The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

Mining and mineral exploration companies are under increased pressure to improve drilling performance. More accurate drilling can benefit every aspect of a mining operation by making it smoother, safer, and more productive.Drill operators, however, are required to oversee streams of complex data, generate value from that data, and manage tasks in need of constant attention during operations, which...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A limited-edition Patek Philippe watch that was launched with a $35,893 price tag last April is now selling for up to $551,700. Demand for the rare, olive green-dialed variant of the Nautilus 5711/1A model has been so intense that buyers are prepared to pay more than 1,400 per cent over the odds on the secondary market. The market monitor Watch Charts currently reports $442,000 as...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A five-carat Paraiba tourmaline - one of the "newest" gemstone varieties - is to be auctioned at Bonhams Hong King with a high estimate of $484,000.Tourmaline was first discovered in the 1500s in a variety of colors. But vivid blue/green examples were only discovered in 1989.  They are called Paraiba after state in Brazil where they were found and can command significantly hig...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Luxury brands have cut their forecasts for growth in China from 18 to per cent to just three per cent, as Covid lockdowns continue to shatter consumer confidence. Management consultants Oliver Wyman published their findings based on interviews with clients representing more than $50bn in retail sales of premium consumer and luxury goods in the country. "There is a huge doubt about...Read More

Codelco maintains that the smelter meets environmental standards. However, operations ceased on June 6 when the company decided to bring forward maintenance work after episodes during which up to 100 local residents including children and adults experienced intoxication.Th copper producer created dialogue tables with the almost 350 workers and union representatives to transition them into other ro...Read More

Non-executive chair Charles (Chuck) Jeannes, who lives in Nevada, began Glamis Gold which bought Goldcorp in 2006 for US$8.6 billion. Gold Standard Ventures' president and CEO Jason Attew was also at Goldcorp before moving on to investment banking at Bank of Montreal."Glamis started on open pit heap leach mines in Nevada. Our market message has been that we will begin [Orla] in a similar way, with...Read More

Remember the limbo? It was a dance fad kind of like the Olympic high jump in reverse: Instead of leaping over a horizontal bar, you duckwalked under it to calypso music, with the crowd squealing, "How low can you go?"As it happens, in the culture of Western Civ, Limbo is also the name of a place on the edge of hell. Either way, you have an apt metaphor for the spot that the USA is in as we enter t...Read More

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Share this articleVANCOUVER - Golden Arrow Resources Corp. [GRG-TSXV; GARWF-OTCQB; G6A-FSE] has begun the first exploration program at its new 100%-held San Pietro copper-gold-cobalt project in Chile. Golden Arrow has retained two Chilean project geologists with extensive experience in geologic systems like those in and around San Pietro.The program has commenced with detailed surface mapping and...Read More

The government of Nicaragua created state-owned ENIMINAS to solidify its control over Nicaragua's mining sector in 2017.Read More

"We're cash-rich but could be helped on the resources," Rae said, adding that the company would only be interested in accretive deals.Read More

  While not widely recommended by investment advisers it is getting harder to ignore the 200% rise in the price of thermal (electricity producing) coal over the last 12-months, or its 700% riseRead More

CONEXPO-CON/AGG, Taking Construction to the Next LevelSPONSOREDconexpo-con/agg 2023Advancing Copper and Gold Projects in an Under-Explored Porphyry DistrictSPONSOREDresilience miningServicing China's Steel SectorSPONSOREDaspire miningChinese Strategic AllianceSPONSOREDxanadu minesJunior miners will need to increase their decarbonisation efforts in order to remain relevant, International Counci...Read More

Analysts expect historically high prices for copper, aluminum, nickel, zinc, steel, and other base and precious metals to benefit miners in the year's second half.Credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service expects commodity prices to continue to reflect the risk of supply and trade-flow disruptions, especially if the Ukraine military conflict escalates.Moody's VP and senior credit officer Emil...Read More

Fuelled by the war in Ukraine and ongoing Covid-19 shutdowns, inflation is rising globally. To combat the threat, central banks around the world have been increasing interest rates.Canada's consumer price index reached 6.8% in April. The Bank of Canada increased its overnight and deposit interest rates to 1.5% at the start of June, and its own rate to 1.75%.Inflation in the U.S surged unexpectedly...Read More

Amidst talks of nationalization of mines and stricter regulations for miners in several jurisdictions across South America, Ecuador's Energy Minister Xavier Vera promises a different path as the government aims to put about half-a-dozen projects into construction by 2025. In an exclusive interview with The Northern Miner at an event in Toronto during the PDAC conference, the minister said that...Read More

Focus Graphite (TSXV: FMS; US-OTC: FCSMF) has been awarded a grant of up to $350,000 by Qu?(C)bec's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, to advance the company's Manicouagan-Ouest Graphitic Corridor (MOGC) graphite deposit at its Lac T?(C)t?(C)pisca project in Quebec. The grant, which is part of the ministry's five-year plan for developing critical and strategic minerals, will be used to f...Read More

Glencore (LON: GLEN) said on Friday that the first-half year profit from its commodities trading unit is on track to achieve its annual earnings target in the first six months of 2022, placing it on course for its best-ever year.The Swiss company expects adjusted operating profit to exceed US$3.2 billion for the first half of the year boosted by soaring commodity prices, supply disruptions and vol...Read More

The world's biggest miners need to aggressively invest in critical metals or will hold back the global energy transition away from fossil fuels, a new report shows.According to PwC's 19th annual review of the top 40 mining companies, which examines global trends in the industry, future success will depend on whether global miners can take a leading role in the world's clean energy transition and...Read More

The initial public offering price for 14.388 million shares would be between US$11.75-12.50 per share, the firm said in a filing to the NYSE.Underwriters to the offering have an option to purchase a maximum of 2,158,200 additional shares of common shares.Ivanhoe Electric in an initial filing registration to the NYSE last month said the planned dual listing was "in order to support American supply...Read More