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

(IDEX Online) - More than 18,000 visitors and 12,000 exhibitor and sponsors attended JCK Vegas earlier this month, say organizers. The visitor figures were up eight per cent on 2022, the first post-Covid show, which surpassed pre-pandemic levels. More than 1,900 companies exhibited at the The Venetian and The Venetian Expo for the four-day event which describes itself as "the most important jewel...Read More

(IDEX Online) - India suffered yet another decline in gross exports of polished diamonds in May, but it was less severe than in recent months.Foreign sales amounted to $1.72bn, down 17.5 per cent on the previous month, according to new figures from GJEPC (Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council).In April the year-on-year dollar decline was 38.9 per cent, and in March it was 33 per cent. The dec...Read More

The London-listed company has released the results of 17 further holes in the Rupice Northwest  (RNW) discovery, confirming that it is a separate, although overlapping ore body to the mainRead More

(IDEX Online) - Mountain Province Diamonds says it has discovered additional kimberlite at the Gahcho Kue mine, in Canada's Northwest Territories.The Toronto-based miner says a kimberlite exposure was identified during routine mining operations in 2021. Drilling programs the following year indicated a significant volume of previously unknown kimberlite could exist.Ten of 11 drillholes this ye...Read More

Saturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMidland, a project generator, has an existing nickel partnership with Rio and counts Barrick Gold, BHP, Wallbridge Mining Company, SOQUEM and P...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyThe increase from 2.19Mt to 2.93Mt includes a lithium grade of the measured resource across the salar being 210 mg/L lithium, while the indica...Read More

Saturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesGo to the PwC website and you will be told of an ESG revolution.Read More

Happy Thursday from glorious Northern Italy!Last week, I was watching one of my favorite YouTube channels, CaspianReport. Its latest video is "India discovers $410 billion lithium deposit."Nice one.CaspianReport has a particular affinity for the BRICS countries and their allies, to be fair.Four of the following five listed videos are:China plans to dethrone the dollarPakistan is dying (and that is...Read More

Saturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesA week after more than a dozen mining companies in Québec announced the temporary shutdown of activity, wildfires are still bu...Read More

The investment bank is forecasting copper prices of US$4.50/lb from 2025-2027, as production lags rising demand, and warns that this forecast "could be conservative if supply struggles to respond". Read More

A week after more than a dozen mining companies in Québec announced the temporary shutdown of activity, wildfires are still burning across the province and country.Read More

Anglo American signed a memorandum of understanding on a visit to Jiangxi, one of the largest Chinese copper producers, to provide consumers with greater assurances on the ESG values of their copperRead More

The stock market enjoyed itself a day at the races today.The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced a 428-point jubilation. The S&P 500 posted a 53-point thrill.The Nasdaq Composite, meantime, leapt 156 points today.This, one day following the Federal Reserve's sledgehammered hints that two additional rate increases are in prospect this year.Affirms Yahoo Finance:"Stocks rallied on Thursday...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metals The funding will mainly be spent completing a prefeasibility study at Challenger's 2.8Moz Hualilan gold project in Argentina.Read More

The $46.4 million investment is priced at 70.75c per share, a circa 8% premium to recent trading levels.Read More

(IDEX Online) - A diamond worker has been arrested in Surat, India, after he allegedly spiked his colleagues' tea with a sedative and fled with stones valued at $14,000.Police in the Katargam district of the city say the suspect made tea at 4am during a night shift for eight co-workers. Those who were unwilling to drink were forced to do so.He fled the workshop with 2,700 diamonds, with a tot...Read More

Vanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltySaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingRead More

(IDEX Online) - A starfish brooch designed by Salvador Dali and featuring cultured pearl of diamonds, rubies, and emeralds sold for $982,000.It was the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of jewelry by the Spanish surrealist artist.The Etoile de Mer belonged to socialite Rebekah Harkness, who is referenced in Taylor Swift's 2020 song The Last Great American Dynasty.Swift paid $17m...Read More

The resignation comes as the county reports the lowest production of copper in more than 25 years and as the Chile governments continue to Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyThe $46.4 million investment is priced at 70.75c per share, a circa 8% premium to recent trading levels.Read More