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

TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR) has released key results from a prefeasibility study completed for its wholly owned Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut.This latest study envisions a new 4,000 tonne per day plant to replace the current 2,000 tonne per day facility by 2024. With total capital costs for the expansion estimated at $683 million, including $184 million for a new conventional processing plant, th...Read More

Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is offering to purchase the remaining 50% interest it doesn't already own in the Greenstone Gold Mines Partnership (GGM) from Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) for US$205 million.GGM's principal asset is the Hardrock gold project (formerly known as the Trans-Canada property), in northwestern Ontario, 275 km northeast of Thunder Bay.The acquiring party, at the opti...Read More

Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) is acquiring the 3 Aces gold project in southeastern Yukon from Golden Predator Mining (TSXV: GPY) for 300,000 Seabridge shares and an immediate cash payment of $263,000 as reimbursement for project expenses.Golden Predator will receive further payments of $1 million on the confirmation of a 2.5 million oz. gold resource at 3 Aces, with another $1.25 million pay...Read More

Bank of America forecasts global nickel demand could drop by 2.8% year-on-year in 2020, which could result in a nickel surplus of nearly 150,000 tonnes."Nickel demand has had a comparatively weak start to the year, suggesting fundamentals were already handicapped before the current health emergency," the BofA commented in a research note. "This was heavily influenced by subdued stainless steel pro...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 resourcesThe ESG bar has just been raised... Who will get over it?SPONSOREDstrategia worldwideThe first curve is one that didn't exist until a month ago, it's the one measuring the rate of incre...Read More

In collaboration with Brazil hospitals Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and Rede Mater Dei de Saúde, the company is offering direct investment of US$1 million or in-kind support via partners to speed implementation of a winning idea."The whole world is fighting against COVID-19, and Vale - as a global company - wants to be a catalyst and connector of solutions to reduce the impacts of thi...Read More

TSX-V-listed Diamcor Mining has made several short-term operational changes in response to the events unfolding owing to the global Covid-19 crisis.The company has suspended its activities in South Africa, placing its Krone-Endora at Venetia surface mining operation, adjacent to De Beers’ Venetia mine, in the Limpopo province, on care and maintenance for the duration of the national lockdown...Read More

Back on July 8, 2019, I wrote:"The global monetary system needs to be reformed, I believe there will be a Bretton Woods-style meeting in the next couple of years, one that will be forced upon us by mathematics."Neither the current global debt nor the negative interest rate orgy that's going on is sustainable, but power never relinquishes power on its own, it is always forced to."Whether it's Japan...Read More

Few sectors of the global economy are flourishing in these uncertain times like Australian gold mining. A combination of factors ... Read More The post The top five WA gold stocks likely to be on the radar of the majors appeared first on Stockhead.Read full newsRead More

Signet, the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, reported an improved performance for the last quarter of 2020, but will be borrowing $900m as it faces the uncertainty of coronavirus.The company, whose brands include Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, James Allen, Peoples and Piercing Pagoda, last week closed all its 3,200 stores.It saw same-store sales grow 2.3 per cent overall and 2.9 per...Read More

Union bosses are threatening to file a grievance against the owners of Canada's Ekati Diamond Mine after it was closed last week. Calgary-based Dominion Diamond Mines, said the move was aimed at reducing travel to and from the mine's remote location, close to the Arctic Circle and minimizing the spread of coronavirus. But the Union of Northern Workers, which represents some of the 1...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 resourcesThe ESG bar has just been raised... Who will get over it?SPONSOREDstrategia worldwideThe research group said February M&A was worth only US$1.26 billion, 18.4% up on January but 61....Read More

(IDEX Online) -  The increase in the overall sale of jewelry and watches at all US outlets slowed slightly in January, compared to the same month in 2018. There was a like-for-like rise of 4.1 per cent, so the trend remains positive, but the figure for the previous month, December 2019 was 4.7 per cent. January was the seventh successive month of sales increases, following six months of negat...Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The mining industry could be an enormous asset in stabilising and growing the economy post the coronavirus crisis – but the right economic and regulatory circumstances would have to prevail, Minerals Council South Africa stated in a weekend media release.Post coronavirus, South Africa would need to adopt and implement a set of comprehensive structural...Read More

TORONTO - Centerra Gold Inc. is suspending open pit mining at its Oksut project in Turkey in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The suspension of work at the project starting March 31 is for an initial period of two weeks. However, the gold miner says operations at its Kumtor mine in the Kyrgyz Republic and its Mount Milligan operation near Prince George, B.C., continue for the time being....Read More

Few sectors of the global economy are flourishing in these uncertain times like Australian gold mining. A combination of factors ... Read More The post The top five WA gold stocks likely to be on the radar of the majors appeared first on Stockhead.Read full newsRead More

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

Few sectors of the global economy are flourishing in these uncertain times like Australian gold mining. A combination of factors ... Read More The post The top five WA gold stocks likely to be on the radar of the majors appeared first on Stockhead.Read full newsRead More

Every day, it's something new.Americans all over the country are hunkered down in their homes. Those who are still working are watching their accounts drain, unable to do anything about it. Those who've been hit hardest by the market chaos have to deal with the uncertainty of not knowing when they'll be able to get back to work.Everyone, no matter what their situation is, is faced with the anxiety...Read More

TORONTO - Centerra Gold Inc. is suspending open pit mining at its Oksut project in Turkey in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The suspension of work at the project starting March 31 is for an initial period of two weeks. However, the gold miner says operations at its Kumtor mine in the Kyrgyz Republic and its Mount Milligan operation near Prince George, B.C., continue for the time being....Read More