Frik Els , Editor

Rio threatens to halt work at Oyu Tolgoi over Mongolia’s demands for bigger stake

The giant copper-gold mine is one of the richest prizes in mining and the Mongolian government has long coveted more of it.

Frik Els | January 30, 2013 | 5:17 pm

An oil economy built on sands: Canadian crude falls to $50 below global price

And there's worse to come says Scotiabank

Frik Els | January 29, 2013 | 11:18 pm

Swiss banks hike charges to store gold in their vaults 20%

Move prompted by new banking rules.

Frik Els | January 29, 2013 | 8:48 pm

CHART: China is burning coal at an insane rate

Use heading for 4 billion tonnes a year, imports could jump to 500m tonnes in 3 years.

Frik Els | January 29, 2013 | 6:07 pm

Private firms contributed 40% of China’s 45m tonnes of new steel capacity

China is not just a command economy.

Frik Els | January 28, 2013 | 11:10 pm

Crude oil benchmark price provider enters iron ore market

Chinese port of Tianjin becomes the pricing point for the steelmaking raw material.

Frik Els | January 28, 2013 | 10:04 pm

China is cleaning up its coal industry at an astonishing pace

Consolidation and technological upgrades see number of mines cut by 1,500.

Frik Els | January 28, 2013 | 7:38 pm

Blockbuster gold deal in the making: Polyus shoots the lights out with 22% jump in sales

Rumours are rife that the miner is close to a merger with fellow Russian gold giant Polymetal to create a top 5 global gold company.

Frik Els | January 28, 2013 | 6:04 pm

Report: Polyus and Polymetal to merge creating world’s No. 3 gold miner by reserves

London-listed Russian giants came close to a tie up last year.

Frik Els | January 25, 2013 | 11:43 pm

German cheer drops euro gold price to 8-month low

Central banks' 'free lunch' may be coming to an end sooner than thought.

Frik Els | January 25, 2013 | 6:59 pm

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