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 bounces back

Gold up $32 as QE3 drumbeat grows louder

Gold scaled the $1,600 an ounce level for the first time in three weeks on Wednesday as investors, worried about cheap money flooding markets and debasing the US dollar, turn to gold as an inflation hedge.
Frik Els | July 25, 2012 | 6:25 pm

Teck Resources down 5% after profits more than halve

The diversified miner suffered lower realized prices across the board with copper down 14% to $3.57 a pound, its realized coal price was 26% below Q2 2011 at $202 a tonne. Zinc (-15%), silver (-24%), lead (-22%) and molybdenum (-18%) prices all declined.
Frik Els | July 25, 2012 | 4:59 pm
Molycorp stock jumped up as mine plant revamp nears completion

Eldorado jumps after work resumes at Greek project

Eldorado Gold added more than 3% on Tuesday after announcing Greece's top administrative court had revoked a provisional order issued on June 29 which suspended the surface clearing activities of Hellas Gold, a 95%-owned subsidiary of Eldorado, in Halkidiki, Greece.
Frik Els | July 24, 2012 | 7:14 pm
Featured Post

Mining vs AI: What’s wrong with this picture?

As the saying from mid-19th century California goes, during a gold rush the easiest way to get rich is selling shovels and picks. 
Frik Els | July 10, 2024 | 6:15 pm