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.

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Valemax ban 'effectively' lifted

Small victory for ‘marvelous’ 14m tonne Valemax fleet

China allowed one partially loaded Valemax to dock earlier in April, but carrying 400,000 tonnes of iron ore is still banned.

Frik Els | April 28, 2013 | 10:09 pm

New row over $33bn coal scam threatens to topple Indian prime minister

New row over $33bn coal scam could topple Indian prime minister

Current PM Manmohan Singh was in charge of the coal ministry when $33bn in coal proceeds never materialized.

Frik Els | April 28, 2013 | 8:40 pm

Eike Batista

Batista bailout is urgent

"Financial problems at OGX are immediate: the result of a culture of over-promising and under-delivering".

Frik Els | April 28, 2013 | 5:38 pm

Gold price retakes $1,200

As gold price roars back SocGen repeats $10,000 call

As gold claws back 50% of its losses French investment and London bullion bank repeats forecast of a surge in the gold price contradicting its own commodities team's forecast.

Frik Els | April 25, 2013 | 4:50 pm

Mongolia tweets OK for Oyu Tolgoi copper shipments

Mongolia downgrade bolsters Turquoise Hill in Oyu Tolgoi talks

Rio Tinto's hand strengthened in bitter negotiations over future of TRQ's massive mine after S&P cites mining policy as a reason for country's credit downgrade.

Frik Els | April 23, 2013 | 8:01 pm

BEAR GRIP: 9 ways 2013 changed gold for good

Goldman: Don’t get too greedy, close out your gold shorts

Investment bank still sees declines further out as gold price consolidates above $1,400 an ounce.

Frik Els | April 23, 2013 | 5:14 pm

Norman: Wrong to use US rate to judge gold as inflation hedge

Ross Norman: Gold looks like a ‘beat fighter’

Head of bullion broker Sharps Pixley says gold won't recover in a hurry.

Frik Els | April 17, 2013 | 9:36 pm

Gold price fall to be probed by market regulators

The drop doesn’t necessarily mean "anything nefarious" happened says Commissioner Bart Chilton.

Frik Els | April 17, 2013 | 4:45 pm

CHARTS: What life remained in junior mining the gold price drop choked off

Credit stress test of gold miners makes grim reading

Barrick already at risk of a downgrade at today's gold price, but at $1,200 the world's largest gold producer faces junk status.

Frik Els | April 16, 2013 | 10:26 pm

How one short seller's 'shock and awe' crushed gold with a 400 tonne trade

How one short seller’s ‘shock & awe’ crushed gold with a 400 tonne trade

"It is a question of who has got the biggest guns - the shorts have made their play - let's see if there is any response from the longs."

Frik Els | April 16, 2013 | 9:18 pm

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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