Several Challenges Hampering Investment In Africa
African mining is expected to remain depressed, says mining consultancy Core Consultants MD Lara Smith, who believes 2015 will be characterised by reduced commodity prices, weakened demand and an oversupply in most markets. Smith tells Mining Weekly that a price rebound is only expected in 2016 and that metal prices are expected to remain low […]
Summary of Lara Smith’s 2014 Mining Indaba Presentation: An Outlook for Dysprosium, Tantalum, Tungsten
The Core Consultants Mining Indaba presentation always considers three commodities which are pertinent to Africa and discusses the market outlook for each of them. This year we will focus on the markets for dysprosium, tantalum and tungsten. With respect to tantalum, we note the tendency of the market to be characterised by periods of vast […]