DRC okays Chinese acquisition of Freeport’s giant copper-cobalt mine
State-owned Gecamines clears final hurdle for Freeport and Lundin's blockbuster sale of one of Africa's largest copper mines.
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:
Goldcorp shares lifted by 2017 guidance
World number four miner announces ambitious production, reserves and cost-cutting targets.
Three reasons for coming gold price correction
Capital Economics sees gold back at $1,050 an ounce by end of the year.
Iron ore price surges to highest since Sep 2014
Up 4% on Monday.
Gold price: Hedge funds bullish bets jump 57%
Change of sentiment among large-scale gold price futures speculators following eight straight weeks of increasing bearishness.
Gold price: Top ETF breaks record losing streak
Investors in the world's largest physically-backed gold exchange traded fund – GLD – jump back in after 43 days of outflows.
Iron ore price: China imports top 1 billion tonnes for first time
Iron ore price holds above $80 a tonne, doubling in value in a year as Chinese cargo volumes jump.
Copper price jumps as China imports hit all-time high
Concentrate imports for the full year up 28% to 17 million tonnes.
This simple chart shows gold price remains firmly in bear grip
Gold bulls tried and failed on numerous occasions to break downtrend in place since 2011.
Gold price can’t hold onto $1,200
January effect seen fading.
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.