Top Chinese gold miner sets aside $1bn for African buys
Zijin Mining Group looking to acquire sizeable gold and copper projects in Africa this year.
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:
Platinum, palladium prices are tanking
Supply fears have pushed prices higher, but industry worries are shifting to softening demand.
Not just the smart money getting into gold
ETF buyers pick up more silver and gold as large investors increase bullish bets 28% and billionaire George Soros doubles his money in gold stocks.
Roxgold reaches another Burkina Faso milestone
Social and environment plan for ultra-high grade Yaramoko gold project approved meaning development could start before the end of the year.
BHP demerger news crashes company website
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The BHP show obscures Australian mining’s deeper problems
Australia's non-bulk mining industry "will die without a strong pipeline of projects moving to development stage," says study.
BHP shares hammered on demerger, profit miss
World's number one miner hopes to save $3.6 billion spinning off aluminium, coal, manganese, nickel and silver assets into new company.
Chinese coal burning set to decline first time in 14 years
China burns almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined, but new data show year to date declines in output and sales.
Oz Minerals unveils PFS for $22 billion copper-gold mine
Looking for partners for $3 billion project in South Australia forecast to produced 114,000 tonnes of copper and 117,000 ounces of gold a year.
Newcrest posts second year of major loss
Production up and costs down, but asset impairment at Papua New Guinea mine results in $2.2 billion statutory loss for Australian gold miner.
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.