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

Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has agreed to purchase nickel and cobalt products for a year from a battery recycling plant that's poised to go online in 2023 - Electra Battery Materials' (TSXV: ELBM; US-OTC: ELBMF) Battery Materials Park project situated to the north of Toronto. The agreement covers the 2023-2024 production of the metals, which will be produced from the refining of black mass feed generate...Read More

Ukraine-focused iron ore developer Black Iron Inc (TSX: BKI; US-OTC: BKIRF) will not publish the highly anticipated feasibility study for the Shymanivske project until peace has returned to the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.Black Iron said in an overnight news release that its consulting engineering firm, Wood Plc. cannot meet the requirements for completing a feasibility study under Canadian...Read More

Westhaven Gold (TSXV: WHN) has released new results from ongoing drilling at its wholly owned Shovelnose gold project. Covering 76.2 sq. km, Shovelnose is the largest of the company's four properties held within the Spences Bridge Gold Belt (SBGB) of British Columbia.The highlighted drill hole SN22-212, which returned 23 metres of 37.24 grams gold per tonne and 214.7 grams silver per tonne, is ov...Read More

A day after announcing the sale of its Russian assets, Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has entered into an agreement with Asante Gold (US-OTC: ASGOF; CSE: ASE) to potentially sell the company's 90% interest in the Chirano gold mine. The open-pit and underground mining operation in southwestern Ghana produced 154,668 gold-equivalent oz. in 2021, compared to 166,590 oz. in 2020 and is located imme...Read More

BHP (NYSE: BHP; LON: BHP; ASX: BHP) has secured enough renewable energy to cover 100% of the power requirements of three of its major nickel operations in Western Australia, following the signing of a new agreement with Italy's Enel Green Power.The 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) will facilitate stage one construction of Enel's A$200 million (US$151 million) Flat Rocks wind farm near the to...Read More

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Today we are atop our main mast. We are facing the horizon, spyglass in hand. What do we see?Heavy weather. And it is barreling towards Wall Street.Detailed forecast to follow. First we record current meteorological conditions...Drenching rains today, with local flooding in the technology sector.The Dow Jones lost 144 rain-flogged points. The S&P 500 lost 44, while the Nasdaq Composite took a...Read More

The history of the Wisconsin-based Woodman's Markets is the embodiment of the American dream.The company began in 1919 when founder John Woodman opened a simple produce stand on the corner of Milton and Sherman Avenues in Janesville, Wisconsin.Two years later, Woodman's son joined the business and together they moved the produce stand into a 580-square-foot storefront.Over the years the family con...Read More

The La Parilla tungsten and tin mine has been hit by a double-blow of very high gas prices, and a truck driver dispute that has stalled the delivery of critical spare parts and the collection ofRead More

Share this article TORONTO - Altiplano Metals Inc. [APN-TSXV, A2JNFG] is gearing up for the full operation of a new processing facility at its 100%-owned Farellon iron oxide-copper-gold mine near La Serena, Chile."It is exciting to see the final stages of the processing facility coming together with most of the major engineering tasks completed,'' said Altiplano President and CEO Alastair McIntyr...Read More

Speaking at Allkem's first strategy day since the merger between Galaxy Resources and Orocobre, managing director Martin Perez de Solay said the company, which had been well supported by the market,Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipWest Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.The Kasiya deposit in the African country contains 18 million tonnes of rutile, putting Iluka Resources' major Sierra Leone deposits (containing 8...Read More

Barrick Gold kicked things off with its 2019 merger of equals with Randgold Resources, while Newmont and Goldcorp followed with a combination the following year.Read More

Rambler produced 1,090 metric tons of copper and 483 ounces of gold at Ming in the three months to March 31, compared to 1,090 tons and 155 ounces in the fourth quarter of 2021.Read More

"The Biden Administration has made clear its strong commitment to securing domestic critical mineral supply chains by invoking the DPA for battery materials and making historic investments in theRead More

Kinross Gold Corporation will sell it mining assets in Russia to Jersey incorporated Highland Gold Mining group of companies for US$680 million in cash.Read More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDMarvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Anglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining He's back in the spotlight after his technology and battery minerals investment vehicle Vision Blue Resou...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Swiss watchmakers may have to produce more subdued designs as a result of sanctions on Russia, a key supplier of diamonds, gold, platinum and other precious metals.Jon Cox, an industry analyst with the Kepler Cheuvreux financial services company, said concerns over raw materials would inevitably drive up prices."I imagine product development will move to more subdued luxury goods",...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra could axe 150 miners' jobs at its Koffiefontein mine, in South Africa, say union leaders.The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it is "deeply angered" by the move.Mosepedi Sanane, regional secretary for the Kimberley area, said: "We believe there are other avenues that could have been looked at before going through this process which are going to see our members an...Read More

The agreement could mark the end of a near year-long dispute between the Central Asian state and Centerra.Read More