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

Lindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Mine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesSaudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesA group of senior Gabonese mil...Read More

Lindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Mine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesSaudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesThe gold miner commissioned El...Read More

Having peaked at 5.83Mt of production in 2018, investment bank BTG Pactual forecasts production of 5.Read More

(IDEX Online) - India's commerce minister has reiterated the government's support for lab grown diamond production and insisted they are "equivalent to natural diamonds".Piyush Goyal was speaking in Jaipur last week, ahead of two days of G20 trade and investment meetings.He said lab growns would be treated exactly like mined diamonds in free trade agreement talks with other countries."I...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A passenger arriving in Mumbai on a flight from Dubai was caught trying to smuggle $180,000 of diamonds inside a packet of tea.The Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs Department said 34 diamonds, with a total weight of 1,559.68 carats, were concealed in eight pouches.The suspect, a 30-year-old Indian resident, was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport,...Read More

Lindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Mine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesSaudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesGonneville, outside Perth, has...Read More

"I don't know."These are the three wisest words in the English tongue or any other tongue.These are the words of an honest man.A man may think. A man may believe. Yet a man does not know.This ignorance that a man does not know is this publication's central assumption.Nor do we believe that anyone else knows.Imagine if politicians bowed before these three words.Imagine if market experts bowed...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers today (30 August) announced rough sales of just $370m during cycle 7, the lowest figure since the Covid pandemic.Sales slumped to $355m in March 2020, the last cycle before lockdowns forced De Beers to suspend its Gaborone sights. When they resumed in September sales were $334m.Today's announcement suggests there's no end in sight to the caution that has long dom...Read More

Lindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Mine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesSaudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesThe court reaffirmed DPM's min...Read More

The gold miner commissioned Elizabeth Broderick & Co, which conducted Rio Tinto's similar review last year, as part of its increased focus on psychological safety and culture.Read More

(IDEX Online) - More than $1.3bn of luxury watches were reported as stolen or lost in 2022, according to The Watch Register, as thefts surge by 60 per cent.The London-based company holds a database of almost 80,000 missing timepieces. It says almost half (44 per cent) are Rolex.  Daytona, GMT and Oyster Perpetual models are the most-stolen because demand exceeds supply and secondary mark...Read More

Ardea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesMine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsLindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Saudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesThe reason everyone is on high...Read More

(IDEX  Online) - Speculation is mounting that the G7 nations will finally announce sanctions on Russian diamonds in September, 19 months after the invasion of Ukraine.They could be implemented, backed by a traceability solution, next January, after the all-important holiday season, according to a New York Times report.Brad Brooks-Rubin, senior adviser in the Office of Sanctions Coordination i...Read More

China cut its one-year benchmark lending rate on August 21, but markets were surprised that the five-year rate was left unchanged. The one-year loan prime rate was lowered by 10 basis points to 3.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Fishers are mounting a legal challenge to marine diamond operations off South Africa's west coast.They claim rights to mine in shallow sea and along an 85km coastal strip of land were granted and subsequently renewed without proper consultation.Their court action, due to begin today (29 August) at Western Cape High Court, is being opposed by Trans Hex Operations, which has mar...Read More

Lindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Mine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesSaudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesFollowing the accidents on Sat...Read More

Lindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Mine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesSaudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resources"The studies are essential to...Read More

Following the accidents on Saturday, Chile's National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin) immediately started investigations at the mines, the ministry said.Read More

Lindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Mine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesSaudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resources"Thank and excuse" has been a...Read More

Lindian aims for centuries of REE productionSPONSOREDlindian resources Mine to metals model makes ASM a rare opportunity SPONSOREDaustralian strategic materialsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesSaudi to help Africa 'break ranks' with historic trading partnersSPONSOREDsaudi ministry of industry and mineral resourcesWith the green energy transiti...Read More