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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.

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PICS: Underground mine turned into modern office space

PICS: Underground mine turned into modern office space

Companies begin to take up 5 million square feet of warehouse and office space available in converted limestone room-and-pillar mine near Kansas City called SubTropolis.

Frik Els | March 16, 2015 | 12:56 pm

Hedge funds cut bullish gold price bets 60% since January

Hedge funds cut bullish gold price bets 60% since January

"Managed money" speculators in gold futures slashed positions that prices will go up for six week in a row ahead of Wednesday's crucial Fed announcement.

Frik Els | March 16, 2015 | 11:30 am

Semafo bounces on full-year results

Semafo bounces on full-year results

Fresh from $137m Burkina Faso acquisition, Montreal-based gold miner adds to investor cheer with strong operational performance in West Africa.

Frik Els | March 13, 2015 | 3:28 pm

These are the most bullish gold price charts you’ll see today

US real bond yields have an even closer inverse correlation to the gold price than the dollar. These charts show gold should be above $1,400 right now.

Frik Els | March 13, 2015 | 1:24 pm

Gold triple digits

BNP: Gold price will average in triple digits next year

"The only near-term positive is that any hike in interest rates in the US could be put on hold for the time being."

Frik Els | March 12, 2015 | 4:09 pm

Iron ore is still in a bull market

CHART: Beijing has finally turned around rare earth prices

Beijing has a new strategy to tighten its grip on the rare earth supply chain. And it's working.

Frik Els | March 12, 2015 | 2:33 pm

Gold price in danger zone not attracting bargain hunters

Gold price in danger zone not attracting bargain hunters

Not yet, anyway.

Frik Els | March 11, 2015 | 3:15 pm

The bottom is in. Venezuela restarts iron mine after 18 years

The bottom is in. Venezuela restarts iron mine after 18 years

OR NOT. As iron ore prices fall to 7-year lows struggling South American nation reopens 18 billion tonne Cerro Bolivar mine mothballed since 1997.

Frik Els | March 11, 2015 | 2:20 pm

Iron ore miners have new price competition: Chinese scrap

Dire Chinese steel outlook drops iron ore price to 7-year low

Down 1.4% Wednesday to lowest since 2007 on Chinese forecast of peak steel production and contraction.

Frik Els | March 11, 2015 | 12:45 pm

Glencore in huge Russian oil deal

Glencore in huge Russian oil deal

Debt for equity swap deal for 49% of top ten Russian oil producer could be worth as much as $3 billion.

Frik Els | March 11, 2015 | 10:30 am

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Mining’s next boom is off the map: Arctic ice, abyssal plains and asteroids

Depletion, lower ore grades and higher prices pushing miners to new frontiers. The Arctic is already drawing capital, deep-sea mining is moving into a regulatory fight, and space remains the long-dated option.

Frik Els | June 12, 2026 | 2:44 pm