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:

Gold price: Hedge funds ready to dump 430 tonnes

SHORT SQUEEZE: Gold price spikes $40

A $40 swing in the gold price, wiping out an early morning jobs number sell-off shows short positions at four-month highs could be facing a big squeeze.
Frik Els | December 4, 2013 | 7:07 pm
Oyu Tolgoi copper, gold output forecasts slashed

Turquoise Hill sinks 26%

The owner of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia is doubling its shares outstanding with a $2.4 billion rights offer.
Frik Els | December 4, 2013 | 5:35 pm
Iron ore price blasts to 3-month high

Iron ore price blasts to 3-month high

Chinese steel mills are humming and rapidly depleting domestic iron ore mines face tough new environment rules from Beijing translating into surging demand for imports.
Frik Els | December 3, 2013 | 7:11 pm
Featured Post

CHARTS: EV battery metals bill sets new low as lithium, nickel, cobalt price slump continues

The raw materials bill for the average EV is now down to $510 compared to a peak of more than $1,900 at the beginning of last year. 
Frik Els | December 26, 2024 | 1:59 pm