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:

Anglo American approves $5 billion copper project in Peru

30-year reserve life.

Frik Els | July 27, 2018 | 9:09 am

Goldman sees copper price “breakout”, risk of “extreme scarcity episode”

Copper price plunges to 1-year low

Metal market mayhem with $13 billion worth of copper futures offloaded by lunchtime.

Frik Els | July 11, 2018 | 12:07 pm

Tesla's China surprise big blow for cobalt, nickel price bulls

Tesla to open Shanghai plant with capacity of 500,000 cars a year

Chinese electric vehicle ecosystem continues to expand.

Frik Els | July 10, 2018 | 10:02 am

Electric vehicle demand will double nickel price – as soon as 2022

New report says EV boom is bifurcating nickel mining and short supply of battery-grade material will see prices climb near $30,000 mark within five years.

Frik Els | July 9, 2018 | 3:18 pm

CHARTs: big tech vs big mining

CHART: Copper, nickel, zinc prices – plenty upside just to revert to mean

Even after two years of gains, industrial metals trade well below 10-year mean prices. Silver looks cheap, but gold, crude may be fully priced already.

Frik Els | July 9, 2018 | 10:48 am

The Vancouver junior shaking up the lithium mining industry

The Vancouver junior shaking up the lithium mining industry

MGX Minerals is rolling out technology that cleans and harvests lithium from wastewater generated by oil and gas – 80m barrels a day in North America alone.

Frik Els | July 6, 2018 | 2:35 pm

Two charts show copper price slump may have been overdone

Copper price takes another huge hit

Bears ignore soothing words about US-China trade war dropping copper to near 1-year low in frenzied trade.

Frik Els | July 5, 2018 | 3:32 pm

Thermal coal prices hit 6-year high

Thermal coal prices hit 6-year high

Seaborne price for coal used in electricity generation scales $120 a tonne as South Africa diverts exports for domestic use and Asian demand spikes.

Frik Els | July 5, 2018 | 11:16 am

Gold price hits all time high

Gold price ‘cleared for rally’ after hedge funds dump 700 tonnes

Large scale gold price speculators have cut bullish positions to levels last seen at the end of 2015 when gold hit a 6-year low of $1,050 an ounce.

Frik Els | July 3, 2018 | 3:24 pm

Record $93B private capital flows into natural resources

CHARTS: Halfway through 2018 and the mining rally is over

“China’s buoyant mood is giving way to concerns around tightening credit and a slowing manufacturing sector."

Frik Els | July 2, 2018 | 4:16 pm

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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