May 14, 2015

Meet management. They matter most.

Mining markets are at a bottom. That much is clear.

May 14, 2015

Platinum price to remain under pressure – report

Thomson Reuters today released “GFMS Platinum & Palladium Survey 2015”, looking at the shifts and developments in the global Platinum Group Metal markets, their fundamentals and their drivers, over the…

May 13, 2015

Giving up on iron ore best option for Anglo American — Investec

The bank says Anglo could use the funds it gets for dividends and to invest in its much stronger sectors, copper and diamonds.

May 13, 2015

Protester shot dead in third day of unrest at S. Africa’s mine

The incident happened when South African police allegedly clashed with protesters near Atlatsa Resources’s Bokoni platinum mine.

May 8, 2015

Rick Rule: Mathematics of a resource portfolio

Tekoa and Rick get into the ‘nuts and bolts’ of speculating in exploration stocks.

May 6, 2015

Would Palladium replace gold as engagement rings choice of metal?

Gold has concentrated lots of interest in the past 6-7 years due to the economic crisis.

May 5, 2015

Survival guide for the mother of all bear markets from veteran bottomfisher John Kaiser

In this frank assessment of everything from gold and diamonds to potash and zinc, Kaiser Research Online author John Kaiser names for The Mining Report readers the companies that could…

May 5, 2015

South Africa delays court decision on black ownership of mines

The mines ministry has missed an April deadline to ask courts solve the issue of whether companies may claim they meet black-ownership quotas if shareholders have sold their stakes.

April 27, 2015

Here’s the ad that is upsetting the union at Stillwater Mining

With contract talks underway, Stillwater Mining is running a TV spot that the union says overstates their take home pay. At the […]

April 23, 2015

Low diamond prices push Anglo American to cut output

The global miner trimmed its forecast from 32m-34m carats to 30m-32m because of “current trading conditions”.