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

Alianza Minerals (TSXV: ANZ) announces that partner Allied Copper Corp. has completed an airborne magnetics survey at the Klondike Property.Read full newsRead More

Share this article VANCOUVER - Capitan Mining Inc. [CAPT-TSXV; CAPTF-OTC] reported continued exploration results from five reverse circulation drill holes at the Jesus Maria silver zone, at the 100%-owned Cruz de Plata project (formerly referred to as Penoles), Durango, Mexico.Highlights include Hole 21-JMRC-10 (Upper Zone) that returned 16.8 metres of 332 g/t AgEq (silver equivalent) beginning a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi is facing new criminal charges in India, over an alleged $3m fraud.He is accused, jointly with others, of defrauding the government-controlled Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd (IFCI) between 2014 and 2018.Choksi (pictured), 62, already face charges, together with his nephew Nirav Modi, over the $1.8bn Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.He...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Brilliant Earth has ditched a promotional offer for "free diamond earrings" following a challenge from rival Blue Nile.It voluntarily pulled ads after complaints that the diamonds were lab-grown rather than mined, and the "free" offer was only available for a very limited time.Brilliant Earth, the US-based "ethical jeweler", had used the phrases "Free Diamond Earrings" and "One Day...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The IDEX Polished Price Index declined steadily throughout April, falling by over 2.1 per cent by the month end. It continued a trend set during all but the first few days of March. Before that the Index had enjoyed months of sharp increases - 5.67 per cent in January and 4.14 per cent in February. IDEX Online subscribers please click here to read the full report. Read More

The Global Reporting Initiative is an ESG standard used by the vast majority of the world's largest public companies to disclose their environmental, social and governance risks. But it only directly highlights Indigenous rights as material to a public company's sustainability reporting when a community has sued or registered a complaint against the company. It's something a coalition of 86 First...Read More

Snow Lake Lithium (NASDAQ: LITM) has provided the first results of winter drilling at the northeast extension of its Thompson Brothers (TBL) spodumene pegmatite deposit located in northwest Manitoba. These results represent only the first three of the 40 total holes that Snow Lake has submitted for analysis.The best intercept came from TBL-027, with an intersection of 1.49% LiO2 (lithium oxide) o...Read More

A recent study by KU Leuven University in Belgium shows that meeting the European Union's Green Deal goal of climate neutrality by 2050 will require 35 times more lithium and 7 to 26 times the amount of rare earth metals compared to Europe's current use.According to the paper, the energy transition will also require 30% more aluminum than what is employed today in the continent, as well as 35% mor...Read More

In what has been labelled a 'pro-mining judgment against the environment' by a non-governmental organization, Chinese-owned base metals producer MMG Inc. has won the right to continue preliminary works for a controversial mine tailings dam inside the takayna/Tarkine rainforest in Tasmania's west.In a statement released on May 2, the Hong Kong-listed and Melbourne-headquartered miner welcomed the F...Read More

Canada's Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SAND; NYSE: SAND) is growing in scale and size with the acquisitions of one royalty company and an extensive package from another for a combined total of US$1.1 billion.The company said on Monday it had agreed to buy Nomad Royalty in an all-share transaction valued at US$590 million and agreed to acquire nine royalties and one stream from BaseCore Metals for US$525 mi...Read More

Australia's South32 (LSE: S32; ASX: S32) is on track to double its green aluminum production in Brazil by early 2023 with the acquisition of an 18.2% stake in the Minera????o Rio do Norto (MRN) bauxite mine from Alcoa Corp. (NYSE: AA).The transaction represents a crucial step for the company in consolidating its vertically integrated aluminum supply chain in Brazil, bringing South32's holdings in...Read More

Livent agreed to form QLP, a 50:50 joint venture with The Pallinghurst Group, in late 2020, which took a 50% ownership of the Nemaska lithium project development project in Quebec and Ontario, Canada,Read More

Dear Outsider,There's something strange going on in the land of information.In a world where everyone gets their content from YouTube and social media, the last decade or so has seen an erosion of truth. Not just factual truth, but life lessons as well.For proof, just look at all the conflicting information we got about the pandemic... death rates, infection statistics, etc.What's more is modern n...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A judicial inquiry into systemic political corruption at Alexkor, South Africa's state-owned diamond company, has issued a long list of recommendations to pursue the alleged perpetrators.It focuses on alleged links between Alexkor and members of the super-wealthy Gupta family, who were close to former president Jacob Zuma, who now live in Dubai, and who have been described by...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa may be about to sell its rough diamonds to the state-run Gokhran, in a swift reversal of fortunes. The Russian miner had been buying back gems of late, as a surge in post-lockdown demand outstripped its production capacities.Now, with widespread sanctions and banking restrictions in place over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is hoping the Gokhran - repository of p...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Prices slowed during April. Fancies fell sharply, rounds were more mixed.RoundsA more mixed picture than of late, ending months of near-blanket price rises. Goods over 3.0-ct still saw a raft of increases, albeit with some decreases, especially among 5.0-cts. Price drops dominated in goods under 0.80-cts. Among 0.80-cts-2.99-cts there was much activity and a near-even mix...Read More

This was an oft repeated experience during a two-day field trip with Max Resource advisor and Colombia geology expert, Dr Chris Grainger to see what is rapidly becoming one of the most talked aboutRead More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixOreCorp prepares to deliver Tanzania's next big gold mineSPONSOREDorecorpArrow Minerals on the gold discovery path in West AfricaSPONSOREDarrow mineralsBlackEarth Minerals boosts graphite asset in MadagascarSPONSOREDblackearth mineralsThe company filed an appeal against the shelving in November in order to remedy the gaps in its en...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Twelve women died in a landslide at an  illegal gold mine in Indonesia.They were working two metres underground at an abandoned mine in Mandailing Natal district, North Sumatra, when a cliff collapsed, triggering the landslide on Thursday (28 April). Two women who were above ground at the time survived.Police chief Marlon Rajagukguk told local media: "The cliff around the mine...Read More

IsoMetrix launches pioneering ESG applicationSPONSOREDisometrixOreCorp prepares to deliver Tanzania's next big gold mineSPONSOREDorecorpArrow Minerals on the gold discovery path in West AfricaSPONSOREDarrow mineralsBlackEarth Minerals boosts graphite asset in MadagascarSPONSOREDblackearth mineralsRevenue and EBITDA smashed prior records of US$286 million and $158 million respectively, with a n...Read More