Flashback Friday: The world’s scariest mining chart
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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:
Newcastle Gold up fourfold in 2016 after latest assays
Vancouver junior finds high-grade gold mineralization 100m below currently modelled pit at past-producing California project.
Fed-induced gold price rally building
Déjà vu for the gold market as rate rise is pushed out to December – the last Fed hike marked the end of the bear run and gold started to gain immediately.
Canada-US gold mining revenues fall behind
Asia-Pacific, Africa top tables with revenues of $20 billion and $16 billon annually.
Africa gold reserves now worth $1.5 TRILLION
In situ gold reported by explorers and mining companies active on the continent.
Healthy gold price dampens M&A
Mergers and acquisitions in gold mining industry continues to decline as juniors and mid-tier companies make a go of gold price rally.
BHP: No copper price pick-up soon
Longer term prospects are brighter due to lack of high-quality future development opportunities.
Trevali continues to ride zinc wave
Extended mineralization and new zone discovered at its Santander mine in Peru.
BHP CEO pay cut in half over Brazil disaster
Deadly November tailings dam burst at Samarco iron ore mine and commodity downturn key considerations to slash executive pay.
Lundin’s agonizing Congo decision
Toronto miner has first dibs on controlling share of Tenke Fungurume which if contemplated expansion goes ahead would catapult mine into global top 5.
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.