep-water exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and could fetch about $1.5 billion to $2 billion in a sale.

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2019 | 3:16 am

Brazil’s Vale announces writedowns, profit after dam disaster

Vale posted fourth-quarter profit of $3.786 billion, compared with $771 million a year earlier.

Reuters | March 27, 2019 | 3:30 pm

Rubicon boosts measured and indicated resources at Phoenix by 110%

The company has started a preliminary economic assessment which it expects to complete by year-end.

Northern Miner Staff | March 27, 2019 | 3:22 pm

Last kimberlite trucked to plant at De Beers Victor mine

The Victor mine was forecast to produce 6 million carats over its life, but it beat that by recovering a total of 8 million carats, with a record 936,000 carats produced in 2018.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 27, 2019 | 2:47 pm

Commodity traders say more needs to be done to promote women

Women account for less than 5% of senior management at top trading houses, Bloomberg reported last year, and companies are under pressure to improve gender parity.

Bloomberg News | March 27, 2019 | 11:56 am

Jamaica’s mining revival turns red earth to gold for hedge funds

Investors are benefiting from a panicked realization across the aluminum industry that the supply chain is fragile.

Bloomberg News | March 27, 2019 | 11:43 am

ENRC sues U.K. fraud cops as corruption charges loom

The lawsuit is the latest escalation of a public battle between ENRC and the white-collar crime prosecutors that has been in and out of the courts since at least 2014.

Bloomberg News | March 27, 2019 | 11:32 am