More Peñasquito problems for Goldcorp
Report claims contamination of groundwater at Vancouver gold miner's flagship mine in Mexico may be more serious than previously thought.
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:
Gold price drop triggers mining stocks bloodbath
Broad-based selloff of gold mining stocks intensifies in afternoon trade – Barrick drops 9.6% and loses status as most valuable gold miner.
Venezuela ordered to pay Vancouver miner $1.6 billion
Shares in Rusoro Mining soars 122% after international arbitration tribunal awards damages over late president Chavez's seizure of its gold mines in 2011.
Too much copper drops price to six-week low
Few disruptions could dump additional 230,000 tonnes onto already oversupplied market this year.
Vale closer to $9 billion Chinese streaming deal – report
Impact on iron ore price uncertain as China's sovereign wealth fund leads investor group to secure portion of Brazilian giant's output for the next 30 years.
Copper price is going nowhere
New report says base metal prices have bottomed, but there's hardly any upside – and that includes the zinc price.
CHART: China must import more ore
China's domestic iron ore, copper, nickel, zinc, lead and bauxite mining output is slowing dramatically.
Four China charts to turn you into a mining bull
And one that's ultra-bearish.
Chinese ban may breathe new life into zinc price rally
Beijing cuts off power to 26 mines in key Chinese zinc, lead production region.
Major tailings dam burst reported in China
Villagers evacuated before tailings dam burst at aluminum refinery in Henan province destroyed nearby town.
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.