Cameco Port Hope workers get 6% pay hike
The Port Hope plant is the only facility in Canada producing uranium hexafluoride (UF6) and the only supplier of natural uranium dioxide (UO2) conversion services.
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:
Latest Indian gold buying ban: credit card instalments
The curb on credit card purchases of gold spread out over months comes on the heels of a raft of new regulations to cool Indians' love affair with gold.
The billionaire fighting to stop Keystone XL
Tom Steyer has been dubbed the liberal version of the Koch brothers.
Canada Lithium shares jump 11% after first production run
The first shipment of 99.5% battery-grade lithium to China from the company's Quebec plant should happen this week.
Oil sands crude price doubles since December
A spike in the global oil price and a rapidly narrowing discount has sent oil sands crude soaring to $89.25 a barrel from five-year lows of $45 in December.
CHART: Iron ore price resumes march on $120
Outlook for rest of the year and next also brighter.
What you need to know about the Simandou anti-corruption probe
"President Condé was the real villain in this story, Steinmetz said. His loathing for Condé was so palpable that, whenever he mentioned him, the tendons in his neck stood out."
Gold price surges as bargain hunters scramble for cheap metal
The gold price surged nearly $40 an ounce on Monday as a weaker dollar helped the metal recover from one of its worst quarterly performances in history.
Copper kicks off Q3 with huge rally
Asian traders are pulling the metal from warehouses at record levels and paying premiums last seen four years ago.
Iron ore price can’t escape metals sell-off
A 7% rally in the price of iron ore came to an abrupt end on Friday.
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.