Iron ore trade to grow 35% over five years
Top iron ore miner Vale expected claw back market share from Australian competitors thanks to its Serra Sul mine and use of Valemax mega-carriers.
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:
Valemax ban ‘effectively’ lifted
Mega-carriers docking in China will see Brazilian giant Vale double export volumes to China over the next five years.
Iron ore price below $80
Lowest since September 7 2009
Gold mining stocks take another beating
Historically September is the best month for the gold price and gold stocks, but 2014 has turned the market on its head.
Fresh selling hits gold price
Gold price dips nearly 1% to fresh 2014 low on Friday, but some signs of physical Asian buying emerge.
What will Ivan buy next? Take 2
"All that's required is to hand the world’s best mining assets to the world’s best management."
Rock drill runner up in Dyson design award
Humber College's Borys Chylinski selected as a Canadian runner up for the James Dyson Award for his Skorpion compact underground drill carrier.
Diamond market grows to record $79 billion
But new report by De Beers cautions that declining production could see the industry lose ground to other categories.
First Quantum suspends Mauritania operations
Strike action closes Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine which accounts for 10% of Vancouver company's copper output and a quarter of its gold production.
Fed wipes out 2014 gold price gains
Gold price drops to levels last seen in 2013 as Fed continues to withdraw economic stimulus and the dollar surges.
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.