Bloomberg Covia Holdings Corp, a supplier of sand and other mineral products to the oil and gas industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court in the Southern District of Texas. The company has a restructuring support agreement with holders of the majority of its secured debt. It currently has cash reserves of about $250 million and US operations …

Bloomberg Plentiful reserves of fossil fuels and rich seams of valuable minerals are no guarantee of national health, wealth or happiness. The “resource curse” has blighted many countries: Venezuela and the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, have suffered from years of graft, civil unrest and poverty. After discovering oil in the 1960s, Norway has managed to escape these troubles. …

Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it will write down between $15 billion and $22 billion in the second quarter, as the company gave investors a wider glimpse of just how severely the coronavirus crisis has hit Big Oil. The pandemic left no part of the energy giant’s sprawling business unscathed. Shell lost money from pumping oil, fuel sales fell …

Bloomberg Tanzanian authorities detained executives from three oil-marketing companies overnight on suspicion that they hoarded supplies to cause a shortage, according to the utilities regulator. The Tanzania Oil Marketing Association denied the allegations, saying the companies comply with fair competition rules that prohibit cartels, and that the shortage is because of the coronavirus pandemic. Petroleum imports were cut by half …

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc told flight attendants it has as many as 8,000 more of them than it needs, and said it would offer more leave programs and a voluntary separation package to try to minimise the need for furloughs. The airline also will reduce staffing on international and cross-country flights to the minimum required by federal regulations, plus …

Bloomberg Grupo Aeromexico SAB, Mexico’s second-largest airline, filed for bankruptcy in the US, becoming the latest in a string of Latin American carriers to seek court protection after the Covid-19 pandemic caused a severe downturn in travel. The carrier will “continue operating and use Chapter 11 as a way to strengthen its financial position and liquidity,” according to a statement …

Bloomberg Testing of the 737 Max jetliner’s revised flight-control systems by US regulators and Boeing Co wrapped up, laying the foundation for the plane’s possible return to service later this year. The tests concluded an important milestone in assessing the grounded aircraft’s safety, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. “During three days of testing this week, FAA pilots …

Bloomberg Airbus SE embarked on the most extensive restructuring in its history, setting out plans to cut 15,000 civil-aerospace jobs as it attempts to steer through the crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The European planemaker will eliminate more than 10,000 positions across its main bases in Germany and France, part of an 11% reduction in global headcount, according …

Bloomberg Wizz Air Holdings Plc, Europe’s third-biggest discount airline, is attracting more passengers than long-time market leader Ryanair Holdings Plc as it races to restart flights following the easing of coronavirus lockdowns. Chief Executive Officer Jozsef Varadi has been building up operations faster than rivals, helped by Wizz’s focus on Eastern Europe, where the pandemic has had less of an …

Bloomberg European stocks rose with US futures on Thursday as hopes for reassuring jobs data later in Washington added to momentum from positive vaccine developments. The dollar slipped. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index extended its initial gains on advances in banks and travel companies. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index also picked up, hours before the June employment report that’s …