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

(IDEX Online) - India's mothballed diamond mine at Majhgawan-Panna is due to resume production this July, with a forecast output of up to 84,000 carats a year.Work was halted at the country's only industrial mine at the end of December 2020 when environmental clearances lapsed following concerns from the nearby Panna Tiger Reserve.But the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC),...Read More

"How are people paying for this shopping spree?"Here market analyst Michael Maharrey makes indirect reference to the "strong" economy presently in existence.And we are assured this economy bulges with the highly striated musculature of a he-man.MarketWatch, for example, informs us that:"Mortgage Rates Rise Again on Signs of Strong Economy"…No less an authority than The New York Times exults...Read More

The company said it believes that all of AMP's requirements under to allow concentrate loading have been met and exceeded, but the authority continues to block export operations.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucapa has recovered a 150-carat Type IIa D-color white diamond at its Lulo alluvial mine, in Angola.The Australian miner says it's the 36th +100-carat diamond (pictured) from the mine since it began commercial production in 2015.The recovery, the fifth +100-carat from block 28 of the mine, was made with partners Endiama and Rosas & Petalas.Lucapa, which also operates the...Read More

An increase in throughput from 110,000tpd to 136,000tpd would see the project produce 183,000tpa of copper, 11Mlb of molybdenum and 1.Read More

Trident has a strategy of investing in a range of commodities, differenting it from most other royalty companies Trident has sold gold royalties for Rebecca2, Spring Hill3, and three other projects toRead More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is going ahead with a US$40-million expansion of its iconic Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, which will extend the operation's life to at least early 2026.The approved first phase of the project will expand diamond extraction underground, below the existing A21 open pit. Mining of that area, opened in 2018, recently concluded.A second pha...Read More

Anglo American (LSE: AAL) said Thursday it would take a US$1.7-billion charge due to higher costs and delays at its Woodsmith fertilizer project, which is being built beneath the North Yorks Moors national park in England.The company, which acquired Woodsmith two years ago with the acquisition of British junior Sirius Minerals, said it now expects first product from the mine in 2027.By then, Angl...Read More

Anglo Asian guided for 2023 gold production of 30,000-32,000oz, down from full-year 2022 production of 43,114 oz. Copper production is guided for 4,100- 4,300t, up from 2,516t in 2022.Read More

After a dozen years in the doldrums, uranium prices are on the rise, supported by real growing demand and support for nuclear power, as well as geopolitical concerns. While in the recent past, support for nuclear power was based on environmental considerations as well as its ability to provide reliable and cheap baseload energy, Russia's invasion of Ukraine shifted the geopolitical landscape from...Read More

The letter determines that all the information for the loan is in order and means that the company can now progress with due diligence and term sheet negotiation.Read More

The companies have restructured the MARBL joint venture, which owns the Wodgina lithium mine in the Pilbara and the Kemerton hydroxide plant in Western Australia's South West.Read More

New World's Antler points to high-return copper productionSPONSOREDnew world resources Nordic Nickel gears up for Pulju pushSPONSOREDnordic nickelSaudi builds foundation for world-leading mining sectorSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAruma sprinting through lithium field raceSPONSOREDaruma resourcesWith thousands registered, hundreds of attendees continually weaved thei...Read More

Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA; US-OTC: LSANF) has completed a positive prefeasibility study for its 100% owned Vizcachitas project in Chile, highlighted by a US$2.8-billion post-tax net present value using an 8% discount rate and an internal rate of return of 24%.The economics were calculated using metals prices of US$3.68 per lb. for copper, US$12.9 per lb. for molybdenum and US$21.79 per oz. for si...Read More

First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) said on Thursday it had halted ore processing operations at its giant Cobre Panama copper mine, in the latest escalation of a dispute with the country's government over tax and royalty payments.Negotiations between the Toronto-based miner and Panama's government over a new contract for the mine turned ugly in December, when the President announced a plan to halt th...Read More

Atalaya noted strong potential economic results, after the PEA showed a net present value (NPV) of US$1.57 based on a base case range of copper, zinc and lead prices, and up to US$1.Read More

New World's Antler points to high-return copper productionSPONSOREDnew world resources Nordic Nickel gears up for Pulju pushSPONSOREDnordic nickelSaudi builds foundation for world-leading mining sectorSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAruma sprinting through lithium field raceSPONSOREDaruma resourcesThis became adjusted net earnings of $1.7 billion after including&n...Read More

New World's Antler points to high-return copper productionSPONSOREDnew world resources Nordic Nickel gears up for Pulju pushSPONSOREDnordic nickelSaudi builds foundation for world-leading mining sectorSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAruma sprinting through lithium field raceSPONSOREDaruma resourcesGreat change and innovation are needed to meet the demands of the energy...Read More

This, it hopes, will resolve the issue of carbon dioxide bubbles blocking the flow of leach solution underground, chief executive Stephen Twyerould told Mining Journal. The US$1.Read More

New World's Antler points to high-return copper productionSPONSOREDnew world resources Nordic Nickel gears up for Pulju pushSPONSOREDnordic nickelSaudi builds foundation for world-leading mining sectorSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesAruma sprinting through lithium field raceSPONSOREDaruma resources"We're turning ourselves into a company that is again growing after quit...Read More