Frik Els, Author at MINING.COM

BHP reshapes portfolio, set to quit London's FTSE

BHP seeking $2 billion Jansen stake sale

Working with an investment bank to off-load 25% interest in giant potash project in Saskatchewan according to new report.

Frik Els | August 25, 2017 | 11:48 am

Copper price rises despite covid-19 worries in China

Copper price rally is only gathering momentum

Copper price jumps to near three-year high as likely impact of Chinese scrap metal import ban sparks another session of speculative buying.

Frik Els | August 24, 2017 | 4:58 pm

Shale may be gone but BHP won’t ditch potash

After pressure BHP is exiting oil and gas. Expect similar calls for shelving its $12 billion Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan to fall on deaf ears.

Frik Els | August 23, 2017 | 4:19 pm

BHP exiting oil and gas

After posting a fourfold rise in profits, world's number one mining company now "actively pursuing options to exit" its US oil and gas business bought for $20B six years ago.

Frik Els | August 21, 2017 | 3:48 pm

Iron ore price jumps again – up 47% in two months

Another big day on Chinese futures markets as seaborne iron ore prices approach $80 a tonne.

Frik Els | August 21, 2017 | 3:20 pm

Freeport’s Grasberg jujitsu move will pay off

Copper price rallies after Grasberg violence

Copper above $3.00 after former workers torch dozens of buildings, vehicles at Freeport's Indonesia operations blocking access to world number two mine.

Frik Els | August 21, 2017 | 11:27 am