First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

Going to frontier markets offers more of an opportunity to discover the most overlooked companies.

While a traditional emerging market benchmark is up 1.5% year-to-date, frontier, or “pre-emerging” markets, have been performing well.

First Quantum Minerals (FM) has received “strong buy” ratings from eight analysts, while nine have given it “buy” ratings or some equivalent.

Glencore (GLEN-L) has the highest percentage of “buy” or higher recommendations in our select group of mining stocks.

Freeport-McMoRan, the leading US copper miner, is slated to release its 1Q18 earnings on April 24.

Argentina (ARGT) posted a higher trade deficit for May 2017 at $642 million, mainly due to increasing imports as compared to its exports.

You need to exercise caution while investing in frontier markets due to problems of liquidity and high concentration in the finance sector.

Among other factors, a wave of labor negotiations has lent support to copper’s bullish thesis.

In 2015, some of the smaller emerging, and even frontier markets have the potential to do well because that is where we have seen some of the best valuations and growth.

Looking for the next frontier in emerging market investing? Del Stafford dives into these underdeveloped countries to assess the investment case.

For more than a decade, the outgoing party’s continual resistance to honoring debt led to Argentina’s exclusion from international financial markets.

Frontier equity markets typically have modest market capitalization, limited investability and liquidity, and few market information sources.

Emerging markets are quickly becoming the driver of global growth.

The metals and mining space has seen a lot of turbulence over the last five years. In 2015, China’s slowdown concerns spooked commodity investors.

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), the leading US-based copper miner, is trading with gains of 5.5% as of 11:55 AM EST.

As of January 18, Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) stock had risen 21.8% this year.

We’re now into the fourth-quarter earnings season, and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) is scheduled to release its earnings on January 24.

Lower energy prices Previously, we discussed copper miners’ production profiles and 2018 guidance. In this part, we’ll look at leading copper producers’ unit cash costs and see what’s impacted their unit cost progression. Comparative analysis Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) reported unit cash costs after by-product credit of $0.93 per pound in the third quarter—compared to $0.96 per […]

Copper prices have been largely rangebound during the past month. Copper prices have hovered above $6,000 per metric ton.

Antofagasta (ANTO) has received “strong buy” ratings from seven analysts, while five have given it “buy” ratings or some equivalent.

The second-quarter earnings season is over, and most copper miners have released their quarterly financial performance results.

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) is seeing a selling spree today, and its stock is trading down 7.0% as of 1:40 PM EDT on July 19.

In the previous part of this series, we looked at Freeport-McMoRan’s (FCX) capital allocation strategy.

In the previous part of this series, we looked at leading copper miners’ 4Q17 unit cash costs.

Previously in this series, we looked at copper miners’ 4Q17 production profiles and 2018 guidance.

In this article, we’ll look at leading copper miners’ 4Q17 production data.

Freeport-McMoRan, which has underperformed the broader copper mining space in 2017, rose 13.4% last week. Thanks to last week’s upward price action, it’s now risen 28.7% in 2017.

Copper prices have come off their 2017 highs. Copper, which closed almost flat last month, has lost 3.3% in December.

In this series, we’ll see how analysts are rating leading copper miners as 2017 draws to a close. We’ll also see how vehicle electrification could impact mining companies.

Copper prices have regained momentum in October after showing weakness in the last month. So far, copper has risen 4.9% in October.

Argentina’s (FM) consumer confidence saw a huge drop in June 2017, as Argentinians are highly unsatisfied with the austerity measures President Macri’s government has adopted.

The Merval Index, Argentina’s benchmark index, has risen about 10.5% so far in 2017 as of June 23.