The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

A gold mine has collapsed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 50 people, officials said.Read full newsRead More

Mining Journal: How did you end up working in the natural resources sector? Henry Steel: I am fortunate in that I knew what interested me early on.Read More

Share this article CORPUS CHRISTI - Uranium Energy Corp applauds the U.S. Department of Commerce or negotiating an amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation that reduces America's dependence on Russian natural uranium concentrates up to 75% from prior levels. An initialed draft agreement between the DOC and Russia's State Atomic Ene...Read More

(IDEX Online) - India's biggest show for the jewelry trade is to take place as a virtual event in October.The flagship India International Jewelry Show (IIJS) Premiere, which typically attracts 40,000 visitors and over 1,300 exhibitors, should have taken place in August but was axed because of the pandemic.Organizers GJEPC today said they were expecting 500 exhibitors and 10,000 buyers at IIJ...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Workers at the Diavik diamond mine, close to the Arctic circle, were surprised to find a grizzly bear prowling the cafeteria.It's not clear how the animal gained access to the site, at Lac de Gras, in Northwest Territories, Canada, but staff suspect it entered through external doors to the adjoining kitchen.A picture of the bear was posted on Facebook, captioned: "This is wild...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Zimbabwe government has banned mining for diamonds and other minerals in its national parks.It was responding to calls from environmental and wildlife groups, who raised concerns about threats to biodiversity, tourism and the elephant population.Mining for diamonds, gold and coal is widespread in national parks across southern Africa, Shamiso Mtisi, of the Zimbabwe Environmenta...Read More

Kore Mining (TSXV: KORE; US-OTC: KOREF) has released the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly owned Long Valley gold deposit in California's Mono County, which suggests low costs, both in terms of the up-front capital required, as well as during operations.In a news release, Kore highlights how the PEA has the "potential to generate strong returns while being in full c...Read More

This week's episode features BHP's "Building a Better World Climate Change Briefing" that was broadcast to the internet on Sept. 10. Led by BHP chief executive officer Mike Henry, the webcast revealed how the world's largest mining company plans to address the challenges of climate change, including concrete steps it's taking to reduce Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. The presentation also included chi...Read More

Calgary-based lithium developer E3 Metals (TSXV: ETMC; US-OTC: EEMMF) announced the discovery of a new lithium enriched aquifer in south-central Alberta. The lithium enrichment was discovered in the Nisku aquifer, and the company says sampled lithium grades ranged up to 75 milligrams per litre (mg/L).The Nisku is laterally extensive across the company's permit area and is located just above anoth...Read More

BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) has frozen the salaries of its key executives for the coming financial year, while paying chief executive officer Mike Henry US$6.1 million for the first six months on the job.In its remuneration policy section of its annual report, the world's largest miner said that Henry, who replaced former boss Andrew Mackenzie in January, owed most of its salary to short- and long-t...Read More

Following last month's announcement by the Government of Saskatchewan to build a $31 million domestic rare earths processing facility, Appia Energy (CNSX: API; US-OTC: APAAF) has released the results of assays taken from its wholly owned Alces Lake REEs project in Saskatchewan. The 143 sq. km property is situated 30 km east of Uranium City in the Athabasca Basin of northwestern Saskatchewan.Speaki...Read More

Appian Capital Advisory's Atlantic Nickel has released the results from a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its wholly owned Santa Rita nickel-copper-cobalt mine in northeastern Brazil. Santa Rita, one of the largest open-pit nickel sulphide mines in the world, was acquired by the private equity firm from Mirabela Nickel in a bankruptcy process in 2018. Since open-pit operations restar...Read More

Let me show you something a lot of people don't understand about the gold sector.It'll perfectly illustrate how the market is handing us a fantastic opportunity.It is profoundly easy to make more money off the same basic trend just by picking the right ticker.Right now, it means the difference between being up 30% or up 46%. And that is just with ETFs.This is the gold multiplier effect and it is b...Read More

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