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

Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; LSE: TKO) has secured US$25 million in additional financing to pay for the solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX/EW) plant for its Florence copper commercial production facility in Arizona.The latest funding agreement, with Bank of America Leasing & Capital LLC, follows an initial investment of US$50 million made recently by Japan's Mitsui for construction of the in-sit...Read More

The proposed loan is to be made under the DOE Loan Programs Office's (LPO) Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing programme for a term of about 10 years with an interest rate fixed from the dateRead More

Streamsong Resort, one of the world's leading golf destinations, and approximately 7,000 acres of land in which it sits were sold to a subsidiary of Chicago-based KemperSports.Read More

I hate to sound jaded, but living in Baltimore, I hear about a lot of shootings. And it kind of just becomes noise after a while.At least until it happens at a school. Unfortunately, school shootings have become devastatingly routine on a national level. Yet they never cease to disgust. That was the case for me last week when a double shooting sent a Baltimore high school into lockdown.In that...Read More

Space never ceases to fascinate, whether it is our reaching the extra-terrestrial or the extra-terrestrial reaching us.We experienced a taste of the former on Jan. 9, when the U.K. Space Agency initiated a new era of domestic spaceflights with the first orbital mission from a British spaceport. The 'Start me up' program (named after the 1981 Rolling Stones hit) plans to make Britain the first nati...Read More

Saudi Arabia aims to start construction by December on the world's first integrated battery metals complex built and fed with raw materials by the same company.Perth, Australia-based EV Metals Group, which is controlled by Saudi Arabia, wants to construct the battery metals complex on a 1.3-sq.-km plot in Yanbu on the Red Sea about 1,000 km west of Riyadh, EVM chief executive officer Michael Naylo...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 & streamingStreamsong Resort, one of the world's leading golf destinations, and approximately 7,000 acres of land in which i...Read More

Record fourth-quarter production brought total annual output last year to 460,400 oz. of gold for Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI), with its three mines in Canada and Mexico expected to produce between 480,000 and 520,000 oz. this year and should remain at similar levels in 2024 and 2025.In the fourth quarter, Alamos produced 134,200 oz. of gold, a 9% increase from the third quarter, the miner sa...Read More

Two weeks ago, Southwest Airlines had a massive meltdown but they weren't the only airline affected. Flight delays ruined vacations and travel plans for millions the world over. It was never clear why.Oh sure, blame the weather but that has become a strangely opaque excuse. You look outside and the weather seems fine but then someone snaps at you: Can't you see that the snow is bad in Buffalo?So o...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 Threats to local wildlife and plants are rapidly again dominating news headlines, court time, and local protest...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 shift in sentiment is evident in two investment bank research reports circulated earlier today (Friday) with...Read More

Lundin Gold beat guidance and produced a record 476,329oz of gold in 2022 from its Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador. "For the second year running, Lundin Gold has beaten its production guidance.Read More

With renewed interest in the discovery potential of the eastern Yukon and the western Northwest Territories, accomplished mineral explorer and mining financier Simon Ridgway Rackla Metals (TSXV: RAK) CEO is returning to his roots with a focus on the region's Tombstone Gold Belt.Throughout his colourful career, broadly entailing playing poker by night and researching or 'kicking rocks' by day, Ridg...Read More

There's no denying the world is an entirely different place compared with a year ago, says Cambridge House International's president and CEO, Jay Martin, as more than 300 mining juniors prepare to attend the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) on Jan. 29-30."The era of trust is over," he declares. "We are entering a new era of de-globalization. The trust that allowed for global trade o...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Sarine is set to acquire a majority stake in the New York-based GCAL grading lab for an undisclosed sum.The Israel-based diamond tech company, known for its Galaxy mapping systems, today said both sides had signed a non-binding MOU for an all-cash deal.GCAL (Gem Certification and Assurance Lab), a family business founded in 2001 by Don and Pamela Palmieri, is expecte...Read More

Using the social media platform Twitter, Thunberg said that "This Saturday 14/1 I will join activists in Lutzerath to defend the village and stop the coalmine. Join us at 12.Read More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingUsing the social media platform Twitter, Thunberg said that "This Saturday 14/1 I will join activists in Lutzerath to defend the villag...Read More

Cypress Development advances Nevada lithium project towards productionSPONSOREDcypress development corp4 Emerging Trends Driven by the Global Mining BoomSPONSOREDproudfootMetalla poised to flourish amid royalty M&A frenzySPONSOREDmetalla royalty & streamingThe country, which is rich in key battery metals, would offer the electric vehicle maker a steppingstone into the Southeast Asian marke...Read More

Share this article TORONTO - Marathon Gold Corp. [MOZ-TSX, OTC-MGDPF] on Thursday released positive infill drill results from the Berry deposit at its Valentine Gold Project in Newfoundland.Last year, Marathon completed 20,931 metres of infill drilling at Berry, none of which was included in the project's June 2022 mineral resource estimate. This in-fill drill program targeted gaps within the exi...Read More

The uranium spot price has gained around 5% so far this year without the help of physical trust buying.Read More