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

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDChina's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), last week confirmed that a new, more rigorous, set of emissions standards will go nationwide...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - TRX Gold Corp. [TNX-TSX; TRX-NYSE American] reported drilling results from the Anfield and Eastern porphyry zones. The results demonstrate the potential for the Anfield and Eastern porphyry zones to add to resources and a new mining area on the Buckreef gold project. The Buckreef Project is located in the Geita District of the Geita Region, south of Lake Victoria, app...Read More

Reporting its March quarter results, the company said it had paused all detailed engineering and economic studies while the evaluation takes place.Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDNewmont has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Newcrest for US$17.8 billion to become the world's largest gold producer with some 8Moz...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has won the first round of a legal battle to prove he was kidnapped against his will from his new home on Antigua and Barbuda, in the West Indies.Choksi, 64, claims India was involved in an elaborate plot to bring him back to his home country, where he is due to stand trial over the alleged $1.8bn Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.    &nbs...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Indian government will renew diplomatic efforts to have the Britain return the Koh-i-Noor diamond.It follows the coronation of King Charles III earlier this month. Queen Camilla pointedly had the iconic 105.6-carat oval-cut Golconda gem removed from her crown, to avoid heightening tensions."The thrust of this effort to repatriate India's artefacts comes from the personal c...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The second part of the controversial Heidi Horten auction raised over $42m on Friday, bringing the total so far to $198m.That surpasses the original estimate by Christie's Geneva that the total sale of 700 items, including an online sale that closes tomorrow, would raise $150m.Christie's said earlier that her gems represented the most valuable jewelry collection ever to b...Read More

"I'll do the deed first," said the president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. "And then I'll have something to say."President Wilson signs the Federal Reserve Act. Painting in 1923 by Wilbur G. Kurtz; courtesy of Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.With a gold pen in hand, Wilson signed his first name, "Woodrow."He set that pen down and picked up another...Read More

Lucara produces diamonds out of its Karowe mine in Botswana.Read More

Two years ago, major American cities were segregated by vaccine status. Mask mandates delineated safe and unsafe. Signs told us to be separate from each other. We couldn't even encounter each other during shopping thanks to one-way grocery aisles.We were not allowed to visit families or even attend funerals. Weddings were out of the question. There were even travel restrictions.And recently the De...Read More

The gold major will move its primary listing to the US, where it already sees most of its volume.Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelNewcrest had granted Newmont exclusivity to complete confirmatory due diligence but that period expired last night.Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesThe gold major will move its primary listing to the US, where it already sees most of its volume.Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickel  Despite its long history as a resource exporter, Saudi Arabia has historically been focused on oil production.Read More

Zafranal has an expected mine life of 19 years and will produce copper-gold concentrates through an 80,000tpd open-pit mining and conventional concentration process.Read More

The proceeds will be used to complete works at KSM to achieve a substantially started designation from the BC government, which ensures the continuity of the project's approved environmentalRead More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelLucara produces diamonds out of its Karowe mine in Botswana.Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDA term that covers a variety of technologies, green steel is a more environmentally friendly material made with renewable energy, bypassing the...Read More

Good morning from il bello Piemonte!In the summer of 1997, three songs were played over and over and over again on the radio. They were Building a Mystery by Sarah McLaughlin, Sunny Came Home by Shawn Colvin, and Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? by Paula Cole.All day. Every day. On every radio station, it seemed.And good songs, they are. Colvin's Sunny Came Home is about renewal, while McLaughlin'...Read More

Speaking at the 8th SME Current Trends in Mining Finance conference in New York, US, Silver said the critical difference between them is that DCF centres around the time value of money, while MOICRead More