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Brent Crude Oil $ 65.29 / bbl -1.09%
Palladium $ 954 / ozt -0.37%
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Silver Futures $ 32.96 / ozt -0.38%
Aluminum Futures $ 2482.5 / ton 2.70%
Micro Gold Futures $ 3237.8 / ozt -1.29%
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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:

Vancouver gold junior pops on Mexico discovery

Cayden hits best Mexico grades yet

The Peña de Oro target at the Vancouver junior's El Barqueño property in Mexico intercepts 45 meters of 4.06 g/t Au with 0.39% Cu and 19 meters of 4.98 g/t Au with 0.26% Cu,
Frik Els | June 26, 2014 | 7:18 pm
Iron ore price is collapsing

Iron ore price builds on rally

But Chinese banks are starting to call in iron ore-backed loans to traders holding 38mt, forcing them to dump inventories onto already well-supplied market.
Frik Els | June 20, 2014 | 9:25 pm
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Glencore stock plummets after copper production drops 30%

Glencore stock trading in the US down nearly 10% despite maintaining copper guidance and saying volatile commodities trade "presents opportunities".
Frik Els | April 30, 2025 | 8:42 am