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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.

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The BHP show obscures Australian mining's deeper problems

Outer Harbour outta here! When BHP gives up on iron ore growth then you know the mining boom is over

The mining giant is also scaling back or postponing other expensive expansion projects but the pullback in iron ore – by far the Melbourne-based company's most profitable division – is a surprising move and indicative of the cloudy outlook for the commodities business.

Frik Els | August 2, 2012 | 4:00 pm

Add German complications to Papua New Guinea problems for Nautilus undersea mine

The Toronto-based company said in the report it continues to engage the government of PNG in legal proceedings held in Sydney Australia but that it has run into trouble with its German partners building a surface vessel for the operation which would lead to delays.

Frik Els | August 2, 2012 | 2:53 pm

Southgobi up 6% at open as Chalco bid is extended

SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (TSX:SGQ)(HKSE:1878) climbed 6.25% on Thursday as markets opened after announcing it was notified by majority shareholder Ivanhoe Mines that […]

Frik Els | August 2, 2012 | 2:07 pm

Dilution ahoy! Nautilus offers major investors new shares for less than 52-week low

Nautilus Minerals dropped 7.3% to $1.02 in late-afternoon trade on Wednesday, after the Toronto-based firm announced that it is raising $34 million from its major shareholders at 90c a share to build its seabed mining system.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 9:08 pm

No more queuing – LME embarks on warehouse review

LME's warehousing operations "have been dogged by controversy since big banks and trading houses including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase bought warehousing operations."

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 7:04 pm

Iron ore price stabilizes: BHP, Rio, analysts say fall 'temporary'

BHP’s performance on the ground fails to lift shares off 3-year lows

The stock hit a high of $50 in May 2008 and came close again in April 2011, but at $170 billion, the Melbourne-based company is now valued at some $80 billion less that at its peak.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 6:22 pm

Copper price jumps to 6-week high after Chinese factory data

China’s lower manufacturing reading masks ‘notable rebound’

After adjusting for seasonality, the reading shows that the manufacturing sector is actually improving, thanks to the slew of stimulus measures implemented by the Chinese government.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 4:52 pm

Bill Gross: 'I would still buy gold here'

Gold and QE3: World’s largest money manager sees ‘cult of inflation’ lasting a ‘few years even decades’

"The cult of equity may be dying, but the cult of inflation may only have just begun."

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 4:04 pm

Fresnillo’s gold sales outshine silver

The company is sticking to plans to spend $680 million this year including ramping up production at its Noche Buena mine. The firm has five operating mines and this year forecasts 41 million ounces of silver produced and 460,000 ounces of gold.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 2:48 pm

Barrick stock falters after S&P downgrades over Pascua-Lama ‘execution risks’

Barrick announced last week a 50-60% cost blow-out for the copper-gold-silver project straddling the Chile–Argentina border which could end up with a final bill of as much as $8 billion with $3 billion already spent.

Frik Els | August 1, 2012 | 2:20 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