Iron ore price surges 5%
Monday's rally brings year-to-date gains to 30% as Vale says longer term price will hold between $65 and $80.
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:
Monday mad rush for gold stocks
Ranks of gold shares doubling in value in 2016 continues to grow.
Gold price jumps, dollar sinks ahead of special Fed meeting
More analysts see gold reaching $1,350 before the end of the year and hedge funds extend bullish bets to 552 tonnes.
Top 10 copper producing countries
Peru's output surges, North American producers slip down the rankings and Chinese mines shut down.
Australia raises iron ore price forecast
Chinese imports to top 1 billion tonnes for the first time
Big shot in the arm for Zambia
Glencore's $1.1 billion investment in Mopani marks a turnaround for Zambia’s copper sector and will help lift economic growth to 5% by 2018.
China’s coming for your copper project
Faced with declining domestic production, China's top copper company says the "only solution is going overseas".
Iron ore price rally: Stop and smell the roses
Iron ore price surge goes beyond Beijing order to slash emissions during six-month horticulture expo in steelmaking hub.
Copper miners’ game of chicken continues
New study predicts lowering of cost curve, marginal mines staying open at all costs will see oversupply persist and fifth year of copper price declines.
Freeport’s stuck with oil and gas
Copper giant's review of energy division results in axing of executives, but not much more.
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.