Indonesia ban rocks nickel market
Against expectations of a last minute climbdown by authorities, Indonesia's nickel, bauxite and tin ore ban went into effect Sunday.
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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Mongolia sees Oyu Tolgoi deal this month
If Rio Tinto and Mongolia can reach a deal on a $6bn+ expansion of the copper-gold mine it would completely transform the Asian nation's economy.
Study: Acid mine drainage can help clean up, recycle fracking wastewater
Two wrongs sometimes can make a right.
Historic 1oz gold coin goes for $4.6 million at auction
Minted by Ephraim Brasher in 1787, a goldsmith and neighbour of George Washington, the coin contains 26.66 grams of gold.
Investors pile back into gold stocks
Miners enjoy heavy gains on Friday as the gold price continues 2014 climb.
Gold bears of the world unite
Investor liquidation and weak fundamentals will see the gold price average 10% – 18% below 2013 levels according to three new investment bank forecasts.
Norman: 2014 is gold price’s Goldilocks year
The gold price in 2014 will be a tale of two halves.
Canada wants 20% of global rare earth market by 2018
Private and public partnerships envisaged to break China's grip on the market.
More good news for Vancouver gold junior on month-long tear
TrueGold Mining adds to 30% gains since early December on Monday after environmental permit for Burkina Faso gold project is granted.
JP Morgan turns ever so slightly bullish on 2014 gold price
US investment bank sees upside for gold price from "stabilizing" gold ETF outflows and India lifting import restrictions.
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.