Fire halts production at BHP’s largest iron ore mine
43m tonnes per year Mount Whaleback mine in the Pilbara produces the world's number three iron ore miner's highest grade ore.
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:
BHP finally lifts Escondida force majeure
43-day strike at world's largest copper mine cost BHP around $1 billion in lost revenue.
‘Strong hand’ may be pushing palladium price higher
Back within shouting distance of 2-year highs amid talk of market "squeeze".
SLIDESHOW: The iron ore price wars 2002–2017
Iron ore's transformation from a relic of the industrial age to the driving force behind a commodity supercycle that reshaped the global economy.
CHART: Hedge fund commodity bulls misread the market
Smart money's bullish bets on commodity futures and options slashed 64% from record high hit just three months ago.
‘Full speed ahead’ for Lundin’s Ecuador gold project after financing deal
Orion and Blackstone pay up to $450 million for prepaid and streamed gold and silver from Vancouver company's Fruta del Norte project in South America.
Influential emerging market investor is iron ore price bull
Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, sees disconnect between industry fundamentals and price swings.
World’s top 20 silver mining companies
Switzerland's Glencore jumps to number 2 on ranking of top silver miners by output.
Silver price: Hedge funds and retail investors part ways
Large scale futures speculators cut bullish bets on a rising silver price to a 16-month low while silver ETF investors gorge on metal at bargain prices.
Iron ore price drops to 7-month low
Chinese stockpiles at new record high and sovereign debt downgrade worry investors.
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.