Rio has first right of refusal over Bougainville Copper
Chief administrator of Papua New Guinea’s autonomous region of Bougainville does not expect lawsuits after stripping Rio of its mining rights.
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:
Copper dives to 8-week low
Dismal European economic growth figures and more signs of Chinese slowdown dents price of red metal.
Uranium price building on gains
Way to early to for uranium stock investors to rejoice, but after eight straight sessions of gains the market seems to be entering recovery mode.
Western gold jewelry buyers come roaring back
Q2 study shows decline in global gold demand, but US and UK jewelry buying surges and central banks add to holdings for a 14th straight quarter.
Australian gold mining firm pushed off Guadalcanal
St Barbara says all staff evacuated from its Gold Ridge mine on the Solomon Islands over security concerns.
CHART: Interest rates vs gold price shows plenty upside
Real yields in the US continue to fall and are consistent with a gold price of around $1,400.
Iron ore price slides after China data shock
Near 2-month low after Chinese lending, output and spending data indicate deepening economic malaise with broadest measure falling to 2009 levels.
Oyu Tolgoi feasibility study won’t have financials or schedule
Talks ahead of September 30 funding deadline continue and feasibility study for $5bn expansion of Mongolia mine almost complete, but huge gaps remain.
Glencore zinc and nickel output drops
Mines in Australia and Dominican Republic put on care and maintenance and Canadian operations' reserves depleted during first half of the year.
China’s rare earth industry will look very different in 5 months
WTO ruling an afterthought as Beijing approves sweeping changes to its rare earth industry and fast-tracks state stockpiling.
US rare earth stock cracks top 50 mining companies for the first time
Non-Chinese rare earth producers have been conspicuously absent from mining’s top tier, now worth a collective $1.5 trillion, up $200 billion year to date.