Frik Els , Editor

New study says Brazil is about to flood export markets with iron ore

Brazil is slated to produce 820 million tonne of iron ore in 2016, a more than 60% jump from today's levels. How will Chinese demand keep up?

Frik Els | October 15, 2012 | 12:30 am

Report: Half of gold miners in Africa could be children

Many children and teenagers skip school to work at the gold mines where they can earn $14 during a six-day week workweek.

Frik Els | October 12, 2012 | 10:37 pm

Areva mothballs Namibia uranium mine

The price of the nuclear fuel is down 10% in just the last three months.

Frik Els | October 12, 2012 | 7:58 pm

Iron ore: The rollercoaster ride has only just started

The transformation of the iron ore market over the last few years has been nothing less than stunning. Those with nerves of steel can look forward to even higher highs and lower lows.

Frik Els | October 11, 2012 | 11:49 pm

Iron ore pulls back from $120 despite fresh Chinese infrastructure spending

The country's railways ministry is upping its investment for a third time this year – the annual budget for 2012 is now a round $100 billion.

Frik Els | October 11, 2012 | 6:18 pm

VIDEO: The female mind and the gold standard

Just when you thought all possible arguments for and against the gold standard have been covered...

Frik Els | October 11, 2012 | 4:50 pm

Investors salivating over Aurico payout after it offloads Mexico properties for $750 million

AuRico Gold shot up 21% on Wednesday on massive volumes, after announcing it has offloaded a mine and two exploration projects and sold half of a development in Mexico to a local company.

Frik Els | October 10, 2012 | 8:01 pm

Up to 2,000 Chinese miners on their way to British Columbia to fill jobs Canadians can’t do safely

The full time workers follow $1.4 billion in Chinese funding for two coal projects in the northeast of the province because Canadians "just don't have the experience" to operate underground equipment safely.

Frik Els | October 10, 2012 | 7:13 pm

Gold’s losing streak post US jobs surprise continues

The better-than-expected non-farm payrolls numbers may mean that the Federal Reserve will end QE3 sooner rather than later.

Frik Els | October 9, 2012 | 9:06 pm

Osisko coy about 1 million hectares staked in ’emerging gold belt’ in Mexico

Montreal's Osisko says it has staked out some one million hectares of ground in an – as yet unnamed – "emerging gold rich mineral belt in Mexico".

Frik Els | October 9, 2012 | 6:17 pm

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