TORONTO — Ivanplats Robert Friedland needs no introduction. For one, he is North America’s greatest mining showman. Second, he is almost surely a billionaire. Third, he is a miner’s mining exec. “He knows his metals, and his black box works,” platinum prospector and Ivanplats board member William Hayden told me the other day over fizzy… Continue Reading

CEO Ivan Glasenberg, a superstar trader in the commodities industry, is being catapulted into the media spotlight after his company, Glencore, is to merge with Xstrata. Though the merger stands to make this billionaire an even wealthier one, it may come at a price not measured in dollars. Having made past deals with Apartheid South Africa,… Continue Reading

This is a guest post from the Occam Papers, a new blog by three Canadian mining engineers we know and trust. I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine who is just getting into resource investing. She was rather confused about how companies report the size of their mineral deposits (i.e. the resource… Continue Reading

Three Mining Pros Take The Reins At Prophecy Platinum Prophecy Platinum Corp. (NKL), has scored a major talent coup by attracting a trio of credible and experienced mining executives to advance its flagship Wellgreen platinum, nickel and copper project in the Yukon Territory. We had the opportunity to sit down with new CEO Greg Johnson… Continue Reading

Robert Friedland returned to the mining spotlight with a vengeance this week on news of IPO plans for Ivanplats, his private company with copper and zinc projects in the Congo and platinum and nickel projects in South Africa. Friedland showed his Midas touch with the discoveries of Voisey’s Bay nickel deposit in Canada, purchased by… Continue Reading

Two policemen hacked to death, 34 platinum miners killed in violent South African mine strike. Bloomberg Is There a Limit to How Tall Buildings Can Get? The Atlantic Cities  see also: Interactive overview of global house prices and rents. The Economist “Anyone with the focus and inclination and access to a pc on the net has a chance to… Continue Reading