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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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First Uranium needs to offload 150,000+ oz yearly gold production by June to stay afloat

Rising costs could make any interested buyer baulk at the idea though. Cash costs in South Africa at its Ezulweni mine has rocketed to $2,143/oz and were up 20% at Mine Waste Solutions although at $613/oz there you could still turn a profit .

Frik Els | February 15, 2012 | 10:00 pm

Everyone wants a piece of Northland

The company, advancing iron ore projects in Sweden and Finland, decided to increase the size of the equity offering announced earlier in February due to "high demand" . Together with a fully subscribed bond offering the company is now raising close to $700 million.

Frik Els | February 15, 2012 | 9:16 pm

Canadian crude falls to $50 below global price

Keystone XL is the comeback kid

Republicans in the US Congress are once again attempting to force through the approval of the Keystone XL project, while the pipeline's backers TransCanada says it could receive approval early in 2013.

Frik Els | February 15, 2012 | 12:43 am

Vale resuming Sudbury operations, says no 2012 production impact

Brazillian miner Vale SA said Tuesday it is gradually resuming mining at its underground nickel operations in Sudbury, Canada.

Frik Els | February 14, 2012 | 11:17 pm

Centerra Gold punished as Kumtor strike enters second week

Centerra Gold announced on Tuesday that employees at its massive Kumtor operation in the Kyrgyzstan remain on strike, sending its shares down as much as 3.5%.

Frik Els | February 14, 2012 | 10:10 pm

Death of DRC mining go-to guy will reshape country’s resource sector

Augustin Katumba Mwanke, the former governor of copper-rich Katanga province and go-to guy for resource deals, was seen by many as the power behind the throne.

Frik Els | February 14, 2012 | 12:42 am

Iran sanctions: Trade with number 6 iron ore exporter heading to zero

Although some Asian firms have found creative ways of doing business with Iran, European iron ore traders and shipping companies are shying away completely from transacting with the country as US-led sanctions start to have an impact.

Frik Els | February 13, 2012 | 11:00 pm

STUDY: South African mining to remain stagnant

Anglo Platinum’s very bad year could be good for the market

Anglo Platinum, the world's number one platinum producer, suffered more than 80 safety-related work stoppages including 12 fatalities, that resulted in lower output and a drop in profits of over 60% in 2011.

Frik Els | February 13, 2012 | 8:12 pm

Iron ore fundamentals just got better: India exports set to drop another 35% this year

Down from 100 million tonnes in 2010, India's minerals industry federation forecasts only 40 million tonnes will be shipped over the next 12 months.

Frik Els | February 10, 2012 | 8:11 pm

BEAR GRIP: 9 ways 2013 changed gold for good

Golden age for Newcrest as it rakes in net profits at a rate of $110 million per month

When asked if shareholders could be rewarded with a special dividend Newcrest chief executive Greg Robinson said such a move was ''always on the cards'' in times of plenty.

Frik Els | February 10, 2012 | 3:36 pm

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A critical review of current developments in the global lithium industry and key takeaways by Chris Williams, Analyst at Adamas Intelligence.

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