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

The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has launched its Young Diamantaires website at www.ydts.org.The website has been built by WFDB members for use by the members, and the federation plans on expanding its functionality.AdvertisementWFDB has worked with members of the diamond community globally over the last four years to create a platform through which members can express their views in...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 crisisSPONSOREDproudfootThe company said measured and indicated tonnes at Empire were now 19.3 million tonnes with copper conten...Read More

These are interesting times. Over 30 million people have filed for unemployment and governments around the world are scrambling to fight off a deflationary collapse.The good news is gold is in a clear bull market which will allow you the luxury - with a little work - to read through my ideas, decide why you agree or disagree, do some research of your own, and either follow the guidance or make som...Read More

April marks a second month of truly extraordinary developments in markets - from negatively priced crude oil futures to a record spike in unemploymentRead full newsRead More

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Police in Indonesia's North Maluku province have arrested 8 people linked to a workers' demonstration that turned violent at a nickel project run by France's Eramet and China's Tsingshan Holding Group, a police spokesman said onRead full newsRead More

Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has made a new high-grade gold discovery at its wholly-owned Fenelon property. The property forms part of the company's district-scale Detour Gold Trend project, 75 km west-northwest of Matagami, Quebec.The company conducted a drilling campaign at the property in the winter of 2019-2020, with its western-most drill hole, 52-20-18, intersecting 3 metres...Read More

(IDEX Online) - India's first consignments of polished diamonds since lockdown have been despatched, valued at over $66m. Two batches - of 12 and 17 parcels - were sent on private chartered flights from Surat to Mumbai because there are no passenger or cargo flights. From there they were exported to Hong Kong to fulfil online orders, according to Times of India reports. The country's vas...Read More

(IDEX  Online) - Jewelry buyers can now get their purchase insured immediately in-store -  and receive instant confirmation by SMS. "Jewelers no longer have to watch their customers leave their store unprotected," say insurers Zillion who have partnered with insurtech firm The Edge. Their new system sends an insurance offer via SMS text directly to the customer while they're still...Read More

Greenlane Renewables Inc. is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.Read full newsRead More

"Those planes that are coming in from Iran that are bringing things for the oil industry are returning with the payments for those things: gold,"Read full newsRead More

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 29, 2020) - Alamos Gold Inc. (TSX:AGI) (NYSE:AGI) President and CEO of Alamos Gold, John McCluskey, discusses the company's operating gold mines in North America and Mexico.If you cannot view the video above, please visit:https://www.b-tv.com/alamos-gold-mining-ceo-clipRead full newsRead More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.22%, or 51.58 points, to 23,723.69, and the S&P 500 dropped 0.21%, or 6.03 points, to finish the trading week at 2,830.71. Spot gold finished US$26.60 per oz. lower at US$1,702.90 per oz., a 1.54% drop.Vale was the most heavily traded stock of the week, finishing up US31 ? at US$7.98. The company said it will resume dry processing operations at the Timbopeba...Read More

The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 1.39% to 14,620.30 during the April 27-May 1 trading week. The Global Mining Index fell 0.81% to 82.25 and the Global Base Metals Index climbed 1.18% to 75.24. Spot gold dropped US$26.60 per oz., or 1.54%, to finish at US$1,702.90, and the Global Gold Index fell 1.32% to 342.27.News that Eric Sprott invested $60 million into MAG Silver sent the company's shares up...Read More

Publisher's Note: Today we're bringing you a pair of excerpts from Mr. James Dines' Interim Wealth Bulletin, a weekly, in-depth companion service for The Dines Letter.Mr. Dines has long warned about the dangers of infectious diseases, the building currency crisis, and how a massive gold spike and bull market were building. Now we're seeing all three pan out at the same time. Read on for Mr. Dines'...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 29, 2020) - Alamos Gold Inc. (TSX:AGI) (NYSE:AGI) President and CEO of Alamos Gold, John McCluskey, discusses the company's operating gold mines in North America and Mexico.If you cannot view the video above, please visit:https://www.b-tv.com/alamos-gold-mining-ceo-clipRead full newsRead More

The Dow finished the day down 622 pointsThe Dow marked the first day of May with a 622-point loss. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also closed in the red, as tech giant Amazon.com (AMZN) led the indexes downward, following a less-than-stellar first-quarter earnings report. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff consideration is weighing heavy, after White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow stated...Read More

Wall Street kept its eye on the Fed's two-day meeting, while coronavirus-related headlines continued to stream in The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) all struggled to maintain their momentum this week, though the Dow and S&P both notched their best months since 1987. While the week started off strong as the first murmurs of plans to reop...Read More

Amazon's first-quarter earnings missed Wall Street's estimatesThe shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) are down 8.2% to trade at $2,271, after the e-commerce giant reported first-quarter earnings of $5.01 per share, which came in lower than Wall Street's $6.25 estimate. The firm's reported revenue of $75.45 billion exceeded estimates, however. The company also forecast a possible second-q...Read More

Texas reported a single-day record jump in deaths as the state allowed some businesses to reopen...Read full newsRead More

The Dow and Nasdaq are set to eke out weekly winsThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is stumbling into the weekend, nursing a nearly 600-point loss at midday. As if the coronavirus outbreak wasn't pressuring Wall Street enough, now there are fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump aimed at China in retaliation for the country's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The S&P 500 Index (S...Read More