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

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The industry needs to encourage mentors, adjust mindsets and offer technology jobs to boost the level of women from just 8% of the global mining workforce, according to a panel at the Future Minerals Forum in Saudi Arabia. New technologies allow women to sidestep the image of a soot-covered coal miner headed underground with a pickaxe and choose careers such as geo-chemistry, finance and artifi...Read More

Cobre Panama had a strong quarter, with copper volumes increasing from 80,000t in 4Q21 to 90,000 in 4Q22 despite a  sharp deterioration in relations between the two sides in December last year.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds says it's considering "additional financing options to provide support" while its Williamson mine is out of action.It also says it's talking to the government of Tanzania about the sale of a long-disputed diamond parcel that was confiscated in September 2017.A breach of the mine's tailings storage facility last November released 12.8m cubic metres of m...Read More

Hecla and the United Steelworkers (USW) Union Local 5114 have agreed to a 6-year contract.Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streaming"As the minister of finance of Saudi Arabia said, mining in Saudi Arabia is an economic play. It's not a fiscal p...Read More

Last year's gold production was around 1% lower than the 4.2M oz of gold produced in 2021 and the third straight year of an annual decline in output.Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingThe gains come as the bullion price hits its highest level in around eight months on expectations of a possible s...Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingThe company, best known for its iron ore interests, said recent exploration efforts in northern Sweden's Kiruna a...Read More

"During the investigation, the company hopes that all parties can control, have clear and conscious mind in processing the available information, especially regarding all ambiguous news, which haveRead More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingSenior management from the firm will hold a conference call on the results on February 17. Market consensus curre...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Authorities in Angola seized over 2,000 diamonds, described as being "of several carats" last year, together with illegal mining equipment.They have made repeated efforts to counter diamond trafficking - deporting 250,000 smugglers between 2003 and 2006 - and have faced ongoing allegations over "conflict diamonds".During 2022 defense and security bodies seized 2,028 diamonds and a...Read More

Orla provided 2023 guidance with lower-than-expected production and higher-than-expected costs of 100,000-110,000 oz at all-in-sustaining costs (AISC) of US$750-850 oz.Read More

Rio Tinto has developed the Nuton technologies, an extensive portfolio of advanced copper heap leaching technologies targeted at primary sulfide minerals including lower grade minerals, which couldRead More

Argentina, Chile and Bolivia—which together host various lithium-containing salares or salt lakes, known as the Lithium Triangle—expressed interest in the idea as part of a growing wave ofRead More

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."- Matthew 6:21Dear Outsider,Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Markets are closed, so I wanted to share a personal anecdote with you.If you've been following me these last two years, you know I'm a musician of sorts.I can play string instruments well enough to get by, but my main instrument is the drums.My parents bought me my first drum k...Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingGlencore, MMG and Minsur have all closed mines. Glencore evacuated some 2400 workers at its Antapaccay copper min...Read More

(IDEX Online) - An Indian national is facing up to 18 years in prison after an X-ray revealed 932 bullet diamonds inside his body.The unnamed 48-year-old, described as an accountant, was apprehended by customs officers at the Ngurah Rai International Airport, on the Indonesian island of Bali.He'd arrived from Bangkok, Thailand, intending to sell the 40.73 carats, said Imran Yusuf, of the loca...Read More

4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootRed Dirt rockets toward mining in 2023SPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlien Metals accelerates toward productionSPONSOREDalien metalsMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streaming  The hurdle which is easiest to overcome is the sort of onerous exploration and mine development approvals...Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Northwest Copper Corp. [NWST-TSXV] shares jumped 19% in active trading Monday after company released more results form 2022 drilling at its Kwanika-Stardust project in British Columbia.The company said drill hole K-22-255 has returned one of the longest and highest-grade copper-gold intervals ever completed at Kwanika. It intersected almost 400 metres of 1.01% CuEq...Read More