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Frik Els , Editor

Frik has 20 years’ experience as a business journalist across a range of industries including automotive, technology and entertainment markets. Frik has an entry in Global Mining Observer’s Who’s Who of Mining 2018, and contributions to publications and conferences including Business Insider, Investing.com, Mines & Money London and New York, Vancouver Resources Investment, Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto and Canadian Mining Symposium in London, UK. He’s been interviewed on CBC Radio and Korea State TV and quoted in the Financial Post.

Posts by Frik Els:

China is the only power taking lunar mining seriously

China is taking lunar mining seriously

China' wants astronauts on the moon early 2020s. Filling one shuttle's cargo bay with helium-3 could bring the equivalent energy of 1bn barrels of oil back to earth.
Frik Els | August 3, 2014 | 11:36 am
Iron ore price bulls are back

Iron ore price bulls are back

But prediction of a rise above $100 a tonne in the "near future" may not be enough for smaller producers as the big three flood markets.
Frik Els | August 1, 2014 | 5:02 am
Goldcorp’s profit down despite improved gold sales

Goldcorp slashes costs 30%

Vancouver-based company drives all-in costs down to $852/oz and also beats expectations with $1.1 billion in quarterly revenue.
Frik Els | July 31, 2014 | 12:02 pm
Aussie model's naked war on coal

Aussie model’s naked war on coal

Robyn Lawley, Australian fashion model and environmental campaigner is using social media to protest the approval of a massive new coal mine in Queensland.
Frik Els | July 31, 2014 | 11:33 am
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Surging gold stocks lift mining’s top 50 companies above tariff chaos

World’s 50 most valuable miners are now worth $1.4 trillion, up $80 billion from end-2024 boosted by gold stocks after copper, lithium producers sold off again.
Frik Els | April 21, 2025 | 11:25 am