Goldcorp says El Sauzal may not be restarted
"Worst case scenario" for Mexican mine in final year of its life says Vancouver-based gold giant.
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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$6m diamond goes missing during labour dispute
The Namibia Diamond Trading Co, a joint venture with De Beers, lays charge of theft of the 78-carat stone which could be worth up to $6 million.
Goldman Sachs: Gold will drop $200 by end of year
Investment banks says it's time to short gold.
Integra soars after picking up bankrupt properties
Vancouver junior jumps 30% after picking up on the cheap a $100m mining and milling complex adjacent to its flagship Val-d'Or, Québec project.
Glasenberg pooh-poohs Anglo takeover
There's a history there of course. Just ask Mick Davis.
Trevali discovers new zone at New Brunswick project
New multi-lens zone at Stratmat deposit, part of the Vancouver-junior's past-producing zinc-lead-copper-silver-gold project in the Bathurst mining camp.
PGM roller coaster ride: long way down
Palladium drops sharply from 13-year highs. Sister metal platinum close to wiping out 2014 gains.
Gold price falls on first full September trading day
Back from a long weekend New York traders knock the dollar gold price down to near 3-month lows, but eurozone investors enjoy double digit gains in 2014.
Vale, Glencore break off Canada nickel talks
Nickel prices have surged this year, making rationalization and cost-cutting in the Sudbury basin less urgent.
Rinehart’s Roy Hill starts owner-operator mining
When Australia's richest person launched the ambitious $10 billion, 55m tonnes a year project iron ore was trading at more than $130 a tonne.
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.