Copper $ 4.4645 / lb -0.42%
Brent Crude Oil $ 66.05 / bbl -0.27%
Palladium $ 1143.5 / ozt 0.48%
Crude Oil $ 63.28 / bbl -0.32%
Natural Gas $ 2.914 / Btu 0.66%
Silver Futures $ 38.27 / ozt -0.70%
Aluminum Futures $ 2550.75 / ton 0.43%
Micro Gold Futures $ 3435 / ozt -0.67%
Micro Silver Futures $ 38.275 / ozt -0.67%
Platinum $ 1332.2 / ozt -0.55%
Gold Futures $ 3435.1 / ozt -0.67%
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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:

Goliath vs David and Goliath battle brewing over world-first ‘stainless steel’ deposit

Vancouver's First Point Minerals served notice of arbitration on Cliffs on Saturday because the iron and coal giant refuses to hand over crucial information about the tiny explorer's Decar project, set to become the world's first commercial nickel-iron alloy mine, effectively naturally-occurring 'stainless steel'. BlackRock, an asset manager with more than $3 trillion in assets picked up a stake in First Point two months ago.
Frik Els | May 5, 2012 | 11:52 pm

Bean counters taking over at Ivanhoe

Following the resignation of inveterate dealmaker and founder Robert Friedland a fortnight ago, Rio Tinto insiders and Arthur Andersen alumni have been appointed to lead Ivanhoe.
Frik Els | May 2, 2012 | 12:45 am
China's astonishing rise in one simple chart

Red mettle: Has China cornered the copper market?

58% of the world’s refined copper is now stockpiled in China, an increase of 40% in just six months. Traders say the country may hold as much as three quarters of the “spare” stock that is actually available to the market.
Frik Els | May 1, 2012 | 10:37 pm
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US rare earth stock cracks top 50 mining companies for the first time

Non-Chinese rare earth producers have been conspicuously absent from mining’s top tier, now worth a collective $1.5 trillion, up $200 billion year to date. 
Frik Els | July 21, 2025 | 6:15 pm