FEATURE: The Ore Wars 2003 – 2013
Forget gold's bull run. The iron ore trade's transformation from a relic of the industrial age is the mining story of the decade.
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:
Citi’s Fitzpatrick: Gold on its way to $3,500, silver $100
The 1974–1976 pattern is being repeated.
Gold price momentum lost
Recent rally loses steam as US grows strongly and Syrian strikes delayed.
Big bets placed Belo Sun’s Amazon gold mine happening soon
Shares of Toronto-based explorer is up 56% in the three weeks as investors await feasibility study and Brazilian approval.
Iron ore magnate’s ‘largest, strangest, most thrilling’ art adventure
"There's not too much suffering about it. Inhotim is a positive response to the mining."
Lynn: Syria, emerging market crisis will stop the taper
Good news for the gold price.
Mongolia to scrap foreign ownership law
40% slump in foreign direct investment in the Asian nation during the first half of the year behind re-think.
Two things copper price bulls are choosing to ignore
Copper price is losing touch with huge supply growth and cost of production.
Gold price shoots higher again
Syria, improved sentiment and fundamentals see gold price jump much as $31, scaling $1,400 an ounce for the first time since early June.
BHP: Betting big on potash, oil and copper, ‘finished’ with coal
BHP’s growth capital was likely to go towards petroleum, copper and potash over iron ore and specifically coal says CEO Andrew Mackenzie.
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.