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

Share this article VANCOUVER - Imperial Metals Corp. (III-TSX) has released 2021 third quarter production numbers for the has Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern British Columbia.The company said Red Chris produced 17.2 million pounds of copper and 15,249 ounces of gold in the third quarter, compared to 17.6 million pounds of copper and 15,451 ounces of gold in the second quarter of 2021.I...Read More

PolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsAmerican Pacific building US copper positionSPONSOREDamerican pacific miningExploration is a risky businessSPONSOREDmarimaca copperDrilling from the 4740 Level targeting mineralisation in the Otto and Adam Peak fault horizons proximal to and below existing mine...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipPolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsUnderground drilling highlights included 5m grading 55.4 grams per tonne gold including 2m grading 83.2g/t, which it said were some of the b...Read More

PolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsAmerican Pacific building US copper positionSPONSOREDamerican pacific miningExploration is a risky businessSPONSOREDmarimaca copperProduction increased 9.9% compared to the prior year period and 8.Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipPolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsAmerican Pacific building US copper positionSPONSOREDamerican pacific miningJ Capital Research published a report on Tuesday calling Vulcan the "god of empty promises".Read More

PolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsAmerican Pacific building US copper positionSPONSOREDamerican pacific miningExploration is a risky businessSPONSOREDmarimaca copperAdjusted EBITDA was a record $2.1 billion, more than triple the third quarter of 2020, the company said this week.Realised copper,...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The final tender of Argyle pink diamonds delivered the most significant "record breaking results" in the mine's 38-year history, Rio Tinto said yesterday.It declined to disclose prices paid for the 70 super-rare pink and red diamonds but said the 2021 collection "continued its trajectory of double digit price growth".The stones were bought by 19 bidders from nine countries. Am...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Thieves targeting passengers on a train in India discarded diamonds worth over $11,000 as fakes, say police.The stole purses containing the valuables from two women traveling on the Howrah-Mumbai Gitanjali Express near Gondia, in Maharashtra state, according to The Times of India. "They melted the stolen gold ornaments and sold them to a goldsmith," investigation officer Pravi...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra saw revenue from its three South African mines rise by 48 per cent in the first fiscal quarter (Q1 FY 2022).It was boosted by the sale of three extremely high-value stones for over $50m - almost half its $114.9m total income for the three months.The London-based miner said it sold an exceptional 39.34-ct blue diamond (pictured) for $40.18m a 342.92-ct Type IIa white diamond f...Read More

PolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsAmerican Pacific building US copper positionSPONSOREDamerican pacific miningExploration is a risky businessSPONSOREDmarimaca copperLast week's ‘From the Capital' column noted the extraordinary reluctance of industry promoters at the MiningNews.Read More

PolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxAzure eyes province potential ahead of Andover resourceSPONSOREDazure mineralsAmerican Pacific building US copper positionSPONSOREDamerican pacific miningExploration is a risky businessSPONSOREDmarimaca copperAnnouncing its first climate change report late yesterday, Vale said it would invest between US$4-$6 billion in "technological solu...Read More

One of the unexpected repercussions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was the impact it had on global supply chains, pushing up the price of commodities and resources across the board, including within the mining industry. The cracks in the supply chains also highlighted broader geopolitical issues affecting world economies, including the reliance on limited means of extracting certain minerals and...Read More

This week Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) announced the US$1 billion acquisition of the Santa Rita nickel mine and the Serrote copper mine in Brazil from London-based Appian Capital. In a webcast, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman discussed the deal and the company's broader strategy on green energy metals and developing a 'climate change resilient' business. What follows is a transcr...Read More

Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) Canada's largest diversified miner, said this week that while construction of its massive Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 (QB2) expansion project in Chile is two-thirds complete, costs are anticipated to be up to 5% higher than the original US$5.3 billion estimate. Delivering results for the third-quarter, in which Teck recorded a profit of US$816 million,...Read More

Miners are almost blind to demand trends in the largest consumer of metals and minerals.I don't know how many Northern Miner readers celebrated October 23 as Mole Day. For those that didn't, it was not in honour of the near-blind Talpidae mammal, and nor was it a celebration of a breakwater, a spy, a hot Mexican sauce, or a benign tumour.What was celebrated on October 23, between 6.02 a.m. and 6.0...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipPolarX finds extra copper potential in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarxNew life for one of New Zealand's oldest gold minesSPONSOREDoceanagold"I think we will still move forward with that, while we figure out how to and then actually start exploring for more of this high-grade material...Read More

Believe it or not, a technology used to water the Hanging Gardens of Babylon still dominates a part of our power infrastructure.Behold its first version, the revolutionary Archimedes' Screw.The concept is incredibly simple (and predates Archimedes by centuries). You turn a screw threaded through a pipe or trough and it pulls water up.Human power was replaced by motors late in the 1800s and the ext...Read More

The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis issued its third-quarter gross domestic product estimate this morning.Consensus guessing had come in at 2.8% annualized growth. What is the actual figure?It's 2.0% - a "miss" - yet not a cataclysmic miss.It nonetheless represents the poorest quarterly progress since last year's second quarter... when the gross domestic product took a 31% whaling.Mr. Pa...Read More

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - October 27, 2021 /CNW/ - PlantX Life Inc. (CSE: VEGA) (Frankfurt: WNT1) (OTCQB: PLTXF) ("PlantX" or [...]Read full newsRead More

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