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

SRK Consulting's EasyMine XR Mixed Reality software blends the physical and digital worlds, transforming how mining experts interpret and characterise mine sites.One of the biggest challenges faced by geologists when exploring potential areas of mineralisation is their inability to visualise the subsurface conditions, which often consist of spatially variable soil and rock strata, numerous fractur...Read More

The company said it had entered a binding term sheet with Appian Capital Advisory for up to about C$40.9 million, subject to Toronto Stock Exchange approval.Harte chairman Joseph Conway said following a review process, the proposed transaction was "the best financing alternative available to the company".It was set to comprise a private placement of 9.5 million Series B special shares priced at US...Read More

Pekka Vauramo, formerly CEO of Metso and now head of the joint entity, said aggregates was the "the part of the business that was worst hit by the by the corona[virus]" "In the mining side, we reallyRead More

(IDEX Online) - Declare your undying love with a diamond engagement ring based on a Pokemon character.The 0.3-carat solitaire (pictured) is set between a pair of gold ears belonging to Pikachu, a fictional yellow rodent that appears in video games, TV shows, movies, trading card games, comic books and much besides.The Pokemon empire is marketing this and two other engagement rings, in partnership...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Subsidiaries of the Indian diamond giant Dharmanandan have developed a low-cost ventilator to sav the lives of COVID-19 patients.The device, (pictured) which costs under $3,500, was launched yesterday.Dharmanandan, with a $1bn annual turnover, developed the Respiwin device in just five months through its Dharmanandan Research Centre (DRC) Techno and InnovSeed company.A team of...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesWhile the deal, announced on June 4, is worth up to A$125 million, Evolution received $60 million in cash up front - equal to Aeris' market capitalisation at yesterday's close.Read More

Pure Gold, Canada's Next Gold Mine, This YearSPONSOREDCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesThe past five years have been the worst for new copper discoveries in 30 years, with just one major deposit found. Less than 1...Read More

Eastmain Resources (TSX: ER; US-OTC: EANRF) has resumed exploration across its three properties in Quebec's James Bay region. The company will focus on expanding the existing Eau Claire deposit at its flagship 20,068-sq.-km Clearwater property with 4,000 metres of drilling, with additional field-based work planned for the Radisson and Reservoir projects."Eastmain has one of the premier land positi...Read More

Colombia-focused Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US-OTC: TPRFF) has invested $14 million in a private placement in its recent spinoff, Caldas Gold (TSXV: CGC), to fund the acquisition of a project in Ontario's Abitibi greenstone belt.In a deal announced in May, Caldas Gold is acquiring the Juby project, 100 km southeast of Timmins, from South American Resources (SARC). The private company has an agr...Read More

An international group of 142 scientists, community groups and NGOs from 24 countries has published a set of 16 guidelines for the safer storage of mine waste.The guidelines aim to protect communities, workers and the environment from the risks posed by thousands of mine waste storage facilities, which are failing more frequently and with more severe outcomes."Safety First: Guidelines for Responsi...Read More

Pure Gold, Canada's Next Gold Mine, This YearSPONSOREDCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesIt is easy enough to be sceptical about the flight to ESG investing. Fund managers have clearly vested financial interests in p...Read More

RBPlat put the cost of the facility at ZAR10 million (US$0.6 million).It said it had worked with the North West provincial and Bojanala district health departments to convert its unused South Shaft Change House at the mothballed Maseve mine, to provide initial COVID-19 medical treatment to its employees and communities.The platinum group metals producer said the 2,940sq.m facility had five wards w...Read More

Executive Fireside ChatSean Boyd, Vice-Chairman and CEO, Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedMODERATOR: Anthony Vaccaro, Group Publisher, The Northern Miner GroupRead More

"What COVID has done for us is really focus us as a sector in so far as this pandemic can never be resolved, we can never find the answer to it and respond to it, without jointly working together toRead More

I'll be the first to admit when I'm wrong. (Sometimes the second, if you ask my wife...)But, I must say that I've been very wrong about Donald Trump and cannabis.When he ran for the presidency, I thought it would be a boon for marijuana stocks. I naively assumed that the Donald only cared about the green: money. I thought that he was politically agnostic when it came to making billions of dollars....Read More

Executive Fireside ChatSean Boyd, Vice-Chairman and CEO, Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedMODERATOR: Anthony Vaccaro, Group Publisher, The Northern Miner GroupRead More

VANCOUVER , BC andDENVER, CO ,June 30, 2020/CNW/ - SSR Mining Inc. (SSRM) (SSRM) (Read full newsRead More

Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said on Tuesday a gold deposit with estimated resources of 1 million ounces had been discovered in the southeast of the country.Read full newsRead More

Industrial metal demand and energies demand will be much higher than the second quarter. World will never be in lockdown mode for the rest of the year. Cities, localities, districts may be locked down but never a nation. Demand for metals and energies will be there. Pace of demand will vary each month in every nation. Human have to live with COVID. Wearing mask and other precautions need to be t...Read More

Industrial metal demand and energies demand will be much higher than the second quarter. World will never be in lockdown mode for the rest of the year. Cities, localities, districts may be locked down but never a nation. Demand for metals and energies will be there. Pace of demand will vary each month in every nation. Human have to live with COVID. Wearing mask and other precautions need to be t...Read More