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) - De Beers has launched an online platform to sell its rough diamonds. It's offering its registered buyers a new opportunity in a market severely weakened by COVID-19. De Beers' third Sight of the year , in March, was canceled and the fourth, in May, was virtually wiped out by travel restrictions. The new "Buy platform" allows users to search and buy in four categories - ve...Read More

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified major Rio Tinto has introduced Covid-19 testing at its Diavik diamond mine, in the Northwest Territories, in Canada, as an additional precautionary measure to protect employees and community members.The miner said over the weekend that not-for-profit public health experts GuardRX have installed an on-site laboratory at Diavik to conduct a testing progra...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A spectacular asscher-cut Golconda five-carat diamond ring by Harry Winston has been sold at auction.It was valued at $600,000 but the price, paid by an unnamed online buyer from New Orelans, Louisiana, USA, was not disclosed. The 5.06 carat stone, graded by GIA as internally flawless, D-color, and type IIa, was described by sellers as the "ultimate diamond". The ring was made by t...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesFranco-Nevada will receive a perpetual 1% net smelter return interest from SolGold calculated with reference to NSR from the Cascabel licence area in Ecuador.Read More

Executives at SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM) and Alacer Gold (TSX: ARR; ASX: AQG) started talking about a possible merger of the two companies in November 2019, and completed all of the site visits required and much of the due diligence to make a decision on a transaction before COVID-19-related travel restrictions put an end to international travel.The business combination the two companies...Read More

Is the Hardrock gold project, 275 km northeast of Thunder Bay in northern Ontario, a shovel-ready gem or a promising project in need of further technical work?Joint-venture partners Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) and Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) have painted two very different pictures of the development-stage project in a legal dispute that began late last year.In a statement of claim fil...Read More

Ecuador-focused SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) has secured up to US$150 million from streaming company Franco-Nevada (TSX: FNV; NYSE: FNV), which it will use to develop its Alpala copper-gold project.The Australian exploration company said the net smelter returns (NSR) agreement is for an initial US$100 million. Franco-Nevada, which provides companies with upfront cash in exchange for future produ...Read More

Production of so-called battery metals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, will have to increase by nearly 500% by 2050 to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies, the World Bank said on Monday.According to the global lender, over 3 billion tonnes of minerals and metals will be needed to deploy wind, solar and geothermal power, as well as energy storage required for transitioning...Read More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesSeven ways the resources sector can survive the COVID-19 crisisSPONSOREDproudfootEarlier this month, as Mining Journal reported on May 1, it was prices up (she loves me), according to t...Read More

The Blind River refinery produces uranium trioxide which feeds into the hexafluoride conversion plant.Cameco said the "appropriate conditions" were currently in place to resume normal operations."The provinces and communities where we operate are certainly not out of the woods when it comes to this global pandemic, and we must remain vigilant in how we manage our activities during these challengin...Read More

Aim-listed BlueRock Diamonds has advised that its expansion plans for the Kareevlei diamond mine, in the Kimberley region of South Africa, remain on hold.The mine is, however, expected to reach full operating capacity by the end of May.AdvertisementThe mine has started ramping up operations, after having restarted following a complete shutdown of mines in South Africa from the end of March to...Read More

I've been urging you for months to get positioned ahead of the herd and I've speculated that 2020 would see a surge in M&A, quality exploration, and the beginning of a new discovery cycle.The result of declining reserves, too many companies, and a gold bull market, that I believe will prove to be a historic one, has set off an influx of capital in the resource sector that will change the landscape...Read More

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This will be the third halving since Bitcoin's inception in January 2009 and from a price perspective, both of the previous events were very bullish for the cryptocurrency, triggering rises of 81 times and 30 times in the 18-month period after the 2012 and 2016 halvings respectively.Read full newsRead More

FIDELITY SELECT ADVISOR (R) GOLD FUND CLASS A- Performance charts including intraday, historical charts and prices and keydata.Read full newsRead More

The Corporation will undertake an extensive 42,500-metre drilling program on Beaufor. Monarch will incorporate artificial intelligence technologie...Read full newsRead More

(IDEX Online) - Baselworld boss Michel Loris-Melikoff says it's too early to talk about a return in 2022, after the 2020 show was postponed and the replacement 2021 show was then canceled.He also said coronavirus had accelerated a major re-think that was already under way on the format of the premier watch and jewelry event, held annually in Switzerland. In an exclusive interview with Au...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Banks in Belgium have been accused of refusing vital loans to help diamond firms survive coronavirus.The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), representing 1,600 companies, claims banks are turning down applicants who clearly qualify for a financial lifeline.The banks agreed a $55bn emergency loans policy with the Belgian government early on in the COVID-19 crisis.But AWDC spokeswom...Read More

(IDEX Online) - India's Bharat Diamond Bourse has donated $159,000 to help workers hit by COVID-19. It has also been helping to feed up to poor residents living near the Bandra Kurla Complex where it's based, in Mumbai. And it has made one-off subsistence payments of $66 each to 800 daily-wage sorters and traders and plans to make more. The $159,000 donation was made to the chief ministe...Read More