Giant BC gold project receives new permits
Seabridge Gold is building a 2.1km adit for underground exploration at its 100%-owned KSM property, the world's largest gold-copper project by reserves.
Frik Els , Editor
Frik has 20 years’ experience as a business journalist across a range of industries including automotive, technology and entertainment markets. Frik has an entry in Global Mining Observer’s Who’s Who of Mining 2018, and contributions to publications and conferences including Business Insider, Investing.com, Mines & Money London and New York, Vancouver Resources Investment, Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto and Canadian Mining Symposium in London, UK. He’s been interviewed on CBC Radio and Korea State TV and quoted in the Financial Post.
Posts by Frik Els:
Coking coal, iron ore prices resume surge
Chinese traders back from week-long holiday continue to chase steelmaking raw materials.
Nickel price rally ‘on shaky ground’
Partial lifting of Indonesia ore ban could make up any potential Philippines export losses.
Fresh blow to world’s largest mining project
World Bank pulls out of $20 billion Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, West Africa.
Wind, solar power plants cheaper than coal in a decade
In countries like Chile and Morocco, the tipping point has already been passed.
CHART: Copper price slump devastating Chile state finances
Mining-related income now accounts for just 1.5% of government revenues, down from a peak of over 34% in 2006.
ETF investors pile in as gold price falls
On Friday, bargain hunters added more than 11 tonnes to holdings of GLD, the world's largest physically-backed gold exchange traded fund.
Hedge funds came prepared for last week’s gold price plunge
Gold futures and options speculators added 38% to bearish bets on gold price ahead of last Tuesday's crash through $1,300 an ounce.
Gold price spikes after US jobs data, then sinks
With non-farm payrolls still pointing to rate hike this year, gold price sets fresh four-month low.
Futures markets point to ‘overcooked’ coking coal price
CHARTS: Panic buying from Europe and India said to be behind met coal surge.
Top 50 mining companies power through Iran war – up $250 billion in 2026
The world’s 50 biggest mining stocks shrug off global turmoil, hitting a combined $2.4 trillion value in Q1, but the tide did not lift all boats.