New study paints bleak picture for emerging iron ore producers
The Big Three's share of the seaborne trade has fallen back to 57%, but the trend will reverse as capital dries up for emerging producers.
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:
Anglo’s Minas Rio: the most expensive iron mine on the planet
Mining for $350 per tonne.
Busy start to festival as India gold ETF trade jumps 81%
The Mumbai exchange recorded an impressive jump in volumes of gold ETF units traded in a special session held on the first day of Diwali.
Latest delay at Barrick’s Pascua Lama could extend for ‘weeks’
$8.5 billion and counting.
A look at the US coal industry after the Obama victory
Post election US coal stocks have sold off. Motley Fool takes a look at the industry's prospects.
No end in sight for 8-week Anglo Platinum strike costing $5.6m a day
The world's number one platinum miner upped its back-to-work offer this week, but it was rejected.
Tiny family business sells $4 billion gold to US mint, jewellers and hedge funds each year
The company pockets about a quarter of a percent of its precious metal sales—less for the gold it sells to the Mint.
Ancient gold treasures found in Thracian tomb
Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed bracelets with snake heads, a tiara with animal motifs and 100 buttons in a hoard of ancient golden artefacts uncovered during excavations.
SEC rules against resource firms over Dodd-Frank
Oil, gas and mining companies' request to have transparency rules put on hold under 2010 financial reform act has been rejected.
Rare 4.3 quake in Appalachian coal region Saturday
US Geological Survey reports a light 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled southeastern Kentucky on Saturday
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.