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

As the book closes Friday, January 20, 2017, on President Barack Obama's two terms, here are the price averages during his tenure for some key commodity benchmarks, as well as the latest price. The commodities clock during President Donald Trump's tenure will start ticking in earnest on Monday, January 23, and S&P Global Platts will update the same running averages accordingly.Read More

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet has signed into law a bill that gives state-owned Codelco $975 million in fresh funds to help it cope with a recently passed "copper law," which forces the miner hand 10% of its revenues over to the armed forces.The bill, unanimously approved by both houses of congress, grants the world's largest copper producer $500 million, which come from the so-called 201...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices edged higher on Friday, re-approaching a recent two-month peak as caution surrounding Donald Trump's future policies continued to boost demand for the safe-haven precious metal.On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for February delivery were up 0.40% at $1,206.15, not far from Wednesday's two-month high of $1,214.70.The February contrac...Read More

(Adds futures, company news item)Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 9 points at 7,217 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 up 0.06 percent ahead of the cash market open.* The UK blue chip index closed down 0.54 percent at 7208.44 points on Thursday, dragged down by British parcel and postal firm Royal Mail RMG.L , whose results were b...Read More

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 9 points at 7,217 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.* The UK blue chip index closed down 0.54 percent at 7208.44 points on Thursday, dragged down by British parcel and postal firm Royal Mail RMG.L , whose results were badly received. ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND: Japanese financial services firm Orix Corp 8591.T has agreed...Read More

The Ways That Pop Economics Hurt America ... Someone needed to write a book about how economic theory has been abused in American politics. And someone finally did. James Kwak's "Economism" is a very important and timely book, and anyone who is interested in public affairs should pick up a copy and read it. Kwak, a law professor at the University of Connecticut, spins a tale of how simple supp...Read More

The Ways That Pop Economics Hurt America ... Someone needed to write a book about how economic theory has been abused in American politics. And someone finally did. James Kwak's "Economism" is a very important and timely book, and anyone who is interested in public affairs should pick up a copy and read it. Kwak, a law professor at the University of Connecticut, spins a tale of how simple supp...Read More

Economic growth is not a mystery. As Dr. John Hussman reminds us, economic growth always comes down to the sum of just two things: 1) more people working, 2) higher productivity. Add them up and you get the real growth rate. Everything else means nothing unless it contributes to these two factors.Hussman assumes that the unemployment rate falls to an incredibly optimistic 2% by 2024 (from its curr...Read More

A year ago credit ratings agency Moody's warned that the downturn in raw materials was like no other and that defaults among mining and metals companies could reach levels last seen during the height of the financial crisis.As a result, Moody's embarked on a sector-wide review of the 87 global mining majors that it covers, eventually downgrading 36 companies, including marquee names like Rio Tinto...Read More

Newcomer Cornish Lithium Limited is hoping to lead the development of a lithium industry in the UK after acquiring the rights to drill for the mineral in the ancient mining region of Cornwall from Canadian junior Strongbow Exploration (TSX-V:SBW).With the deal, the start-up led by the head of mining research at Investec Plc, Jeremy Wrathall, is undertaking what is believed to be the largest, sin...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices fell sharply during European morning trade on Thursday, dropping below the $1,200-level after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. economy is strong enough to warrant higher interest rates.Gold for February delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange slumped $12.35, or around 1%, to $1,199.75 a troy ounce by 3:35AM ET (08:35GMT), after...Read More

LIMA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - India and Peru plan to start negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement covering goods, services and investments sometime in the first quarter, Peru said on Wednesday.The Cabinet of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved a feasibility study on the proposed deal on Wednesday, clearing the way for the start of formal talks, Peru's Trade Ministry said in a stateme...Read More

Xi portrays China as global leader as Trump era looms ... China will build a “new model” of relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday in a speech that portrayed China as the leader of a globalized world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems. -ReutersWith Trump focusing on domestic problems, China is stepping up to become an int...Read More

Xi portrays China as global leader as Trump era looms ... China will build a “new model” of relations with the United States, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday in a speech that portrayed China as the leader of a globalized world where only international cooperation could solve the big problems. -ReutersWith Trump focusing on domestic problems, China is stepping up to become an int...Read More

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) has entered into an agreement with the US government for the cleanup of 94 abandoned uranium mines on Navajo land, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.Company will perform the work and federal government will contribute about half of the more than $600 million cleanup costs.Under the deal, valued at more than $600 million, Freeport-McMoRan units Cyprus Amax Mine...Read More

Mining giants Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) and Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco) have decided to call it quits on a six-year-old exploration joint venture originally set to find copper deposits in China.Rio had dropped a hint about the breakup on Tuesday by saying it had discontinued exploration work in China, India and Mexico, with no further details.A Chinalco spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg that t...Read More

Operations at Canadian miner Yamana Gold's (TSE:YRI) (NYSE:AUY) El Pe????n mine in northern Chile have resumed following collective bargaining agreements reached with two unions representing underground workers, the company said late Tuesday.The strike has not had a significant impact on mine and consolidated production, said Yamana.The Toronto-based miner halted El Pe????n, its second biggest gol...Read More

Junior exploration companies with mineral claims throughout the province have no right to know when the government is secretly negotiating interim treaties that the junior sector fears could result in de facto expropriation without consultation.That's what government officials are now openly admitting to the courts, according to the law firm representing a junior mining company that is seeking a j...Read More

For companies servicing the mining sector, project opportunities have declined significantly in the past few years.But, with production increasing, the opportunities presented by operating mines are growing.The decline in project opportunities is in line with the decline in capital expenditure in mining and oil-and-gas, as shown in the following graph. (Separate figures for mining and oil-and-gas...Read More

In 2004, Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX:III) notified B.C.'s Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection that it would be applying for a water discharge permit in anticipation of restarting its Mount Polley copper mine near Likely, B.C.The company said it would need to release water from a tailings pond, which would grow in volume once mining resumed operations.Ten years later, it was still waiting for...Read More