Prepare for flood of copper concentrate
New data by International Copper Study Group predicts copper mine output will grow 5.7 million tonnes by 2018 as Peru, Zambia and Mexico ramp up production.
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:
Gold price falls to within sight of 5-year low
Fed comments hurt gold as hedge funds push price to near April 2010 lows.
Only permanent supply cuts can lift metal prices
The availability of cheap money has seen boards postpone hard decisions about uneconomic capacity says Macquarie in new report.
Last time hedge funds were this bearish gold price was $600
Futures data show hedge funds cutting net bullish positions to below 1 million ounces for the first time in 9 years while going short a record 306 tonnes of gold.
Iron ore price builds on gains
13% in two days.
Platinum, palladium price drop accelerates
Data showing South African production up 88% in May from a year ago pushes platinum to levels last seen in 2008 while palladium falls to 2-and-a-half year low.
Iron ore price rockets 9.5%
Beijing restores confidence.
BHP, China Moly in final stretch for Barrick’s Zaldivar
Zaldivar is across the road from BHP and Rio Tinto's Escondida in Chile, the world's largest copper mine.
This 65-year beer vs gold price chart is the only one you need
Come Oktoberfest you could be partying like it's 1980.
GRAPHS: Gold’s ever shrinking role in world financial system
Paper beats rock.
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 […]
