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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Many analysts say gold is volatile. But they should say that the gold market is volatile. That's because most of it is paper gold, with only a small amount of physical gold to support it.Think of the gold market as an inverted pyramid, with a small amount of gold at the bottom, holding up a huge amount of paper gold. The paper market could be 100 times the size of the physical market.That means th...Read More

The latest reports from S&P Global Commodity Insights confirm an overall downward trend, with the market intelligence firm's Pipeline Activity Index (PAI) falling to a 20-month low in August.In its State of the Market Q2 report, S&P said the downtrend has been roughly correlated with a steady downtrend in mining equities since March."We anticipate exploration activity levels to continue cooling in...Read More

Collective Mining (TSXV: CNL; US-OTC: CNLMF) shares rose almost 10% Wednesday as the company announced the "most cumulative mineralization in drill holes completed to date" in the high-grade, copper-gold-silver porphyry-related Main Breccia discovery at its Guayabales project in Colombia.Guayabales is located in the historic Colombian gold mining department of Caldas, about 300 km inland from Barr...Read More

Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; OTC: THSGF) says the first metallurgical tests on samples from its Ranch project in north-central British Columbia's Golden Horseshoe have a gold recovery rate of between 90% and 98%. The company believes the property could produce high-grade gold concentrates using low-cost conventional extraction methods.The tests were carried out on composite core samples from the Bonanz...Read More

Uranium Energy (NYSE: UEC) has agreed to purchase 100% of the Roughrider project for $150 million from Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO). Rio will receive $80 million in cash and $70 million in Uranium Energy stock.The Roughrider uranium project is located 13 km west of the McClean Lake uranium mill, about 750 km north of Saskatoon, Sask. It has a historic resource of 58 million lb. uraniu...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is investing up to $515 million over the next eight years to decarbonize its Fer et Titane (RTFT) operations in Sorel-Tracy, Que. and to help diversify its critical minerals portfolio, while the federal government will contribute up to $222 million to the initiatives.The partnership, worth up to $737 million will support innovations to reduce by up to 70%...Read More

Gatos Silver (NYSE, TSX: GATO) is coming off its best ever quarter of production, with the 70%-owned Cerro Los Gatos mine in Mexico producing a record 2.7 million oz. of silver for the three months ended September 30, a 59% increase over the third quarter of 2021.Zinc production of 17.8 million lb. and lead production of 12.2 million lb. were also record highs, up 32% and 13% respectively from th...Read More

In the spirit of the October month, I want to tell you a story about a haunted castle in West Virginia.It's called the Berkeley Springs Castle.And as far as it being haunted... well, I don't know if the castle is haunted by ghosts or a poltergeist like in the movies.But I think by the end of this you'll agree the story of the Berkeley Springs Castle is haunting itself. And I promise there's an inv...Read More

Former students of the Yale School of the Environment catalog current research on restoration techniques after surface gold mining and suggest more research is needed to determine best practices in the area.Read full newsRead More

Social-media giant Facebook will showcase its new mixed-reality headset on Oct. 11. But something else is key to its resurgence.Read full newsRead More

Although gold cooled by nearly 3%, it was enough to beat U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, domestic and oversea stocks, commodities and Bitcoin. In the bloodbath that was September, gold's traditional role as a diversifier and haven was clear to see.Read full newsRead More

South Africa's decline as a gold producer will accelerate without policy and administrative overhaul.Read full newsRead More

Illegal airstrips, toxic mercury ponds and forest-wrecking heavy machinery have proliferated as prospecting for gold on Indigenous lands and other protected areas has exploded in recent yearsRead full newsRead More

One of Brazil's biggest gold refiners, which processes gold suspected of being mined illegally in the Amazon rainforest, has been stripped of an important industry seal of approval that global manufacturers from Apple to Tesla rely on to root out abuses in their supply chainsRead full newsRead More

A 2.9 magnitude earthquake has rocked the West Australian gold mining town of Kalgoorlie.Read full newsRead More

Social-media giant Facebook will showcase its new mixed-reality headset on Oct. 11. But something else is key to its resurgence.Read full newsRead More

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. FSM reported gold production of 66,344 ounces in third-quarter 2022, reflecting year-over-year growth of 1.4%. The upside was driven by 30,032 ounces of contribution from the Lindero Mine and 27,130 ounces from the Yaramoko Mine. Silver production was 1,837,506 ounces in the quarter, up 7.3% from the prior-year quarter's level, driven by higher tonnage treated at the San...Read More

South Africa's decline as a gold producer will accelerate without policy and administrative overhaul.Read full newsRead More

Illegal airstrips, toxic mercury ponds and forest-wrecking heavy machinery have proliferated as prospecting for gold on Indigenous lands and other protected areas has exploded in recent yearsRead full newsRead More