Glencore shines a sliver of light on its financials
One of the more unexpected consequences of the upheaval caused by last year’s near financial meltdown is the i…
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Thompson Creek to re-start Endako moly mine expansion
Vancouver – As the price of molybdenum shows ever stronger signs of life Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) h…
Aluminum report forecasts higher demand in 2010
London-based Roskill Information Services has published a report, The Economics of Aluminum (9th Edition), which fo…
Chrome report projects higher demand next year
London-based Roskill Information Services has published The Economics of Chromium (11th Edition), which forecasts h…
Copper Recovery Expected In Early 2010: Conference
Although the market looks grim in the short term, experts suggest a recovery in the copper price is in the cards as early as next year.
Gold Prices To Fall: GFMS
While there were no startling revelations at a recent presentation of GFMS’s Gold Survey 2009, the precious metals consultancy that has been one of the most accurate forecasters of gold prices painted…
More copper capacity should go off-line, conference told
Delegates to the 8th world copper conference held in Santiago in early April heard a number of presentations about …
Commodities Forecasted To Rebound In 2010
One of the most anticipated and well-attended sessions at the recent Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto was a presentation on commodities and the market outlook. Af…
Forecasters see most commodities rebounding in 2010
One of the most anticipated, and well-attended, sessions in this year’s PDAC convention in Toronto was headlined Co…
The Expert’s Guide To Alternative Financing
The economic crisis means mining companies will have to get more creative in finding non-traditional routes to financing, investment bankers and consultants warned at a recent MineAfrica seminar on mi…
China bails out struggling base-metals producers
China has been bailing out its struggling domestic smelters by stockpiling metals since December.
Demand For Coal To Flatten In ’09
This year will bring the lowest growth in demand for thermal coal imports (0.5%) on the international market in nearly two decades, Credit Suisse says.