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

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixChinese Strategic AllianceSPONSOREDxanadu minesCopper Fox is brim-full of potentialSPONSOREDcopper fox metalsOrford eyes massive nickel sulphides at West RaglanSPONSOREDorford miningSky-high prices for oil and gas, caused in part by sanctions on Russia for its war in Ukraine, have forced electricity-producing utilities to return to coa...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers has reportedly raised the price of smaller goods, which have been in scarce supply since sanctions against Russian miner Alrosa began to bite.Sources have told Bloomberg News that prices are up by five to seven per cent at Sight 5, which opened yesterday in Gaborone, Botswana.Alrosa normally supplies a large proportion of rough cluster diamonds below 0.30-cts used by manuf...Read More

(IDEX Online) - GIA today said all its reports will be digital-only by 2025, saving 20 tons of paper and 18.5 tons of plastic a year.The Gemological Institute of America will launch a digital version of its Diamond Dossier in January 2023.New AI technology will capture the diamond's inscription image and securely link to its unique GIA report in the cloud.Susan Jacques, president and CEO of G...Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixChinese Strategic AllianceSPONSOREDxanadu minesCopper Fox is brim-full of potentialSPONSOREDcopper fox metalsOrford eyes massive nickel sulphides at West RaglanSPONSOREDorford miningSupply chain logistics, once the preserve of specialised business consultants, has become an everyday conversation topic and a political hot potato for US...Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixChinese Strategic AllianceSPONSOREDxanadu minesCopper Fox is brim-full of potentialSPONSOREDcopper fox metalsOrford eyes massive nickel sulphides at West RaglanSPONSOREDorford miningEcuador's government is working on mechanisms to structure environmental consultation processes to comply with rulings by the Constitutional Court for envi...Read More

"Together with our joint-venture partner, Zijin Mining, and alongside the Congolese nation, we have resolved to fast-track expansions at the Kamoa-Kakula mining complex to meet a rising world-wide demand for responsibly-produced copper metal," Ivanhoe co-chair Robert Friedland said.Kamoa copper management reiterated its expectation that Kamoa-Kakula will deliver in the upper end of its 2022 copper...Read More

The results of EY's Top 10 Business Risks survey are in play as the industry considers a supply response to the wall of metal demand the energy revolution is generating, Americas and Canada sector leader for mining and metals, Theo Yameogo, tells The Northern Miner.The energy transition demands unprecedented volumes of minerals and metals, with some analysts noting US$1 trillion of investment is r...Read More

China, the world's biggest producer of magnet rare earth oxides could stop exporting the group of minerals within the next decade due to increasing domestic demand and a shortage in global supply, said Ryan Castilloux, founder of the independent research group, Adamas Intelligence. The global demand for rare earths, which are employed in a range of applications including permanent magnets used...Read More

Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) is welcoming the historic consent-based decision-making agreement reached earlier between the province of British Columbia and the Tahltan Central Government, the political arm of the Tahltan Nation.Through this agreement, Skeena's proposed Eskay Creek gold-silver project, which is located in Tahltan territory, will be the first mining project to have permits...Read More

This week's episode features Yukon premier Sandy Silver in discussion with Northern Miner editor-in-chief Alisha Hiyate at the Global Mining Symposium. Premier Silver explained how the Yukon can play a vital role in providing the West with critical materials, and gave updates on recent investments in infrastructure and progress with local First Nations governments. He also mentioned the increasing...Read More

Yancoal Australia (ASX: YAL) rejected on Tuesday a US$1.8-billion takeover bid from its largest shareholder, saying that both the value and the proposed structure of the deal were not in the best interests of its minority shareholders.China's Yankuang Energy Group made an offer in late May to acquire the 37.7% it does not already own in Australia's largest listed coal miner at a 16% discount to th...Read More

Mining exports increased 99% in 2021 to US$2.1 billion compared with 2020, due to the ramp-up of the Mirador copper mine and the Fruta del Norte gold mine, in addition to higher metal prices.Read More

Dear Outsider,I recently took a leisurely walk through the Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, a few blocks from my office. It's a sprawling graveyard filled with some of Baltimore's most famous - and infamous - residents.It was established in 1839 and is one of America's first "rural" cemeteries. As I strolled around the headstones, I noticed quite a few that stood out.But the single most int...Read More

I've said from the start that Russia will win the kinetic war in Ukraine and the global financial war as well.That doesn't mean I'm pro-Russian or condone Putin's invasion. It's just my objective analysis based on the facts.Of course, winning is a subjective term in both contexts. As applied to the kinetic war, winning does not mean a complete conquest of Ukraine. That was never Putin's goal.It me...Read More

Menck steps down from July 6 and Nexa has initiated a search to identify its next CFO, the firm said.  Analysts saw Menck's decision as negative for the firm's share price.Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. (TECK.B-TSX, TECK.A-TSX, TECK-NYSE) is aiming to become a nature positive company via a series of initiatives that include conserving or rehabilitating at least three hectares for every one hectare affected by its mining activities.The company said it is taking immediate action towards achieving this goal through land conservation investments t...Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixChinese Strategic AllianceSPONSOREDxanadu minesCopper Fox is brim-full of potentialSPONSOREDcopper fox metalsOrford eyes massive nickel sulphides at West RaglanSPONSOREDorford miningMenck steps down from July 6 and Nexa has initiated a search to identify its next CFO, the firm said.  Analysts saw Menck's decision as negative for t...Read More

The US Army Corps of Engineers, which has been engaged with Twin Pines since at least 2019 on the zirconium-titanium project, will now re-assert its jurisdiction of the project which it initiallyRead More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixChinese Strategic AllianceSPONSOREDxanadu minesCopper Fox is brim-full of potentialSPONSOREDcopper fox metalsOrford eyes massive nickel sulphides at West RaglanSPONSOREDorford miningSupplies are expected to start in 2024 for an initial five years. The move by Tesla is the latest to build up its supply chains for critical metals used in...Read More

(IDEX Online) - BlueRock Diamonds says production has been badly hit by wet weather.Rainfall at its Kareevlei mine, in Kimberley, South Africa, was 22 inches from January to May - double the average for an entire year.The rain hampered access to high-quality kimberlite, forcing the mine to use lower grade ore and delaying roll-out of its mining development plan.Processing production was down by 36...Read More