Nickel price rally still has a long way to go
Filipino supply worries, depleting Chinese stocks and Indonesian refinery delays could see nickel rise close to $30,000 a tonne.
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:
How the India-China trade summit could rock iron ore
Reviving the China-India ore trade which peaked at 120mtpa in 2009 could be part of a grand bargain when Modi and Xi meet for the first time in New Delhi.
Agnico Eagle to buy Cayden Resources for $205m
Mostly shares-based deal will see Toronto-based Agnico Eagle acquire two highly prospective Mexican gold properties.
Investors, speculators leaving gold market in droves
After massive weekly drop gold-backed ETF holdings come perilously close to 4-year lows, while hedge funds slash bullish bets on gold and silver.
Goldcorp: We have hit PEAK gold
CEO Chuck Jeannes says barring a major technological breakthrough global gold production probably peaked in 2013.
Vancouver is where miners still hang their hats
Over 1,400 companies with Lotusland addresses.
Joy Global sees strength in copper price
Giant equipment maker sees strong fundamentals and changing mining dynamics keeping the price of copper above $3 a pound.
Gold price shrugs weak US jobs
But it won't take much to shake up this year's quiet gold market says Lear Capital CEO Scott Carter.
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.
$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.
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.