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

Greetings from the home of the rat race run daily, New York City.This week, I'm here teaching interns at one of the big US banks. It's a short three-day program, so I'll be back home Saturday morning.You'd think after the government-mandated private sector shutdown of 2020-2021, New York's biggest problem would be to get people to come back.But they have, to a certain extent. I still think my Para...Read More

At a virtual meeting on June 6, Musk and Oyun-Erdene discussed a potential joint research venture, in the latest of a series of moves by the Mongolian government to capitalise on its rich mineralRead More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingThe project - to be implemented by the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Tenpower Malaysia - is estimated to need a total investment of...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Brilliant Earth, the US-based "ethical jeweler", is partnering with Tracr, the traceability platform developed by De Beers.It's following in the footsteps of grading labs GIA, which announced a cooperation in April, and GSI, which did likewise last month to strengthen consumer confidence in natural diamonds.Tracr, first launched in 2018, uses blockchain technology to track the...Read More

Drilling has focused on delineating the Umburana system, which has a strike length of about 5km. With 97 drill holes completed across Umburana, highlights have included 11.2m grading 1.Read More

WE Soda comprises the soda ash assets of the Turkish conglomerate Ciner Group. The chair of WE Soda is Didem Ciner, wife of the founder of Ciner Group, Turgay Ciner.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Malabar Gold & Diamonds has won its legal case against a businessman who was trading under its brand name in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammad Faizan had the Malabar name and logo above his showroom. He also managed social media pages using its brand name, its brand ambassadors, and its product images.The Mumbai-based company has 317 stores the Middle East, the Far East, the U...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A huge sapphire cluster that was originally valued at a record-breaking $100m has now been dismissed as nothing more than a museum piece.   The monster gemstone - weighing 310 kg (1,550,000 carats) - was found by workers digging a well in a gem trader's back garden in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka in July 2021. But officials from the country's National Gem and Jewellery Autho...Read More

The shares were up 200% at one point as investors took a shine to the Bluebush ground located "adjacent to and in the same geological setting as the Serra Verde Ionic Clay REE Project, the onlyRead More

The company has been testing its ion exchange technology at Lake Resources' Kachi brine project in Catamarca, Argentina and at other sites.Read More

If you seek understanding of a nation's foreign policy and its political orientation please consult a map.That is because the map nine times of 10 will yield you your answer.The map makes a mockery of theory. See the map and the scales will then go falling from your eyes.The map clarifies.Why did Germany pick two mighty fights last century? Why is neighboring Switzerland so docile?Why is R...Read More

"We are working jointly with the ministries of Agriculture and Environment, with the slogan of reducing permitology, to the point that there are processes that previously took 18 months, which haveRead More

(IDEX Online) - A lab grown company in Ukraine has produced "unique" two-colored diamonds - in the blue and yellow of the country's flag.   Meylor Global grew the diamonds using the High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) method, by incorporating nitrogen and boron as metal catalysts.   "Precise color zoning is the result of years of research and experiments where chemicals and cyclin...Read More

(IDEX Online) -  Petra Diamonds today said it had postponed its June tender of 380,000 carats, in a further indication of a midstream slowdown.The UK-based miner reported a sharp drop in sales at its May tender - down 42 per cent on its March sale - and withdrew almost 76,000 predominantly high-value carats because of weak demand.Petra says it now plans to offer both the goods from its June t...Read More

I hope this doesn't come off as arrogant or smug, but when we look back at historical market crashes, one thing becomes clear: The presence of unsophisticated investors has been a recurring factor.What do I mean by "unsophisticated investors"?Well, these are simply individuals with limited market experience and lower net worth. And, again, I don't mean to sound pompous, but unsophisticated investo...Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingCanada's Supreme Court of British Columbia has granted a Read More

SRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyMining Journal editor Siobhan Lismore-Scott talks to Martino De Ciccio, Deputy CFO of Endeavour Mining, at the Mining Journal Select conf...Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingMining pundit Dominic Frisby talks to Rod Whyte at the Mining Journal Select conferenceNova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova r...Read More

Nova retains laser focus on qualitySPONSOREDnova royaltyVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesSRK visualisation tool to help engagementSPONSOREDsrk consultingThe Corps revoked the Clean Water Act section 404 permit, which it had previously suspended. NewRange is a 50:50 joint venture between Po...Read More

"If we can ensure that lithium is extracted and processed in Brazil, we will make [the West's] production more independent, we will generate jobs, added value, and that makes us less dependent,"Read More