China is cleaning up its coal industry at an astonishing pace
Consolidation and technological upgrades see number of mines cut by 1,500.
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:
Blockbuster gold deal in the making: Polyus shoots the lights out with 22% jump in sales
Rumours are rife that the miner is close to a merger with fellow Russian gold giant Polymetal to create a top 5 global gold company.
Report: Polyus and Polymetal to merge creating world’s No. 3 gold miner by reserves
London-listed Russian giants came close to a tie up last year.
German cheer drops euro gold price to 8-month low
Central banks' 'free lunch' may be coming to an end sooner than thought.
How trading iron ore is like the used car business
Both represent 'asymmetric information' at work.
Big 4’s massive new iron ore supply cutting juniors off at the knees
Projects by smaller players won't survive the double digit prices that are coming soon.
Well that was quick: 6 months after seizure Colquiri’s output is DOWN 21%, workforce UP 30%
Monthly production falls to almost 100 tonnes below Glencore rate before expropriation.
Report: Anglo American set for $5bn Minas Rio writedown
Delays at the Brazilian iron ore project cost Anglo and former CEO Cynthia Carroll dearly.
Codelco’s longer term ambitions undiminished: targets 2.5m tonnes a year
Output expected to be up 42% by 2021.
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.