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Interview with Mickey Fulp: Contrarian plays, geopolitics and you

Mickey shares what indicators he uses to guide the health of the economy and what those indicators are conveying.

Proven and Probable | December 28, 2016 | 11:23 am

CHART: China’s economy growing fastest since 2013

Turnaround in GDP expansion in world's top commodity consumer over the past few months "almost as sharp as in 2009" says new study.

Frik Els | December 22, 2016 | 12:06 pm

Without China global mining would be smaller than in 2000

TABLE: China's copper demand grew 11-fold in 15 years – the rest of the world shrunk. Sans China, the nickel market would've barely broken a million tonnes.

Frik Els | December 21, 2016 | 4:20 pm

Chinese tax breaks do nothing for palladium price

Down $110 in December.

Frik Els | December 20, 2016 | 4:31 pm

Applying soft-rock mining concepts in hard-rock mining

CAT launched a fully mechanized longwall system for continuous mining of flat and tabular deposits.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 20, 2016 | 3:41 am

Sibanye Gold expands platinum assets by buying Stillwater in $2.2bn deal

Together with reducing Sibanye’s dependence on its aging South African assets, the deal will make the company the world's third largest palladium producer, the company said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 9, 2016 | 5:50 am

Big drop in South Africa platinum output

The African nation produces some 70% of the globe's platinum.

Frik Els | December 8, 2016 | 9:06 pm

Anglo American about to make key decision on South African assets sale

While the miner is not longer being pressed to include its platinum assets in the divestment plan, the issue of how to package mines and which ones to include, remains a bone of contention.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2016 | 3:45 am

Palladium price rally may be overdone

Ample above ground stocks, rising mine supply could dampen prospects for 2016 best performing precious metal.

Frik Els | December 6, 2016 | 9:04 pm

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