Can North Korea save the coking coal price rally?
Met coal's stunning run is reversing as consensus forecasts point to $125 drop by year-end, but new UN sanctions could cost China its number two supplier.
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.
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Giant Australian coal mine near Reef one step closer
Indian conglomerate's $16 billion Carmichael coal mine in Queensland clears "final major State and Federal Government approval".
Copper price: Warnings over US trade with China, Mexico
Moody's says base-metals will come under pressure in 2017 – and that includes the zinc price.
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Hedge funds make $5 billion bet on rising copper price
Large scale speculators in copper futures lift bullish positioning to unprecedented 2 billion pounds.
Italy’s resounding no lifts gold price
Gold price up 1% with with eurozone in turmoil and Italian prime minister stepping down.
CHARTS: Death of the coking coal contract
Coking coal prices retreated on Friday, but only slightly, holding above $300 a tonne after two months of insane gains.
Lundin shares bounce on payout, guidance
Following $1.1 billion Congo mine sale Toronto-based copper-zinc miner announces inaugural dividend and strong operational forecast.
CHART: Trump slump for gold mining stocks
The world's largest gold producers have lost a collective $15 billion in market value since Donald Trump's election as US president.
Gold price hit by fresh weakness
Strong dollar, imminent rate hike in US sends gold price to 10-month low.
Study: Private capital investment in US coal is over
At over $43 billion, 2016 is set to be a record year for raising capital to invest in North America's energy sector, but not a single fund is targeting coal.
CHART: Copper price surge mints 23 new unicorn mines
The ranks of copper mining’s answer to Silicon Valley's $1 billion startup unicorns swell to 75.