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

OzAurum drilling for a golden futureSPONSOREDozaurum resourcesMining Journal and MiningNews.Net: Mongolia Country SupplementSPONSOREDShallow, high-grade ounces continue for Alto at SandstoneSPONSOREDalto metalsStandout ESG credentials position Trigg to capture investor attentionSPONSOREDtrigg miningA focus on open-pit exploitation of the Mitchell, East Mitchell and Sulphurets deposits and abandoni...Read More

It is proven beyond all doubt, it is a fact beyond all dispute: A climate emergency is upon us.Earth is down with a mighty fever. Even the polar ice has vanished.Reports The Washington Post:The Arctic seems to be warming up. Reports all point to a radical change in climatic conditions, and hitherto unheard-of high temperatures in that part of the Earth's surface... The eastern Arctic has steadily...Read More

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Share this article TORONTO - Belo Sun Mining Corp. [BSX-TSX] shares jumped 57% on Wednesday after the company said the Supreme Court of Para State in Brazil has overturned a previous decision to suspend the construction and environmental licenses at its flagship Volta Grande gold project in Brazil.The previous decision was that the construction and environmental licenses would be suspended until...Read More

South32 will buy 13.2 million shares prices at 78 cents each in a non-brokered private placement, giving it a 9.9% stake in the junior.Read More

The agreement grants Antofagasta an option to acquire a 70% interest in the project by spending US$30 million on exploration over eight years and delivering a preliminary economic assessment.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa says it will make interest payments on two $500m Eurobonds in roubles after dollar payments proved to be "technically impossible".The Russian miner, sanctioned since the invasion of Ukraine in February, said in a statement yesterday that it was "fully committed" to its payment obligations.Corporations like Alrosa use Eurobonds - fixed-income debt instruments - to raise funds...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra diamonds reports a year-on-year revenue leap of 44 per cent, driven by price hikes in the rough market and the resumption of work at its Williamson mine, in Tanzania.The UK-based miner said prospects remained positive, despite short to medium volatility because of the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russian producers and COVID-19.Revenue for financial year ending 30 June 2022...Read More

The Court overturned the suspension order on the grounds that there was no evidence of damage or harm to the riverside people on both banks of the Xingu River and that they were properly consulted asRead More

A laboratory scale test programme showed IPT could allow tailings from its Crawford project in Ontario, Canada to absorb enough CO2 to achieve net zero carbon emissions within 36 hours, and generateRead More

Red Dirt Metals: unexpected lithium starSPONSOREDred dirt metalsAlma Metals targets resource expansion at copper project in QueenslandSPONSOREDalma metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net: Mongolia Country SupplementSPONSOREDRumble in the outback, "zinc elephant sighted"SPONSOREDrumble resourcesThe British mining sector needs over 60 mining graduates every year yet not a single student h...Read More

The joint venture will be named NewRange Copper Nickel.   Shares in PolyMet gained 14% to C$4.04, giving the Glencore-backed firm a market capitalisation of C$409 million.Read More

Marcel's comments come as the country's Congress prepares to debate tax rates. "We are approaching this with a very open view," Marcel told Bloomberg TV.Read More

BHP forecast that Escondida production in its current financial year will be between 1.08 million-1.18 million tonnes of copper, up 8%-18% from the 1.Read More

Shares of Belo Sun Mining (TSX: BSX; US-OTC: BSXGF) jumped by 55% on Wednesday morning after the company reported that the Supreme Court of Par?? State in Brazil had overturned a suspension order related to the construction and environmental licences of its Volta Grande project. In May, the Agrarian Court of Altamira had suspended the company's licences until a socio-environmental study of the l...Read More

Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) has entered into an agreement with PolyMet Mining (TSX: POM; NYSE: PLM) to form the 50:50 joint venture New Range Copper Nickel to advance PolyMet's NorthMet project and Teck's Mesaba mineral deposit in northeast Minnesota.Glencore (LSE:GLEN), which owns about 70% of Polymet, will retain its majority interest in the company and provide financial s...Read More

Junior Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) has inked an earn-in agreement with Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) that gives the Chilean miner an option to acquire a 70% interest in the Tanacross copper-gold project in Alaska.Antofagasta could become the project's majority owner by spending US$30 million on exploration over eight years and delivering a preliminary economic assessment on the asset, near the Yukon-...Read More

Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has lowered its full-year output target to 640,000-660,000 tonnes, after production was hindered from water shortages and a leak in an underground pipeline that transports concentrate from Los Pelambres.The miner said copper output in the second quarter of the year fell 6.5% quarter-on-quarter to 129,800 tonnes. For the half-year, it was almost 26% lower year...Read More

Africa-focused Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) warned on Wednesday that insurgents attacks are edging closer to its ruby mine in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province but said operations had not been halted.An Islamic State-linked insurgency broke out in October 2017 in Cabo Delgado, a coastal province rich in natural gas reserves and host to an estimated US$60 billion worth of international...Read More

I began studying complexity theory as a consequence of my involvement with Long Term Capital Management, LTCM, the hedge fund that collapsed in 1998 after derivatives trading strategies went catastrophically wrong.After the collapse and subsequent rescue, I chatted with one of the LTCM partners who ran the firm about what went wrong. I was familiar with markets and trading strategies, but I was no...Read More