Copper, lead, zinc prices to stay on the boil
New World Bank outlook for commodities predict 32% price jump for zinc and 18% for copper and lead, but outlook for nickel price in 2017 is murky.
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:
Gold stocks sell off – Barrick drops 11%
Gold price under pressure.
Freeport shares off to the races on Grasberg update
World's top listed copper miner cuts production outlook for the year, but impact of dispute with Jakarta more contained than thought.
Barrick shares hammered after slashing production guidance
Ongoing problems at its Veladero mine in Argentina following spill.
Newmont lifts gold production by 9%
World number two gold miner increases output to 1.23m ounces in the first quarter – Ghana expansion will add more ounces from next year.
Hey Watson! Is there gold in them thar hills?
Geologists start to drill into artificial intelligence.
Coking coal price correction turns into crash
–9% on Friday.
Post cyclone coking coal price plunge
Drops 4% to $289.50 a tonne despite greater than expected Australian supply outage.
Newmont gets fresh shot at top gold miner spot
Chinese back out of $1.5 billion deal for Barrick's Kalgoorlie stake – JV partner Newmont has long expressed interest in acquiring half of Super Pit.
Gold price on verge of breaking 6-year downtrend
Gold price closes at fresh 24-week high on Tuesday, erasing all post US election losses.
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.