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 new set of guidelines has been released called the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management to help strengthen mining practices, with the goal of zero harm to people and the environment.Prepared by the United Nations Environment Program, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the International Council on Metals and Mining (ICMM), the standard is a direct response to a series of l...Read More

Auroch taps into further nickel potentialSPONSOREDauroch mineralsAVZ closes on financing for tier-one lithium projectSPONSOREDavz mineralsElement 25's Butcherbird on songSPONSOREDelement 2588 Energy (ASX:88E) Prepares for Billion Barrel Farm OutSPONSORED88 energyThat's a question guaranteed to keep mining company chief executives awake at night because for the past 20 years China has been the...Read More

VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 3, 2020 /CNW/ - First Energy Metals Ltd.Read full newsRead More

(IDEX Online) - The iconic Argyle mine is selling a collection of 62 diamonds, weighing just 57.23 carats, in one of its last tenders before production ceases.The headline "hero" item in its 2020 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender is the Argyle Eternity, a 2.24 carat round brilliant fancy vivid purplish pink diamond - the largest stone of its type the mine has ever offered for sale.There are five other "...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Gem Diamonds, which operates the highest dollar per carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world, reported a slump in first-half profits from $18.7m to just $2.5m.The London-based miner has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and saw revenue slip from $93.1m in H1 of 2019 to $69.5m. It had to close its Let?... ?eng mine (pictured) in Lesotho from 28 March to 26 April becau...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A 17.34-carat emerald-cut diamond ring broke the Australian record for a jewelry item sold at auction when it fetched A$575,000 (US$418,000).The gem, set in platinum with a pave-set of brilliant-cut diamonds, was reportedly bought by billionaire heiress and socialite Francesca Packer-Barham, 25, niece of the late media tycoon Kerry Packer.Australia's previous record for an auc...Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.82% to 28,133.21 and the S&P 500 dropped 2.31% to 3,426.96 during the Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trading week. Spot gold lost 1.50%, or US$29.50 per oz., and finished the week at US$1,934.80 per ounce.Sibanye-Stillwater climbed US78 ? to US$13.19. The company reported that higher precious metal prices during the first half of 2020 underpinned its adjusted earnings befo...Read More

The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 2.92% to 16,218.01 during the Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Base Metals index dropped 0.66% to 104.84, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index lost 2.44% to 373.07. Spot gold fell US$29.50 per oz., or 1.5%, to finish at US$1,934.80 per ounce.PolyMet Mining's shares posted the largest gain after a district court in Minnesota found that the water permit...Read More

The S&P/TSX Venture Exchange was down 1.56% to 733.69. Spot gold fell 1.5%, or US$29.50 per oz., finishing the week at US$1,934.80 per ounce.Shares of Cornerstone Capital jumped $1.24 to $5.35. The company reported that drilling at its Miocene project, which was scheduled to start in February and March but was suspended due to Covid-19, will restart between December 2020 and April 2021. The Miocen...Read More

Buscar Company (OTC: CGLD) has published today the milestones accomplished to date and the expected milestones to be met in the near future.Read full newsRead More

Looking for a mining movie to watch? Check out our list of some of the greatest gold mining films ever made.Read full newsRead More

Legendary investor Warren Buffett is known for being uninterested in gold, but what comments has he actually made about the yellow metal?Read full newsRead More

Deep-South Resources Inc. announces that it will close $1 millionRead full newsRead More

If global investors reallocated just 5% of their financial assets to gold that would be $14.7 trillion of increased demand trying to purchase less than $1.8 trillion of privately held gold bullion.Read full newsRead More

Jim Paterson, chairman and CEO of ValOre Metals Corp, said investor sentiment had moved "from apathy, or fear, to FOMO [fear of missing out]" over the past year.Read More

The approval allows for FMG to expand the material handling capacity from 175 million tonnes per annum to 210Mtpa on a staged basis.Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.AVZ closes on financing for tier-one lithium projectSPONSOREDavz mineralsThe discovery was made on a 75m step-out drill hole which intercepted 282m grading 0.7% copper and 0.49 grams per tonne gold for 1.16% copper-equivalent, including a 45.7m intercept grading 1.Read More

Auroch taps into further nickel potentialSPONSOREDauroch mineralsAVZ closes on financing for tier-one lithium projectSPONSOREDavz mineralsElement 25's Butcherbird on songSPONSOREDelement 2588 Energy (ASX:88E) Prepares for Billion Barrel Farm OutSPONSORED88 energyIndia's mining ministry proposed a series of legislative changes on August 24 that will effectively mean around 500 exploration licen...Read More

The company today announced that it had awarded the world's first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier tender to Eastern Pacific Shipping, with the aim of GHG emissions by more than 30% per voyage.Read More

The COVID-19 death toll is now approaching a bleak 190,000 in America. Fully six months after the virus first arrived on our shores, we're still wearing masks. We're still social distancing. And many of us are still working from home. There's a global effort underway to develop a vaccine but it's not likely to be released any time soon. And time is running short with summer drawing to a close.Wh...Read More