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Silver Futures $ 75.875 / ozt -0.20%
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Micro Gold Futures $ 4593 / ozt 1.44%
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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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CHART: Big oil, mining on capex strike

CHART: Big oil, mining on capex strike

Capital expenditure by oil and mining companies is down to a 15-year low despite a 40% rise in global commodity consumption over the same period, according to a new report.
Frik Els | May 31, 2022 | 11:43 am
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US rare earth stock cracks top 50 mining companies for the first time

Non-Chinese rare earth producers have been conspicuously absent from mining’s top tier, now worth a collective $1.5 trillion, up $200 billion year to date. 
Frik Els | July 21, 2025 | 6:15 pm