As a retired mining industry employee, I track commodity prices avidly. One price that is not listed by the Financial Mail — or anywhere else I can find — is the iron ore price.
Iron ore is a major export, of course, yet it seems not to be afforded the same importance as Richards Bay Coal, the price of which you list weekly. Can you fit the iron ore "equivalent" of the Richards Bay Coal price together with the currently listed commodity prices?
My second query concerns the Africa Top Stocks list. This is presented in no particular order, unlike the JSE Top Stocks list, which is in order of market cap. I am sure this is easy to rectify. Also, the table lists the market cap as being in units of thousands of dollars — surely this should be millions?
Clive Kihn,
Durbanville
The editor replies: The iron ore price has been added to the commodities table this week and the Africa Top Stocks now appear in order of market cap.