GRAPH: The mining and Nvidia solar system
The Top 50 is now trading $480 billion below the peak hit in the second quarter of 2022
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:
Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth
In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium.
The biggest global mining news of 2023
A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.
What green energy transition? Half of mining still exploring for gold
New study shows a $1.1 billion drop in gold exploration budgets this year as juniors struggle to raise capital, but the precious metal still accounts for 46% of the total.
Indonesian copper-gold company storms ranking of world’s 50 most valuable mining stocks
Amid a wider slump, MINING.COM’s ranking was lit up by newcomer Amman Minerals, which now sits just outside the top 10 after minting at least six new billionaires since its July IPO.
Raising capital now biggest risk to stage.mining.companies after ESG
The massive capital outlays required by the green energy transition have become a top mining boardroom agenda item, says new survey.
IRA, EGD and now the EU move on China EVs – governments are showering mining with money
When the EU closes its EV market to China, it would open up a direct route and likely premium pricing for lithium, nickel, cobalt miners now supplying China.
Uranium price makes fresh decade high as forecasts grow (even) rosier
Uranium price tops $60 a pound first time since 2011 as World Nuclear Association predicts installed capacity to expand 70% by 2040 amid small modular reactor construction boom.
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GRAPH: Cobalt price plunge and the EV market
Cobalt prices have plummeted to their lowest level since 2016, as a deluge of supply overwhelms stagnating demand from the electric vehicle […]
