The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesRio had its licence for Jadar withdrawn last year following mass protests over the environmen...Read More

She said the challenge is to grow from 851GWh of battery demand in 2022 to 24TWh "to green the grid and then 140TWh to green the entire global fleet".Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa says it expects to pay shareholders a dividend for the first half of 2023, as long as the diamond market remains stable.It marks a change in fortunes for the Russian state-controlled miner, which last paid a dividend at the end of 2021.Aisen Nikolaev, head of Yakutia, the republic where Alrosa is based, told the Interfax news agency: "We agreed with the country's govern...Read More

The PEA base case is distinctly different from that presented in the prior 2017 PEA, which featured a conventional mill and flotation concentrator producing copper concentrate for export.Read More

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesRostyslav Shurma, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine is visiting London th...Read More

Rostyslav Shurma, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine is visiting London this week to begin talks aimed at securing financing for the green recovery.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa says it may diversify into mineral resources beyond diamonds in response to "the new geopolitical environment". Pavel Marinychev, new CEO of Russia's state-controlled miner told the Interfax news agency that rough diamond sales were under pressure.So while the company was working to preserve current channels, it was also seeking to establish new ones to secure its...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Diamond dealers from Surat are routinely flying to Sierra Leone, buying uncertified rough diamonds from artisanal mines and smuggling them home, according to an investigation by The Blunt Times.Many of the stones are reportedly stolen by workers and sold for dollars at "throwaway" prices.One diamond dealer, who said he was a frequent visitor, told the Surat-based news website: "We...Read More

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesSaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesLPI Read More

(IDEX Online) - An Indian national was arrested after a flight to Indonesia after he was found with diamonds worth $100,000 sewn into his underpants.Customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, in Jakarta, arrested the 25-year-old man (on 14 June) after spotting "a notable nudge in the bottom half of his wardrobe".They found that pouches stitched into his underpants contained plastic...Read More

The company's green power arm Fortescue Future Industries said that the new Banbury facility will operate alongside Fortescue's other Oxfordshire facilities including the Kidlington factory which willRead More

When President Biden took office in January 2021, he made a lot of big promises.One of those promises, which can still be found on his campaign website, was to decriminalize cannabis use at the federal level:Biden will work with Congress to reform federal sentencing and provide incentives to state and local systems to do the same. He will end, once and for all, the federal crack and powder cocaine...Read More

In a leak to The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, the Federal Reserve no doubt believed they were adding clarity to the market situation. But in true Fed tradition, all they did was add confusion that will trouble markets for months to come, if not longer.Let's untangle the Fed's latest web of miscommunication...The leak appeared on May 31, under the byline of Nick Timiraos. He's a good rep...Read More

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltySaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsThe board has spent the past week considering its next move after the bulk of Read More

Wanted: new mining jurisdictions to help achieve net-zeroSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltySaturn works dual-focus opportunitySPONSOREDsaturn metalsCEO David Dickson said the company had reviewed all the work on the play-leading direct lithi...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Nevada King Gold Corp. [NKG-TSXV; NKGFF-OTCQX] reported assay results from eight vertical reverse circulation (RC) holes recently completed at its 5,166-hectare (51.6-km2), 100%-owned Atlanta gold mine project, located in the prolific Battle Mountain trend, 264 km northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada.All eight holes were drilled along Section 22-11N, with highlight interva...Read More

The contract has yet to be ratified, but when it will be it will inform future agreements as the country moves to develop its copper and gold sector.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lightbox, the De Beers lab grown division, is expanding into the bridal market, with a range of 16 engagement rings.It's a significant step for a company that launched in May 2018, saying it would supply "high-quality, fashion jewelry" for "less serious occasions".Lightbox has clearly changed direction and has launched its first range of engagement rings with the tag line "Bec...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Three diamond workers have taken their own lives in Surat within a week because of the industry slowdown, according to news reports.The Indian Express says the most recent was Paresh Mahadik, 40, a diamond polisher for 15 years who lost his job two months ago.Another diamond polisher, Veenu Moradiya, 53, and his family - wife Shardaben, 50, and children Krish, 20, and Senita, 15 -...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A British gin company is giving away diamonds to customers who buy a bottle with a lucky cork.Whitley Neill says it wants to "reignite the age-old tradition of handing down heirlooms".It's doing so by presenting winners with what it describes as "lab-created round cut diamond of D, E, F or G clarity with a minimum carat size of 0.4 mm".The 15 prizes have a combined value of $3...Read More