Turquoise Hill output at higher end of target
Higher grades boost fourth quarter production despite concentrator fire at Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia.
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.
Posts by Frik Els:
Swiss currency shocker ‘dwarfs’ end of gold standard
In a stark report, world's top money manager PIMCO warns "a lot can go wrong when central banks exit unconventional monetary policies".
Iron ore price: Closing marginal producers not enough
Next round of displacements will come from mines "that just 18 months ago could have been making $50/mt or more in cash margin" says new report.
Monster rally for gold stocks
Heavyweights Goldcorp, Barrick enjoy double digit gains after Swiss-inspired gold price rally.
Green light for gravel mine near Roosevelt cabin
Gravel pit won't significantly impact "viewshed and soundscape" from the cabin on the 26th president of the USA's North Dakota's badlands ranch.
Swiss shocker lights fire under gold price
Swiss central bank currency move sends shockwaves through financial markets and gold price to a more than 4-month high in heavy volume.
Top 10 copper mines plunge $134 billion in value
Over just two days the copper price rout has slashed $134 billion off the value of the reserves of the world's largest producers.
True Gold down 25% after Burkina Faso protests, damage
Vancouver junior is assessing damage at its Karma project in West Africa after demonstrations suspend operations.
Nichols: Gold price has cleared top two hurdles in 2015
Tanking stocks, dollar decoupling will see gold emerge from 3 years of underperformance says economist Jeffrey Nichols of American Precious Metals Advisors.
Faber: Gold will rally 30% in 2015
Wall Street stalwart Marc Faber, also known as Dr Doom, has emerged as 2015's biggest gold bull saying confidence in central banks are about to collapse.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive
Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly.
