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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Peru declares state of emergency over Cajamarca gold mine protests

Reuters reports Peruvian President Ollanta Humala declared a state of emergency late on Sunday banning assembly and giving police special powers of arrest to quell protests against Newmont Mining's Conga gold mine that have caused havoc across the region of Cajamarca for 11 days.
Frik Els | December 5, 2011 | 3:15 pm

Gold Fields CEO says not averse to M&A to ramp up to 5 million ounces

BusinessLive reports Gold Fields, the world's fourth largest gold producer, is not averse to merger and acquisition activity but will not rely on it, said CEO Nick Holland on Monday. The company, which continues to target five million ounces in development or production by 2015, has spent the last two years aggressively growing its production.
Frik Els | December 5, 2011 | 2:15 pm

Global Witness leaves ‘diamond laundering’ Kimberley Process, calls Zimbabwe decision an outrage

The human rights organization – co-nominated for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on conflict diamonds – said the decision to allow diamonds from Zimbabwe's rich Marange fields means the money that flows from there ends up in the pockets of the Robert Mugabe-aligned military's top brass who could use it to organize support to intimidate the opposition in the run-up to elections. Hundreds were killed and thousands of local miners were driven off claims when the Zimbabwe army seized control of the Marange area in 2008.
Frik Els | December 5, 2011 | 1:20 pm
Soros called the bottom in Barrick Gold's stock

Bullion has brought Soros fortune and prosperity, but now he’s just trying his luck

Forbes reports billionaire investor George Soros is placing a very particular bet on gold by buying $40 to $50 million in shares of a Chinese jeweler ahead of its $2.8 billion IPO. Founded in 1929 Chow Tai Fook is bigger than Tiffany’s and is named after founder Chow Chi Yuen and “Tai Fook” means fortune, prosperity and luck in Chinese.
Frik Els | December 4, 2011 | 3:48 pm

Rio wants Canada’s uranium legal controls lifted

Rio Tinto's chief executive Tom Albanese said on Saturday that he would lobby Canada to ensure it was the operator of the Roughrider uranium project in Saskatchewan, despite legal hurdles, after its successful takeover of Hathor. At the start of December, Rio emerged the winner after beating out world number one uranium miner, Canada's Cameco, with a $643 million bid for the explorer.
Frik Els | December 4, 2011 | 9:44 am
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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