South Africa may sell iron ore, BHP stakes worth $3bn
The country needs funds to keep the lights on, but buyers may be hard to come by.
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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PIC OF THE DAY: Gina Rinehart is an oil painting
The larger than life queen of coal and iron ore and her favourite daughter sit down for a feast.
A big boys game: BHP ships 1bn tonnes iron ore to China
BHP's first ore left Port Hedland in 1973, but 900m tonnes where shipped just over the last 12 years.
Consolidating gold price prompts trickle into ETFs
Gold's resilience despite falling oil, recovering stocks and a robust dollar has enticed investors to return to ETFs after months of relentless outflows.
Turn a 200kt copper surplus into 1.6mt deficit in 3 easy slides
Glencore says 2015 supply forecasts are way too optimistic and the Swiss commodities giant has the charts and tables to prove it
Fourth Batista company goes bankrupt
Disgraced Brazilian tycoon once held 90% of power utility worth $3.2 billion just three years ago.
Home Alone, Mystic Pizza producer wants to make Bre-X movie
Hollywood mogul has already attracted investment from miners to film industry's biggest scandal.
Vietnam’s emerging nickel-sulphide district
Asian Mineral Resources blazes a trail in South East Asia.
Kinsley Mountain delivers again for Pilot Gold and Nevada Sunrise
Vancouver junior joint venture partners' stock jump after latest set of drilling results from Nevada property.
Gold price surges as stocks correct
Gold price jumps $44 on the back of falling global equities and fresh fears over Europe and China.
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.