Gold-stock mega-mergers bad
Combining major gold miners already struggling with slowing production doesn’t solve the problem, but only masks it for a single year.
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Mongolia posts 6.9% economic growth in 2018
Coal and copper generate almost 70% of Mongolia's total export revenues and most of its mining output is sold to neighboring China.
South Africa’s Gold Fields FY profit slumps as production drops
Revenue dropped 7% to $2.58 billion in 2018 from $2.76 billion in 2017 due to the lower ounces sold.
EU starts investigation into Chinese steel wheel imports
The investigation could lead to provisional duties being applied within nine months and definitive duties, typically in place for five years, in 15 months.
Brazil’s Usiminas more than doubles profits in 2018
Brazil's Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais posted $223.21 million in profit in 2018.
India, Japan demand falls; holiday hangover dulls trade elsewhere
Until there is a solution to what is happening globally with Brexit and trade talks, we might see no clear direction.
China won’t come to the rescue in global iron ore supply crisis
“If China’s mines could produce more they would already be doing so."
Zimbabwe set to retrieve trapped illegal miners, more casualties expected
The miners were trapped on Tuesday night when the shafts they were working in were flooded after a nearby dam burst.
