Anglo’s Brazil iron ore expansion a go
Anglo American's Minas Rio iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state has nameplate capacity of 26.5m tonnes per 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:
Davos team propels gold price to 18-month high, Trump shoots it down
Conflicting comments about the US dollar.
Zinc price will vault $4,000 within months – report
Global zinc stocks falling to "critically low levels" by second half of 2018, propelling prices above $4,000 a tonne predicts Wood Mackenzie in new research.
Vancouver junior surges 60% after Africa cobalt deal
Newly renamed M2 Cobalt snags seven licences in Uganda covering 1,500 square kilometres as investors bet cobalt price rally will continue.
Gold price: ETF holdings jump to near 5-year high
Hedge funds have also been building exposure to gold, doubling bullish bets on futures markets to 20m ounces in just three weeks.
Pretium shares tank after Brucejack ramp up disappoints
Vancouver producer announces lower gold production, recoveries at its only mine six months into ramp-up – stock is down 26%.
Barrick just makes 2017 production guidance
Only the Nevada operations of the Toronto-based gold mining giant increased output in 2017.
Zinc price hits fresh decade high
“From the macro point of view, this is not an environment where you’d want to be shorting metals.”
Skeena shares take off on BC Golden Triangle drilling
Past-producing Snip mine delivers again for Vancouver junior six months after acquiring property from Barrick Gold.
CHARTS: Big mining’s surge in value shames tech giants
The mining cycle turned two years ago – gains for the sector's largest companies have far outpaced stocks like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook since.
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.