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

(IDEX Online) - The GIA has reopened its labs in Antwerp, Carlsbad, Gaborone, Johannesburg and Tokyo as lockdown restrictions are eased. Opening hours are limited and restrictions on face-to-face contact mean some centers will only accept diamonds by transport or by prior appointment. The Gemological Institute of America labs in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Ramat Gan remain open. London, Mumbai, New Del...Read More

Tianqi Lithium, China's top producer of the battery metal, says its controlling investor has put a sixth of its holding up for sale.The move, the Shenzhen-listed lithium miner said on May 18, seeks to raise much-needed cash to pay back debt the company racked up in an ambitious expansion overseas during the past two years.Chengdu Tianqi Industry Group, which holds a 36.04% stake in Tianqi Lithium,...Read More

This episode features the Q&A portion of Cameco's Q1 conference call that took place on May 1, 2020. Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel and vice-president and chief financial officer Grant Isaac discuss the impact of the coronavirus on uranium prices, as well as the difficulty the company has in obtaining an accurate uranium spot price, M&A and its ongoing tax dispute with the Canadian Revenue Ag...Read More

With restrictions on mining due to the coronavirus pandemic starting to ease, Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) is back on track with all but one of its mines - Musselwhite in northern Ontario - slated to resume full operations in the coming weeks.Five of the gold miner's operations had been suspended because of coronavirus restrictions - four in March, including Yanacocha in Peru, Cerro Negro in Arge...Read More

ORANO Mining Namibia has donated 200 million litres of desalinated water to local authorities in the coastal area.The value of the once-off donation is about N$6 million, Orano spokesperson Christine de Klerk said last week.The donation is in support of the government's efforts to cushion the economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak.The water will be distributed through NamWater from the Erongo De...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 hereThe distribution centre had been closed on March 24 as Vale said at the time it was unable to secure the minimum resources to safely operate the terminal amid the COVID-1...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesPorcile, an industry veteran who Read More

El-Raghy said he had "all the confidence" in Jim Rutherford, who was named as his intended successor in December, to guide the company to greater success.Read More

While the television and movie streaming wars enter a new phase with a fight over subscription dollars, a whole new type of streaming war is firing up that will dwarf what we've seen so far.Investors made a fortune off of the first one. Netflix IPO investors have pulled in up to 37,000%. Buying at lows in the early 2000s could push that figure to over 70,000%.Even someone who bought Netflix shares...Read More

Stocks were on a tear in April, almost clawing back everything they lost in March.Much of that rally has been pinned on the hopes that lockdowns would be over and the coronavirus would be sorted in short order.But the more we hear from medical experts and more fundamentally, from the rising numbers ofRead full newsRead More

Gold, silver, copper and crude oil are all very bullish. Gold can rise to $1800+ by tomorrow if the rise continues. Silver can break past $20.00+ if the rise continues. Crude oil will if it floats over $30.00 this week will rise to $37.60 and more. Copper is bullish as long as it trades over $228. Speculation of negative interest rates by the bank of England will only increase the pace of rise o...Read More

Gold, silver, copper and crude oil are all very bullish. Gold can rise to $1800+ by tomorrow if the rise continues. Silver can break past $20.00+ if the rise continues. Crude oil will if it floats over $30.00 this week will rise to $37.60 and more. Copper is bullish as long as it trades over $228. Speculation of negative interest rates by the bank of England will only increase the pace of rise o...Read More

The Dow and the S&P both enjoyed their biggest one-day jumps since April 6Stocks hurtled higher today, thanks to a combination of this morning's positive early stage test results for Moderna's (MRNA) potential COVID-19 vaccination, coupled with Fed Chair Jerome Powell's apparent willingness to further help the U.S. economy. The Dow notched a roughly 911 point win, surgingat the close for its best...Read More

Square stock is trading lower middayThe 20 stocks listed in the table below have attracted the highest weekly options volume during the past 10 trading days, with data courtesy of Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White. Stocks highlighted in yellow are new to the list. Standing out this week is mobile payment platform, Square Inc (NYSE:SQ). Below, we'll take a closer look at the opti...Read More

Call options are incredibly popular todayThe shares of Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) are up 6.3% to trade at $116.15 today, after the company announced a small part of its U.S. theme park landscape will reopen on Wednesday with sanitary policies and social distancing rules in place. Disney Springs, a shopping and entertainment complex that is part of the Walt Disney World theme park, will open a sma...Read More

Urban Outfitters is set to post earnings after the close tomorrowToday's broad-market burst hasn't been lost on clothing retailer Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN). The stock broke north of its 60-day moving average today for the first time since February, and is now up 11.7% to trade at $18.59 in a solid attempt to break free of the sideways trading many in the retail sector have been sufferin...Read More

JAKARTA - As Indonesia ramps up its mining sector to feed the world's hunger for zero-emission vehicles, it is faced with a problem: what to do with all the waste. Now, companies building the nation's first factories to produce the elements that power electric vehicles are seeking permission to dump billions of tons of potentially [...]Read full newsRead More

The Dow is up around 860 points middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is soaring in afternoon trading, coaxed upwards by Moderna's (MRNA) positive COVID-19 vaccine trial data. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also in the black, as investors happily digest comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on "60 Minutes." Plans to ease lockdowns further within the U....Read More

The news is giving the broader market a massive boost, tooThe shares of Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) are trading at new record highs, up 28.2% at $85.52, after its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, produced antibodies in all 45 participants during its early-stage human trial. The news has injected Wall Street with an extreme amount of optimism, as the company looks to move on to late-stage trials. Moder...Read More

Most of the analyst community is bullish on the movie theater stockThe shares of Cinemark Holdings, Inc (NYSE:CNK) are up 5.2% at $12.65 at last check, shaking off a downgrade from B. Riley to "neutral" from "buy," with an added price-target cut to $13 from $16. The analyst in coverage is skeptical about a rebound for the second half of 2020, and is also concerned by CNK's exposure to Brazil, wher...Read More