Thousands march on Chinese gold mine in Mexico
32 communities in Puebla, Mexico have given Chinese company JDC Minerals an ultimatum of 24 hours to abandon its La Lupe mine.
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:
Manufacturing recovery? Aluminum tells different story as Chinese bauxite imports fall 30%
The drop comes amid a serious overcapacity problem in the electrolytic aluminum industry.
China to start subsidizing rare earth miners as exports fall 18% in just one month
Nothing, not even a month-long halt in production, has stopped REE prices from falling.
Robert Friedland joins Rothschild-Bakrie fight over Indonesia coal mines
Nat Rothschild is roping in mining legend Robert Friedland to wrest control of London-listed Bumi from Indonesia's Bakrie dynasty.
Rio’s rocky relationship with China and the 4-foot jade horse that’s helping to fix it
Call in the feng shui masters.
New report: DRC’s Kabila could be toppled within weeks
DRC president Kabila will likely be violently removed from office should protests in major cities escalate and last longer than one week, according to a report from Exclusive Analysis, a UK-based political risk consultancy.
A no-brainer? Davis takes Carroll’s job at Anglo
"I have not yet decided what my future plans will be but certainly retirement will not be part of them."
Denver gold company jumps after raising $70m at steep premium
Denver-based Midway Gold Corp. is up sharply after a strategic investor pays 37% premium for shares.
New tax plan could hit Australia’s top miners hard
Any overhaul of the tax could spark a fresh war with miners still smarting from their battle against 2010's resource super profits tax.
Big 3 dumping huge volumes as iron ore rally comes to abrupt end
Sentiment will start to weaken from this point onwards said one trader.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive
Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly.
