September 14, 2015 Eric Coffin: Base metals or precious metals With the Yuan devaluation, interest rate hikes, and stock market volatility, Eric Coffin explores what commodities merit your investment dollars.
September 10, 2015 Big name investors are piling back into commodities A few legendary influencers are making huge bets right now on commodities, an area that’s faced—and continues to face—some pretty strong headwinds.
September 9, 2015 Anglo sells platinum mines in S. Africa to Sibanye for $330m The deal involves an upfront payment of 1.5 billion rand, with a minimum deferred payment of 3 billion rand, equal to 35% of cash flow generated by the operation.
September 8, 2015 Done deal? Amplats said to have sold platinum mines to Sibanye for $100M The companies are expected to make an official announcement on Wednesday.
September 3, 2015 Sibanye confirms talks with Anglo over platinum mines for sale This the first time in over 15 months that Sibanye officially confirms its interest in Amplats’ Rustenburg assets.
September 1, 2015 China factory data roils copper stocks – Freeport falls 9% Billions wiped from mining sector as Chinese manufacturing activity contracts to a six-and-half year low.
August 27, 2015 Freeport-McMoRan cuts spending, production and jobs: shares soar The miner has responded to deteriorating market conditions by slashing spending and cutting jobs, mostly at its North American operations.
August 24, 2015 Canadian mining stocks outperform metals prices Canadian junior and mid-tier mining companies also raised 62% more capital in the second quarter than in 2014.
August 24, 2015 Haywood’s Mick Carew explains why now is an ‘opportune time for consolidation’ in the mining space Mick Carew, a research analyst with Haywood Securities, hopes we have found the bottom of the commodity cycle but expects M&A activity to continue apace through the rest of this…
August 24, 2015 South32 survives mining sector slump, to cut $350m in costs until 2018 The company said is not keen on Rio Tinto's thermal coal assets, currently up for sale.
Congo to allow cobalt quotas for 2025 to be executed until March 31 Congo accounts for more than 70% of global mined cobalt production that was estimated by analysts at around 280,000 metric tons this year. December 31, 2025 | 12:14 pm