May 5, 2016

Sibanye Gold wants more platinum assets, but also eying base metals, coal, uranium

Despite the collapse in platinum prices last year, chief executive Neal Froneman is confident that the sector has turned a corner.

May 3, 2016

China scare drops mining stocks

Factory conditions in China unexpectedly worsen for the 14th straight month raising fears that the rally on commodity markets in 2016 was losing steam.

April 28, 2016

Vale back in the black on higher iron ore prices, currency

Vale’s results for the first three months of 2016 makes it the best-performing major iron-ore miner so far this year.

April 22, 2016

Chart: The march of the zombie miners continues

It was just over a year ago that Tony Simon, President of Seguro Consulting, brought to our attention the initial problem of the zombie miners (definition referred to mining exploration…

April 20, 2016

Sibanye to invest $250 million in its gold mines, keeps shopping for new assets

Sibanye is not exclusively looking at buying gold assets; it is also considering platinum, coal, uranium and base metals mines.

April 13, 2016

Did BHP just call the bottom of the mining cycle?

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said over the weekend "the commodities fall has stopped". Not only that – after recent rallies six are back in bull markets.

April 12, 2016

Altius Minerals takes advantage of market weakness

Altius Minerals Corp. has continued to make progress through the bear market in resources.

April 12, 2016

IMF warns of another 14% drop in metal prices this year

The Fund's slightly more positive outlook for the Chinese economy not enough to halt metal price declines this year and in 2017.

April 6, 2016

The rights and wrongs of rights issues

Rights issues are the best way of raising funds in a way that does not disadvantage existing shareholders

April 6, 2016

Vale cuts spending, management salaries

The iron ore and nickel giant has reduced its forecast for capital spending in 2016 to $5.5bn from $6.2bn previously.