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

Meet the 1979 Comuta-Car...This example was once used by a local film production company, Spicer Productions, and resides today in the Baltimore Museum of Industry. The Comuta-Car was an updated version of a very similar electric vehicle called the CitiCar, which was produced from 1974-77. Despite looking like a Star Trek shuttlecraft, the CitiCar (along with ancestors the Comuta-Car and Comuta-...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Monarch Mining Corp. [GBAR-TSX; GBARF-OTCQX] reported the second set of results from its 2021-2022 drilling program on its 100%-owned Swanson gold project, located 55 km northeast of Val d'Or, Quebec. The Swanson property comprises a contiguous group of 127 map-designated claims and one mining lease covering an area of 5,125.8 hectares. The project is also located 50...Read More

Alma Metals targets resource expansion at copper project in QueenslandSPONSOREDalma metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net: Mongolia Country SupplementSPONSOREDRumble in the outback, "zinc elephant sighted"SPONSOREDrumble resourcesRed Dirt Metals: unexpected lithium starSPONSOREDred dirt metalsHSBC has cut its forecast for North American palladium output for this year to 785,000 ounces...Read More

Politics, inflation, falling metals prices and higher public spending are combining to stoke social tensions, limit economic growth and reduce the chances of economic reforms.Read More

The fatal accident involved a truck operator losing control of the vehicle at a dump.Read 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 resourcesNo-one, to be sure, wants a recession. But how much of the above is wishful thinking? After al...Read More

(IDEX Online) - India's gross exports of polished diamonds were $2.01bn in June, a dollar rise of 2.25 per cent on the same month last year.The figure for the three months from April to June was $6.27bn, a dollar increase of 1.09 per cent.Overall gross exports of all gems and jewlery were $3.2bn in June, a year-on-year dollar rise of 14.5 per cent, as India reaped the benefits of its Comprehe...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Richemont reported significant increases in its US and European sales in the three months to June, but a plunge in its revenue from China.The Swiss-based luxury company, that counts Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-leCoultre and Piaget among its 26 maisons, said total sales for the quarter were $5.27 billion, an overall growth rate of 12 per cent.Richemont reported 20 per ce...Read More

Alma Metals targets resource expansion at copper project in QueenslandSPONSOREDalma metalsMining Journal and MiningNews.Net: Mongolia Country SupplementSPONSOREDRumble in the outback, "zinc elephant sighted"SPONSOREDrumble resourcesRed Dirt Metals: unexpected lithium starSPONSOREDred dirt metalsThe big miner reported a strong June quarter, including a 25% jump in copper production, a 52%...Read More

This follows the bank's move to commit up to US$25 billion in foreign currency reserves from July 18 to the end of September to defend the value of its slumping peso currency.Read More

Under the renewed revolving credit facility, the interest rate paid on drawn amounts and standby fees will be adjusted based upon Wheaton's performance in three sustainability-related areas.Read More

Asante Gold (CSE: ASE; US-OTC: ASGOF) has increased its Ghana-based Bibiani gold mine's measured and indicated resources by about 26% to 2.3 million ounces and improved its mine life from six years to 8.3.The latest technical report, which the company says has been "prepared to the level of confidence of a prefeasibility study," is an update to the project's feasibility study filed in 2018 and its...Read More

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and the Pakistan government have agreed on the structure governing the funding and profit-sharing of the US$7 billion Reko Diq copper-gold deposit.The agreement in principle sets a partnership between Barrick, the Balochistan provincial government (where the project is located) and Pakistani state-owned enterprises, the company said on Tuesday.The operation wil...Read More

Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) has delivered new, high-grade gold results from its 2022 exploration program at its flagship property, Treaty Creek, located in the heart of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The program began in early May, with 30,000 metres of diamond drilling planned.The new drill results reported are from eight diamond drill holes, four of which were drilled at the Goldstorm deposit, a...Read More

This week's landmark 300th episode features a close-up look at several bellwether mining stocks with host Adrian Pocobelli. Have mining stocks double-topped? Why do the top mining companies by market cap have double-digit dividends? Should mining stocks be held for long periods of time? Gain greater insight into some of the surprising numbers of the world's biggest mining companies in this week's...Read More

BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) is seeking to accelerate construction at its US$5.7-billion Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan as high gas prices and sanctions on key exporters continue to disrupt global supplies of fertilizers.The world's largest miner had originally planned to kick off production at Jansen in 2027. Markets conditions, however, have prompted it to attempt bringing forward...Read More

The current and consensus forecast copper price levels are insufficient to incentivize the new supply that will be needed as the world moves to a fully electrified economy, a senior Stifel GMB analyst tells The Northern Miner.According to Egizio Bianchini, vice-chairman and Stifel's head of metals and mining investment banking, the copper industry's average price and company valuation multiples bo...Read More

The company released an updated resource estimate in June which included the 17,000m of infill drilling undertaken in 2021 and which boosted the indicated resource by 40% to 1.Read More

The open pit and underground resource totals 2.6 million tonnes grading 0.72% nickel, 0.42% copper with cobalt, platinum, gold and silver for a 1.Read More

The war in Ukraine will have huge ramifications for the international system in the coming years. Many will prove negative for the U.S. as sanctions backfire and the world moves more rapidly toward dollar alternatives.Unfortunately, the war in Ukraine was totally avoidable. Had the U.S. pursued closer ties with Russia years ago, rather than antagonizing it and driving it into a deeper alliance wit...Read More