Mining Indaba Schedule

Insight into commodities market anticipated

Barclays Capital Commodities Research MD Kevin Norrish is set to draw on his experience of over 24 years in the commodities industry to address delegates at the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba next month, where he will discuss his...

Resources Watch

This week: Barclays Capital says it’s the right time to get into commodities. Randgold Resources starts relocations to make way for the new Kibali gold mine. And, the IDC says R22-billion is to be invested in mining over five years.

Right time to get into commodities, says Barclays Capital

The world seems set to enter a period of slower growth and higher inflation and investors would do well to gain some direct exposure to commodity markets, said Barclays Capital MD Kevin Norrish on Wednesday. Speaking at a Barclays commodities...

Barclays Capital sees copper price rising to $8 000/t in H1

UK-based Barclays Capital is bullish on the copper outlook for 2010, expecting the commodity’s price to increase to $8 000/ton in the first half of the year.

Commodities market to bottom out

UK-based financial institution Barclays Capital expects that, while the commodity outlook for 2009 is inauspicious, there are signs that the market has begun to bottom out.

Barclays Capital sees commodity market bottoming out

UK-based financial institution Barclays Capital anticipates that, while the commodity outlook for 2009 was inauspicious, there were signs that the market had began to bottom out. Addressing delegates at the 2009 Mining Indaba in Cape Town on...

Tin hits record high, copper eyes Chile strike

Tin rose over 6 percent on Wednesday hitting a record high on persistent supply woes, while copper prices were underpinned by a strike in Chile, analysts said.

More fund managers reserving 10%-plus of portfolios for commodities – Barclays

More pension funds and other money managers plan to have in excess of 10% of their portfolios in commodities in the next three years, Barclays has reported.

Outlook for South Africa's 'big five'

Chamber of Mines CE Mzolisi Diliza reminded Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni, at last year's annual chamber dinner, that the business of mining in South Africa was “by far” the biggest single earner of foreign exchange. Also, Diliza...

Copper leads metals lower on speculation US demand may slow

Copper fell in London to the lowest in four weeks, leading declines in other industrial metals on speculation US demand may be slowing.

Copper prices rise as China's economy grew more than forecast

Copper prices rose in London and New York as the economy of China, the world's largest consumer of the metal, grew at the fastest pace in more than a decade.