West Virginia coal baron guilty of misdemeanour
Ex-Massey Energy boss, Don Blankenship, guilty on lesser count carrying maximum 1 year sentence in case relating to 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.
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:
De Beers considering Snap Lake closure
Mine in Canadian arctic has never turned a profit.
The iron ore price is in free-fall
Following a heavy selloff in November, iron ore is down another 7% just this week with no support in sight.
Third act for the gold price
Gold price down to February 2010 levels after Fed chair lays ground for first rate hike in nine years.
Brazil mine spill not hazardous to human health
Concentrations of metals in Rio Doce river after catastrophic dam burst "do not significantly differ" from tests by Brazilian Geological Service in 2010.
Hedge funds have never bet this much on a falling gold price
Large scale speculators in gold futures enter unprecedented bearish positioning ahead of first rate hike in nine years.
Mining majors capitulate as metals rout continues
World's five largest mining companies together have lost an astonishing $570 billion in market value since 2011–the worst period of performance since 1966.
Even the iron ore price will bottom
Big three close to falling victim to their own scorched earth strategy.
Iran mining bigger opportunity than oil
Iran is opening $29 billion of projects to foreign investors once sanctions are lifted – acquiring new mining equipment and technology is a top priority.
Brazil sues BHP, Vale for ‘initial’ $5 billion over spill
Federal government, two states sue iron ore giants over devastation from dam burst that washed mud 600km down Brazil's second largest river system.
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.