Gold, QE3 and antibiotics
A growing number of analysts are pointing out that returns from quantitative easing are fast diminishing.
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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Second day of heavy losses has Semafo investors reeling
The Montreal-based company, down 21% following a dive of 17% on Wednesday, were deemed by investors to have overpromised and underdelivered on its exploration results.
Mongolia kingmaker: ‘Fix’ Oyu Tolgoi ‘shadow masters’ and ‘scare to death’ Tavan Tolgoi oligarchs
The Facebook page of the junior partner in the likely ruling coalition post the Mongolian elections makes for scary reading.
More pain for SouthGobi shareholders
Embattled SouthGobi Resources (TSX:SGQ) shed over 4% on Wednesday bring its losses since April to 40%, after announcing its Mongolian subsidiary SGS has filed a notice of investment dispute with the government of the Asian country.
Stans Energy up 10% after producing heavy REEs in Kyrgyzstan ahead of schedule
The company said 50kg of dysprosium with 99.9% purity was separated from resins remaining from past production runs at the former Soviet Union's number one rare earth plant.
China blocks WTO rare earths arbitration as US critical minerals bill goes to a vote
"Passage of this legislation is an important step toward recovering the 22,000 rare earth-related jobs the U.S. has lost since the 1980s.”
Jim Rogers says gold has much further to fall: ‘It’s normal for corrections to go down 30% or 40%’
Jim Rogers, the legendary commodity investor tells CNBC the 20% pullback in the price of gold from record highs in August last year may not have run its course.
Rarest element in REE debate is rationality
News from unnamed sources that quoted unnamed analysts that China has started stockpiling rare earths had the industry buzzing this week.
Fury over Conga threatens to overwhelm Peru’s president
Peru's President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency and has now enlisted the help of the clergy after deadly clashes but the violence shows no signs of letting up.
Papua New Guinea scares off another miner
As Papua New Guinea's sometimes shambolic elections drag on into a third week, already nervous miners with projects in the country would not have been encouraged by news of another miner falling foul of the country's authorities.
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.