Frik Els , Editor

First iron ore, now rare earths: China to launch physical trading platform

The exchange will be located in Baotou city in Inner Mongolia region, which is home to nearly half the world's light rare-earth output.

Frik Els | July 12, 2012 | 6:37 pm

Gold, QE3 and antibiotics

A growing number of analysts are pointing out that returns from quantitative easing are fast diminishing.

Frik Els | July 12, 2012 | 6:04 pm

Second day of heavy losses has Semafo investors reeling

The Montreal-based company, down 21% following a dive of 17% on Wednesday, were deemed by investors to have overpromised and underdelivered on its exploration results.

Frik Els | July 12, 2012 | 4:53 pm

Mongolia kingmaker: ‘Fix’ Oyu Tolgoi ‘shadow masters’ and ‘scare to death’ Tavan Tolgoi oligarchs

The Facebook page of the junior partner in the likely ruling coalition post the Mongolian elections makes for scary reading.

Frik Els | July 12, 2012 | 12:08 am

More pain for SouthGobi shareholders

Embattled SouthGobi Resources (TSX:SGQ) shed over 4% on Wednesday bring its losses since April to 40%, after announcing its Mongolian subsidiary SGS has filed a notice of investment dispute with the government of the Asian country.

Frik Els | July 11, 2012 | 10:00 pm

Stans Energy up 10% after producing heavy REEs in Kyrgyzstan ahead of schedule

The company said 50kg of dysprosium with 99.9% purity was separated from resins remaining from past production runs at the former Soviet Union's number one rare earth plant.

Frik Els | July 11, 2012 | 8:35 pm

China blocks WTO rare earths arbitration as US critical minerals bill goes to a vote

"Passage of this legislation is an important step toward recovering the 22,000 rare earth-related jobs the U.S. has lost since the 1980s.”

Frik Els | July 11, 2012 | 7:17 pm

Jim Rogers says gold has much further to fall: ‘It’s normal for corrections to go down 30% or 40%’

Jim Rogers, the legendary commodity investor tells CNBC the 20% pullback in the price of gold from record highs in August last year may not have run its course.

Frik Els | July 8, 2012 | 11:58 pm

Rarest element in REE debate is rationality

News from unnamed sources that quoted unnamed analysts that China has started stockpiling rare earths had the industry buzzing this week.

Frik Els | July 8, 2012 | 11:03 pm

Fury over Conga threatens to overwhelm Peru’s president

Peru's President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency and has now enlisted the help of the clergy after deadly clashes but the violence shows no signs of letting up.

Frik Els | July 8, 2012 | 8:21 pm

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