Frik Els is editor for MINING.com in Vancouver, BC.
Frik has been writing on business for the past 15 years covering the resource industry, investment, autos, technology, travel and entertainment.
A pillar of president-elect Trump's economic plan is fiscal stimulus in the form of tax cuts and $500 billion-plus of infrastructure spending. Trump's victory sparked…
According to a new study by the UN's Conference on Trade and Development, some commodity dependent developing countries "are losing as much as 67 percent…
Crude oil prices continued to surprise on Tuesday, with the U.S. benchmark adding another 4 percent to $44.60 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate is now…
Countercyclical investors sitting on $8 billion unspent funds have been waiting for clear signs of a market bottom. The wait may well be over.The mining…
The uranium market had a lot going for it at the start of 2014, including the prospects of a Japanese nuclear reactor restart that now,…
A jury in Dallas, Texas awarded nearly $3 million to a family for health problems they said they suffered as a result of a fracking…
The gold price plunged by as much as $145 on Monday, the worst trading day in history and more than a 9% drop on the…
Uranium supply in key producers Kazakhstan and Niger could be severely impeded by weather problems and political turmoil.According to a new report by Canaaccord Wealth…
One of the world's preeminent science journals has lent its support to the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline in a recent editorial.An editorial published…
Byron Wien, Vice Chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners, one of the world's largest investment firms, has 10 predictions that may surprise markets in 2013.Wien defines…
The price oil sands producers receive fell to $48 a barrel below the international benchmark after a $4.50 or 21% widening to $25.00 of the…
The price oil sands producers receive fell to $38 a barrel below the international benchmark oil price on Monday, leaving more than one fifth of…