Copper $ 5.6358 / lb 2.72%
Brent Crude Oil $ 104.4 / bbl -4.21%
Palladium $ 1496.5 / ozt 5.39%
Crude Oil $ 101.85 / bbl -3.06%
Natural Gas $ 2.89 / Btu 0.10%
Silver Futures $ 75.495 / ozt 7.47%
Aluminum Futures $ 3314.25 / ton -1.21%
Micro Gold Futures $ 4713.1 / ozt 3.80%
Micro Silver Futures $ 75.48 / ozt 7.54%
Platinum $ 1973.85 / ozt 4.22%
Gold Futures $ 4713.3 / ozt 3.84%
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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:

Anglo American teeters on the brink

Fresh selloff brings year loss to 80%. Outside metal prices rebounding (aka divine intervention) and barring extending a begging bowl, what will save Anglo?
Frik Els | January 7, 2016 | 5:25 pm
Copper price surges on Peru worries, China futures launch

Copper price in renminbi rout

Copper price falls as much as 4.7% as chaos on Chinese stock markets and renminbi devaluation intensify growth fears for world's top metals buyer.
Frik Els | January 7, 2016 | 11:35 am
These are the world's 40 biggest mining companies

Private capital won’t touch mining

Only 0.6% of private capital raised in 2015 for natural resource investment is for mining projects–one wind farm fund attracted more than the entire sector.
Frik Els | January 6, 2016 | 11:41 pm
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Top 50 mining companies power through Iran war – up $250 billion in 2026

The world’s 50 biggest mining stocks shrug off global turmoil, hitting a combined $2.4 trillion value in Q1, but the tide did not lift all boats.
Frik Els | April 4, 2026 | 4:57 pm