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

CNBC gives the news:Congress was poised to prevent a government shutdown Thursday with hours to go before a midnight deadline.The Senate and House both passed a short-term appropriations bill that would keep the government running through Dec. 3. The U.S. will avoid a lapse in funding once President Joe Biden signs it into law.The Senate approved the legislation in a 65-35 vote, as 15 Republicans...Read More

Canada's youngest senior gold producer, B2Gold (TSX: BTO; US-OTC: BTG), expects to report robust operating and financial metrics for the second half of 2021, the company's VP for investor relations, Ian McLean, recently told The Northern Miner's Global Mining Symposium.B2Gold started the year on a solid footing, outperforming guidance. McLean recapped key consolidated figures for the first six mon...Read More

Food shortages, lines for fuel that can't be found, cold and unpowered houses, and grave rumblings of a winter without Christmas.It looks like there will be little reprieve for Britain this year.Though the root causes aren't identical, it will be painfully reminiscent of the winter of 1978 to 1979 for many.Lorry drivers were striking, wide swaths of the country were cut off from supplies by the st...Read More

Mining Journals Tom Hoskyns speaks to President and CEO Michael Rowley about Group Ten Metals flagship Stillwater West project.Group Ten Metals (TSX:V: PGE) is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the development of its core asset: the Stillwater West PGE-Ni-Cu project adjacent to Sibanye-Stillwater's high-grade PGE mines in Montana, USA.The company sees the potential to become a larg...Read More

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Meanwhile Treasury yields rose to the highest point since June, the Wall Street Journal noted, lifted by optimism about the economic outlook and the prospects of tighter monetary policy.Gold subsequently slumped towards US$1,734 an ounce on the spot market.Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM) closed down 1.2% to C$63.03, remaining near a one-year low, on news it was merging with fellow producer Kirkland...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A ruby and diamond bracelet presented by Britain's King Edward VII to the American socialite Wallis Simpson is to be auctioned by Christie's Geneva.  The estimate is $1.08m to $2.015m.It was a first anniversary gift after he abdicated in 1936 (becoming the Duke of Windsor) and married twice-divorced Simpson (who became the Duchess of Windsor) in a move that rocked th...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Two former employees have appeared in court charged with stealing marine diamonds worth $420,000 from a Debmarine vessel.Emmanuel Shikololo and Rodney Klim, both aged 48, denied theft and conspiracy to steal at the start of their trial at Windhoek High Court, Namibia.They are accused of stealing 453 diamonds, with a total weight of 668 carats between September and November 2011 whi...Read More

The miner has agreed heads of terms with the Azeri government on three new concession areas - Garadagh, Xarxar and Demirli - which border its Gedabek and Kyzlbulag contract areas.Read More

Halifax-based GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD) has released results for the initial holes drilled at its Mololoa target, part of the company's Los Ricos North exploration project in Mexico's Jalisco state, about 100 km northwest of the city of Guadalajara.The Mololoa target is about 1 km north of the project's El Favor deposit and the company believes it could be an easterly extension of its Casados de...Read More

Peter Marrone, executive chairman and founder of Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY), shared his views on the company's 'generational' strategy and assets - mines with several decades of mine life - in a keynote interview at The Northern Miner's Global Mining Symposium on September 24.Marrone, who set up the company in 2003, noted that Yamana, which has five producing mines spread across A...Read More

The McEwen Copper division, 81% owned by McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is advancing work on the Los Azules project in Argentina's San Juan province, having closed the first tranche of a US$40 million private placement. The second tranche is expected to close shortly.The company is preparing a 53,000-metre drill program to upgrade inferred resources to the indicated category. The first of two...Read More

Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) says it will develop its S?(C)gu?(C)la gold project in C??te d'Ivoire, which the company acquired in a merger with Roxgold earlier this year."With a nine year mine life in reserves, 130,000 ounces of annual gold production in the initial six years, and compelling economics, S?(C)gu?(C)la is planned to become our fifth operating mine with first gold by mid...Read More

Early this morning Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) announced that all 39 miners had been brought safely to the surface from the Totten mine."I'd like to congratulate our rescue team," Vale CEO Eduardo Bartolomeo said from Sudbury, where he met with employees and rescue personnel. "Bringing our 39 employees home safe and healthy was our top priority, and we're glad that our emergency plans and procedures wor...Read More

Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it's silver, platinum and palladium. The Northern Miner takes a look at eight companies active in the space.BAYHORSE SILVERBayhorse Silver (TSXV: BHS; US-OTC: KXPLF) is the 100% owner of the past-producing Bayhorse silver mine 14 km from Huntington, Oregon in the United States. The company spent US$7.5 million to return it to production in 2018 and the comp...Read More

Anglo Asian Mining (LSE: AAZ), Azerbaijan's leading gold mining company, has been awarded three new copper concessions in the country, which the company thinks could turn it into a mid-tier copper-gold producer. The miner said it is evaluating how best to exploit the economically mineable copper resources contained within the new assets, which cover a combined area of 882 square kilomete...Read More

The company has 11 drill rigs on site and just reported that the Warintza Central area looks to be linked to the Warintza East.Read More