Price Briefing 26 February – 3 March
By Laura Syrett
Published: Friday, 04 March 2016
Stability reported in fluorspar, kaolin and silica sand markets; amorphous graphite comes under pressure but lithium to continue rising in 2016.
Vale SA is the
latest of the world’s top mining companies to
reveal the extent of the losses it racked up last year, as weak
mineral and metal prices eat into the profitability of
operations.
The Brazilian miner said it lost $8.57bn in the last three
months of 2015 alone,...