Iron ore price: High cost miners face bloodbath
Increased supply from Brazil and Australia will results in 300 million tonnes of price-induced curtailments through 2020 says new report.
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.
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Giant arctic gold mine takes one step closer
Amended impact review for TMAC's 3.2 million ounce Hope Bay project in Canada's Nunavut territory completed.
Acacia back up to speed in Tanzania
African miner sticking to full year guidance of 780,000 ounces following plant shutdown amid majority owner Barrick's divestment talks.
Stunning coking coal rally wreaks havoc in steel, iron ore
Coking coal/iron ore ratio at 16-year low.
Royal Nickel’s move into gold gathers pace
Now called RNC Minerals, the Toronto-based miner raises $9.2m to ramp up Australian gold mine acquired in May as Eric Sprott takes 10% stake.
Gold price: Hedge funds, ETF investors show buying fatigue
Gold's lacklustre trading since the start of summer sees $1.7 billion pulled out of top gold ETF as hedge funds slash bullish bets to lowest since May.
Nord Gold to join 1 million ounce club
After a difficult first half, Nord Gold's now set up for over 1.2moz per year after start-up at Bouly mine in West Africa and major Russian development.
No end to uranium price plunge
"Some producers need to move material for cash flow purposes and we have seen some pretty aggressive selling in the past few weeks."
Flashback Friday: The world’s scariest mining chart
One year ago the most popular post at MINING.com examined how much longer the bear market in mining would last – compare and contrast.
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.
Mining’s next boom is off the map: Arctic ice, abyssal plains and asteroids
Depletion, lower ore grades and higher prices pushing miners to new frontiers. The Arctic is already drawing capital, deep-sea mining is moving into a regulatory fight, and space remains the long-dated option.