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

Big money flowing into stock, bond funds … Go with the flow: Investors added a record amount of cash to mutual funds in the first quarter. Stock and bond funds attracted a combined $193 billion, industry consultant Strategic Insight said. That tops the previous record of $140 billion in net deposits in the first quarter of 2007. ETF cash haul: Including exchange-traded funds, net deposits in...Read More

Gold tumbles to two-year low … The slide in gold prices became a rout on Monday as the precious metal tumbled a further 5 per cent to its lowest level in two years. Bullion was swept up in a wider sell-off across markets after Chinese growth figures disappointed. But the momentum behind gold's fall has been building for several months, with investors increasingly questioning whether the...Read More

Are We About to See a Global Gold Selling Spree? … Heavily indebted euro zone nations such as Italy and Portugal could come under pressure to put their bullion reserves to work as a result of plans for Cyprus to sell gold to meet its financing needs. A European Commission assessment of what Cyprus needs to do as part of its European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout showed Cyprus is...Read More

Are We About to See a Global Gold Selling Spree? … Heavily indebted euro zone nations such as Italy and Portugal could come under pressure to put their bullion reserves to work as a result of plans for Cyprus to sell gold to meet its financing needs. A European Commission assessment of what Cyprus needs to do as part of its European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout showed Cyprus is...Read More

As Banks in Cyprus Falter, Other Tax Havens Step In … Similar unsolicited offers have originated in well-known havens … Bloodied by a harsh bailout deal that drives a stake through the heart of this Mediterranean country's oversize financial industry, Cyprus now faces a further blow to its role as an offshore tax haven: the vultures from competing countries are circling. "We a...Read More

As Banks in Cyprus Falter, Other Tax Havens Step In … Similar unsolicited offers have originated in well-known havens … Bloodied by a harsh bailout deal that drives a stake through the heart of this Mediterranean country's oversize financial industry, Cyprus now faces a further blow to its role as an offshore tax haven: the vultures from competing countries are circling. "We a...Read More

Gold repatriation … The Cyprus/ Eurozone crisis has just intensified, as Dutch Bank ABN Amro has sent a letter to clients this weekend informing them that they will halt extradition and physical delivery of their clients' gold holdings effective April 1st! No worries however, Amro ensures its clients that there is no need to panic or do anything rash (such as remove your phyzz prior to A...Read More

Gold repatriation … The Cyprus/ Eurozone crisis has just intensified, as Dutch Bank ABN Amro has sent a letter to clients this weekend informing them that they will halt extradition and physical delivery of their clients' gold holdings effective April 1st! No worries however, Amro ensures its clients that there is no need to panic or do anything rash (such as remove your phyzz prior to A...Read More

As markets continue to roar forward, many investors have turned their gaze toward the commodity world, wondering how this asset class will fare after a "super-cycle" filled with gains. While there are a number of important factors at play, it is widely agreed that China will have a significant impact on the future of some of the world's most popular hard assets. What is not widely agreed upon, is...Read More

Close to 15,000 people took the streets of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, on Saturday to protest a planned gold mine by Canada's Eldorado Gold Corp. (TSX:ELD) (NYSE:EGO).Opponents believe the project represents a high environmental risk. But the company's vice-president, Nancy Woo, told Canadian Press on Monday their concerns are unfounded, as the mine will follow the essential Europ...Read More

Colombia, South America's largest coal producer, risks losing access to its main markets as mounting issues affecting major coal miners in the country have started to disrupt supply, reports local newspaper Vanguardia.Early this month, the nation's environmental licensing agency ANLA suspended Alabama-based Drummond Co.'s loading license at the port of Santa Marta, after the company spilled coal...Read More

India and Vietnam: Taking the Glitter out of Gold … When uncertainty reigns, investors all over the world turn to gold as a safe haven. But some countries are starting to take issue with their residents' preference for storing wealth in gold bars, rather than bank accounts. Large gold imports can throw of a country's current account balance – the difference between what a count...Read More

India and Vietnam: Taking the Glitter out of Gold … When uncertainty reigns, investors all over the world turn to gold as a safe haven. But some countries are starting to take issue with their residents' preference for storing wealth in gold bars, rather than bank accounts. Large gold imports can throw of a country's current account balance – the difference between what a count...Read More

Close to 40 masked intruders stormed into the facilities of a gold mine project in northern Greece Sunday morning, setting machinery and offices on fire, AP reports.The Skouries project in the Halkidiki peninsula, run by a subsidiary of Canadian Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD) (NYSE:EGO), has been the target of numerous and -at times- violent protests by locals and activists who strongly oppose the gold-...Read More

If you're making long term bets with billions of dollars even your worst-case forecast has to be pretty positive.And if you're talking spades of money and eye-watering lead times few things come close to building an iron mine from scratch.Sandy Chim, CEO of Century Iron Mines, is making exactly these bets with a greenfield project in the Labrador Trough.The iron ore business is all about China.I...Read More

Putin Turns Black Gold Into Bullion as Russia Out-Buys World … When Vladimir Putin says the U.S. is endangering the global economy by abusing its dollar monopoly, he's not just talking. He's betting on it. Not only has Putin made Russia the world's largest oil producer, he's also made it the biggest gold buyer. His central bank has added 570 metric tons of the metal in the pa...Read More

Putin Turns Black Gold Into Bullion as Russia Out-Buys World … When Vladimir Putin says the U.S. is endangering the global economy by abusing its dollar monopoly, he's not just talking. He's betting on it. Not only has Putin made Russia the world's largest oil producer, he's also made it the biggest gold buyer. His central bank has added 570 metric tons of the metal in the pa...Read More

Can local currencies help advance global sustainability? Local financial systems that put people and the environment at their heart are welcome, but can these new models be truly scaled? Local currencies can encourage shoppers to buy local, purchasing their goods at nearby shops and markets … By definition, they can be exchanged for goods only in a limited region. So why participate? The cor...Read More

Can local currencies help advance global sustainability? Local financial systems that put people and the environment at their heart are welcome, but can these new models be truly scaled? Local currencies can encourage shoppers to buy local, purchasing their goods at nearby shops and markets … By definition, they can be exchanged for goods only in a limited region. So why participate? The cor...Read More

On January 24, 2013, state-owned company Kazatomprom announced that the uranium production in the Republic of Kazakhstan amounted to 20.9 ktU in 2012 (excluding data from the Stepnogorsk mining and processing facility).This means that Kazakhstan remained the world's largest uranium producer in 2012 with approximately 37% of global uranium production volume (55.7 ktU, according to Kazatomprom's pre...Read More