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

Total sales of watches and jewelry in the USA plunged in March, compared with same month last year, down by 27.2 per cent. It is an unprecedented fall, driven by unprecedented events. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were reflected to some extent in February's year-on-year figure, which saw a slowdown, but still some positive growth (up 3.4 per cent).The disastrous figure for March is the...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A judge has ruled that the Rio Tinto subsidiary DDMI can temporarily withhold diamonds from its troubled joint venture partner Dominion. DDMI and Dominion have a 60/40 split ownership of the Diavik mine in Canada's Northwest Territories.But Dominion has been in creditor protection since April after closing its other mine, Ekati, also in Northwest Territories, because of C...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesThe underground mine, which aims to extend the life of the centennial Chuquicamata copper deposit by 40 years, is reaching production rates of about 20,000 tonnes per day and the company has sunk someRead More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resources"Which is of course the way some shareholders would have liked to see us go," Mather said on a Red Cloud Securities webinar this week.Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resources"The index generally sees the annual lows in April but the unique circumstances resulting from COVID-19 have meant that April was instead the first signs of recovery," Marex Spectron's global head of analytics Dr Guy Wolf said.The index put the April average at 87.2, up from 86.7 in March and compared with 85 a year ago and 84.8 in...Read More

Seven ways the resources sector can survive the COVID-19 crisisSPONSOREDproudfootCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resources"I believe that long-term mining economics should determine pricing.Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) has struck a strategic partnership with Melkior Resources (TSXV: MKR), which is advancing its flagship Carscallen gold project in the Timmins gold camp of Ontario.The Toronto-based gold miner, whose high-grade mines in Canada and Australia produced 974,615 oz. of the precious metal last year, is investing $1 million in a non-brokered private placement for up...Read More

Phase one drilling at Rockcliff Metals' (CSE: RCLF) Freebeth property in central Manitoba has returned high-grade copper and zinc mineralization including 5.28% copper equivalent over 2 metres and 4% copper-equivalent over 5 metres.The drill program also pinpointed the historic Last Hurrah zone on the property, which is 3.5 km southeast of the past-producing Spruce Point copper-zinc mine, and with...Read More

With an initial US$493-million investment, Cypress Development's (TSXV: CYP) Clayton Valley lithium project could produce 27,400 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) per year over a 40-year mine life, according to a prefeasibility study (PFS) released this week.At an 8% discount rate, the project has an after-tax net present value of US$1.1 billion, an internal rate of return of 25.8%, and a...Read More

Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC) has discovered two new palladium-platinum zones and extended nickel mineralization at its wholly owned Crawford nickel-cobalt project located in the Timmins-Cochrane mining camp, 40 km north of Timmins, Ontario.Discovery holes drilled in the East zone at the property have doubled the strike length of the nickel mineralization, while partial assays from a third hol...Read More

Colombia-focused Caldas Gold (TSXV: CGC) is casting its eyes on Canada with plans to acquire the Juby gold project, 11 km southeast of the Timmins gold camp in Ontario in the southern part of the Abitibi greenstone belt.The company's flagship asset is its Marmato gold project in Colombia's Middle Cauca gold district, 80 km south of Medellin. Caldas is a spin-off of Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM; US...Read More

U.S. domestic production of uranium concentrate plunged 89% to 174,000 lb. U3O8 last year, according to the latest annual report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).This also represents a steep decline compared to the 4.89 million lb. the U.S. produced five years earlier.The production of uranium concentrate is the first step in the nation's nuclear fuel production proce...Read More

Seven ways the resources sector can survive the COVID-19 crisisSPONSOREDproudfootCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesExecutive producer Michael Moore and his writer, director, editor and narrator Jeff Gibbs have confounde...Read More

Editor's Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see our COVID-19 hub. To subscribe to Mining Journal, click hereMeanwhile the union which won its fight for binding regulations to protect mineworkers from the pandemic has said new rules don't go far enough and has warned of "a crisi...Read More

After 23 years of semi-autonomous governance, Hong Kong is being absorbed into China directly.No doubt, Beijing has been steadily eroding Hong Kong's political freedoms and independent legal system for years.And now the party is changing the Basic Law - Hong Kong's mini-constitution, which guarantees rights those in Mainland China don't enjoy, including freedom of assembly and freedom of the press...Read More

Longmont trash trucks will now draw power from biogas pulled from the city's wastewater treatment plant.Read full newsRead More

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Amazon and Facebook both grabbed record highs todayThe Dow grabbed a roughly 370 point win on Wednesday, with the rallying tech sector providing a springboard off yesterday's last-minute lows. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq enjoyed sizable gains of their own -- the former clocking its highest close since early March -- as FAANG names Facebook (FB) and Amazon (AMZN) both managed to grab record highs midda...Read More

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Clorox increased its quarterly dividend by 5%The shares of Clorox Co (NYSE:CLX) are up 1.4% to trade at $204.45 at last check. The household cleaning stock, rapidly rising on the charts since the pandemic began, has now increased its quarterly dividend by 5%, to $1.11 per share. The company has also partnered with United Airlines (UAL), the airliner saying Clorox products will be used at their hub...Read More