CEO sees little chance of Samarco restart in 2017
30m tonnes per year operation jointly owned by BHP and Vale shuttered since November 2015 following dam burst.
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:
Blow to iron ore price as Chinese steelmakers opt for scrap
Chinese furnaces make the most of slump in domestic prices to double scrap charge rates which could displace as much as 70 million tonnes of iron ore.
These 4 charts will turn you into a (raging) zinc price bull
Contract treatment charges – an indicator market tightness – fall by most on record while inventories drop to levels last seen in 2008.
China’s building a mega city from scratch – it’s going to suck in lots of steel, copper
Forget One Belt, One Road, the impact of Xiongan New Area on copper, iron ore and aluminum prices will be felt much earlier says new report.
Vale closing Birchtree nickel mine in Manitoba
200 jobs lost.
Glencore: ‘Electric vehicle revolution is happening faster than expected’
Copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese demand boost as major car companies dramatically increase investment to go electric says CEO Ivan Glasenberg.
Turquoise Hill revenue surprise lifts shares 6%
Vancouver-based company's Mongolian copper and gold mine expected to be the world's third largest after underground expansion.
Teck dam deal brings giant Chile copper project in focus
Report says $1.2B hydro sale could provide Vancouver-based company the cash cushion to decide on 270,000 tonnes a year Chile copper mine expansion.
World steel production to flatline for two decades
Strong growth this year won't last says World Steel Organization.
Continental surges 33% after securing $134m for Colombia gold mine
World number two gold miner Newmont takes 20% stake and private equity giant Red Kite 5% in Toronto junior.
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.