The world’s top 10 largest gold mining companies – 2017
Rough year shuffles ranks of global gold mining giants as Freeport makes a comeback – 2018 forecasts point to another tumultuous year.
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:
Copper price felled as Chinese factory reading drops most in 5 years
Slowdown in Chinese manufacturing blamed on impact of Beijing's pollution clampdown, cooling construction sector.
Platinum price crashes through $1,000 after German diesel ban
Emissions scrubbing in vehicles accounts for over 40% of platinum demand, and landmark ruling will hasten demise of engine technology.
Iron ore price jumps to 10-month high
China's war on smog benefitting exporters of high-quality ore as domestic steelmaking output cuts are extended.
Shipping gauge shows iron ore, copper prices heading for fall
CHART: Baltic Dry Index has plummeted 32% since December, opening up huge gap to closely correlated industrial metal prices.
Nickel-copper-cobalt find vaults Vancouver junior to top of TSX-V ranking
Garibaldi Resources beats out tech, energy, life sciences firms for Toronto market's annual crown with 2,351% market cap gain and 150m shares traded.
Cobalt price: Supply scramble heats up with Canadian deal
Cobalt 27, RNC Minerals shares pop after inking $70m deal on world's largest undeveloped cobalt, nickel sulphide deposit.
Southern Copper to splash $2.5 billion on Peru project
Winning bidder for Michiquillay project says production will start in 2025 to become one of the largest mines in the world's number two producing country.
BHP takes top spot in brand value ranking
Glencore drops 11% in brand value after various allegations against it in the Paradise Papers.
Gold price drops most since December 2016
Financial market volatility spreads to gold.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive
Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly.
