Alexander Williams

Glencore’s Bedfellows

Glencore’s Bedfellows As Glencore heads towards a financing showdown with ASX-listed Aurelia Metals on Monday, its sometimes predatory approach suggests…

Is Glencore Sitting on Copper or TNT?

Is Glencore Sitting on Copper or TNT? Panic begins to grip the market, but Glasenberg is muscling in on new…

Bucking the bear market in commodities

Mom & Pop's Falling Out Atrum Coal has been the standout success story in the coal market in recent years.…

AuRico Shares Flying on Deal Talk

Shares in AuRico Metals are flying, up nearly 50 per cent in three weeks on heavy trading volume, since Master…

China has caught a cold, so mining bosses are sneezing

Mining in Chaos Over China's Currency Move China's unexpected decision to trim the country's official exchange rate twice in the…

A Peculiar Pattern of Private Deals at Richland Resources

Photo courtesy of Richland Resources A Peculiar Pattern of Private Deals There is risk-free money to be made in sapphire…

Liberum Capital: The Mining Market’s New Darling

Anglo American set for further trouble, Liberum Capital believes... Mining investors have found a new market darling. It is not…

Comical Coal Deals Point to Market Bottom

Investors looking for clues that the coal market will struggle to fall much further were handed valuable ammunition this week,…

From Mining to Dining… How Tough is Iron Ore?

In a sign of just how tough conditions have got for iron ore mining companies, a well known iron ore…

Gold Miners Fight for Cost Savings

“Another $50 off the gold price and this industry is toast,” Randgold Resources' outspoken chief executive Mark Bristow told reporters…