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

There were various rumours circulating at the recent 2022 Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek in Colorado about the future of the industry leader, as well as the company being an acquisitionRead More

The assets include Coeur's C-Horst, SNA, Secret Pass and Daisy ore bodies, as well as the decommissioned Sterling mine.Read More

Incrementum AG managing partner and investment manager Ronald-Peter Stöferle told the forum US$50 trillion had been wiped from global markets so far this year - more than the combined GDP of theRead More

(IDEX Online) - Russia's ongoing sale of diamonds to some dealers in India and Belgium and are said to be dividing the industry.Alrosa, the state-controlled miner, has been sanctioned by the US since its invasion of Ukraine in February, but is reportedly selling $250m of rough gems a month (compared with its $347m average in pre-war 2021).Indian hasn't imposed sanctions on Russian stones...Read More

(IDEX Online) - An early version of the only wedding ring ever worn by James Bond is expected to fetch up to $13,000 at auction.The 007 agent was married only once in all the 25 movies, to Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. She was assassinated shortly after the wedding. Bond was played by George Lazenby.Jeweler Charles de Temple created...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Reese Witherspoon dazzled in a platinum necklace set with 160 carats of aquamarines and blue zircons by Tiffany & Co at last week's Emmys in Los Angeles, California, USA.The actress, 46, who starred in the Legally Blonde movies, was nominated as lead actress at this year's ceremony for her role in Apple TV+'s The Morning Show.But the award went to 26-year-old Zen...Read More

The company said that the commission behind the vote is comprised of individuals with an anti-mining agenda and biased and illegal activities were observed during the referendum process.Read More

If you're a longtime Daily Reckoning reader, you've heard of numerous plans to end the role of the U.S. dollar as the leading reserve currency.These plans go by many names including the Great Reset, Bretton Woods II and other names suggesting some kind of deep dark conspiracy. The reality is less sinister but no less important.The main thing to understand about the role of the dollar in the intern...Read More

Shares in Callinex Mines (TSXV: CNX) rose more than 15% today after the Vancouver-based company reported drilling results from its Pine Bay copper, gold, silver and zinc project in Manitoba. Drilling at the Rainbow deposit at Pine Bay, near Flin Flon, cut 33.7 metres of 4.29% copper, 0.22 gram gold per tonne, 4.63 grams silver per tonne and 0.31% zinc (or 4.6% copper equivalent) from 636.3 metres...Read More

Asked about how many cars Tesla will have made by August 2032 - 10 years from now - the company founder Elon Musk said: "I'd say 100 million is pretty doable."Reaching the 100 million mark by the end of the decade is also considered essential to reduce carbon emissions and achieve the Paris Agreement.In total, 22 U.S. states have set the goal to have 100% carbon-free electricity before 2050. A...Read More

Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence (www.miningintelligence.com).Top gold assays for the week Sept. 9-16, 2022.Osisko Mining's (TSX: OSK) Windfall Lake project in central Quebec posted the top gold drilling results of the past week, followed by Mandalay Reso...Read More

These are exciting times for Canadian miner Dor?(C) Copper Mining (TSXV: DCMC; US-OTC: DRCMF) as the company looks to restart the prolific Chibougamau mining camp in northern Quebec, roughly 500 km north of Montreal and 10 km by road from the town of Chibougamau. Dor?(C) Copper has consolidated a large land package that includes 13 former producing mines, deposits, and resource target areas withi...Read More

Take a look at this photograph:To the left is Thomas Edison, the great inventor of the carbon filament lightbulb and phonograph.What he's standing next to might surprise you.It's a prototype electric vehicle (EV).This picture was taken in the early 1900s.My great-grandfather worked at Edison's workshop in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Back then, employees would have seen Edison zipping around...Read More

(IDEX Online) - One of the world's largest rubies, a 101-ct rough gemstone recovered in Mozambique, is to be auctioned next month.The Estrela de Fura, recovered by Dubai-based miners Fura, could become the world's most expensive ruby once it's cut and polished.The record is currently held by the 25.59-ct cushion-cut Sunrise Ruby, a Burmese gemstone which sold for $30.42m at Sotheby&...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lightbox is selling lower quality polished lab growns with a 25 per cent discount.The De Beers-owned company is charging $600 per carat, for its Lightbox Basics collection -  white stones in a "modern sterling silver bezel setting" - rather than its standard $800.It says the Basics stones are all guaranteed to be at least SI clarity, faint color, and a very good cut. Stan...Read More

The company builds its projects with its own team rather than with an EPCM contractor which it says saves time and money.Read More

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Government officials say all the right things about inflation, and how they're trying to combat it. But secretly, they're not that upset about inflation.Why? Because inflation makes debt much easier to bear. For a government with over $31 trillion of debt, it can use all the help it can get.Let's see how we got here...The U.S. government bond market was invented by Alexander Hamilton early in the...Read More

"The project continues to track on-time and on-budget.Read More

Agnico Eagle will subscribe for US$580 million of Teck's Minas de San Nicolás (MSN) which owns the San Nicolás project under the transaction, giving it a 50% interest in MSN.Read More