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:

Huge rally in copper price

Huge rally in copper price

Copper surges to two-month high on optimism about demand from China, fall in inventories to 2008 levels and receding fears about supply growth.
Frik Els | May 12, 2014 | 10:34 pm
This chart shows how pricey gold mining stocks really are

Putin, Yellen wind gold price bulls

After a few good trading sessions where gold defied skeptics to hold onto $1,300, comments by the US Fed chair and Russian president hammered gold Wednesday .
Frik Els | May 7, 2014 | 6:36 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