Iron ore price makes fresh high above $70
Iron ore price has surged by more than 40% in less than two months as Chinese steelmakers chase high-grade imports.
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:
Glencore turns bigger copper, zinc price bull
Swiss giant raises outlook for the rest of the year after revenues at $75 billion a year metals and minerals business jump 20% during first half.
World’s largest hedge fund says buy gold as price rally nears $1,300
Ray Dalio: "Don't let traditional biases, rather than an excellent analysis, stand in the way of you doing this"
McEwen grows gold production 50% with Timmins buy
Toronto-based gold miner acquires Black Fox mining complex in northern Ontario from Primero Mining for $35m.
North Korea breathes new life into gold price, mining stocks
Safe haven buying lifts gold price 1.8% to 8-week high sparking stock market gains for top producers.
Copper price jumps to highest since 2014
Customs data show rebound in Chinese copper imports in July.
Copper price surges to 2-year high
Chinese data, tight supply light fire under copper price launching copper mining stocks higher – Freeport up 15%.
Antofagasta, Barrick avoid Chile mine strike
Zaldívar produced 102,000 tonnes of copper in 2016.
UK Serious Fraud Office launches probe into Rio Tinto over Simandou
"Suspected corruption in the conduct of business in the Republic of Guinea by the Rio Tinto group, its employees and others associated with it."
Trump slump in dollar lifts gold price to 4-week high
US dollar falls to more than 2-year low as Trump's pro-growth agenda stalls in Washington.
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.