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:

BEAR GRIP: 9 ways 2013 changed gold for good

Gold hits 7-month high after QE3

Gold hit an intra-day high of $1.775 shortly before the end of the trading day – a 7-month high and up $240 from its 2012 lows struck in May.
Frik Els | September 13, 2012 | 7:55 pm
Iron ore price up on hopes of recovering steel production in China

Mini iron ore rally melts away

World number one producer Vale says the market will remain stuck in a period of significant volatility until China reduces its stockpiles.
Frik Els | September 13, 2012 | 6:55 pm
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CHART: Copper price surge mints 23 new unicorn mines

The ranks of copper mining’s answer to Silicon Valley's $1 billion startup unicorns swell to 75. 
Frik Els | May 21, 2026 | 12:32 pm