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

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

The mine has been plagued by protests by different communities intermittently since it came into production in 2016, seeking greater social investment from the mine and mitigations from the noise andRead More

  The SEC on April 28 charged Vale with making false and misleading claims about the safety of its dams prior to the January 2019 deadly collapse of its Brumadinho dam in Brazil.Read More

The credit facility includes a US$100 million term facility and a US$50 million revolving facility through a syndicate of lenders composed of The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and CanadianRead 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 mineralsWith an A$8-12 million capital raising underway, Nordic Nickel is set to join 27 new resource stoc...Read More

Copper production in Q1 stood at 13.3 million pounds, having dropped 10% from Q4 2021, and gold production of 13,610 ounces, was down by 11%, the company said.Imperial noted that block cave mining is advancing with the exploration decline at 1,225 metres as of April 20 and related surface infrastructure development is expected to be "substantially" complete by June.The feasibility study for the bl...Read More

More than a decade after shutting down lithium production, the Tanco mine in Manitoba started producing lithium spodumene concentrate in December, the mine's facility general manager Joey Champagne told The Northern Miner in an interview, making it a rare manufacturer of the raw material in Canada. Owned by Sinomine Resources, a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China, the mine...Read More

Western Potash, a subsidiary of Western Resources (TSX: WRX) will receive an $85-million loan from Appian Capital Advisory to complete the construction and development of the first phase of its Milestone potash project in Saskatchewan. The deal includes a six-year term loan facility at an interest rate of 12.5% per year, a grant of a 1.5% royalty based on the project's gross revenue, and the is...Read More

Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has opened a $66-million integrated remote operations centre (IROC) for its Centinela copper mine in the country's north.The centre is expected to improve safety, productivity and quality of life of employees, who will be able to work out of the region's capital city rather than at the site."The IROC is part of the company's strategy towards modern mining that...Read More

Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) is aiming to resume construction at its Skouries gold-copper mine in northern Greece in the second half of the year, as it continues to work on a financing package.Progress at the project, halted since 2017, was in the past hindered by both government delays in issuing permits and community opposition over the possible environmental impacts of gold...Read More

Although there are many examples of fabulously rich gold, diamond and base metals mines that have been developed in the Far North, the mineral potential of the northern reaches of Canada, the U.S., and other nations remains largely untapped. Here are eight exploration, development and mining companies active in the Arctic and near-Arctic. BMC MINERALS Drillers at BMC Minerals' Kudz Ze Kayah proj...Read More