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

(IDEX Online) - Pop icon Beyonce is to become the face of Tiffany & Co, along with rapper husband Jay-Z, in a deal revealed yesterday by Harper's Bazaar.The singer appears on the cover of the magazine's Tiffany-sponsored September issue, wearing a +21-ct Tiffany diamond. She is also featured inside in an interview and photoshoot.The appointment of the superstar couple follows the ann...Read More

(IDEX Online) - BlueRock has announced the recovery of a 21.56-ct diamond at its Kareevlei mine, in South Africa.It's the company's biggest ever rough stone, and is likely to become its most valuable when it is sold at tender later this month.The "exceptional quality" stone is expected to fetch significantly more than $236,000, the company's current record, set by a 20.7-ct diamond...Read More

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesCashed-up Karora is doubling gold production at a blistering paceSPONSOREDkarora resourcesZinc-lead discovery helps Zenith double market capSPONSOREDzenith mineralsMining and the lack of external investmentSPONSOREDswannControl Risks analyst Claudia Navarra said that the Castillo government's ideological affinity to the Chavez-Maduro reg...Read More

In April, an environmental court in Antofagasta ruled the project complied with regulations and presented all information required for its evaluation and sent it back to the regulator to review.Read More

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesCashed-up Karora is doubling gold production at a blistering paceSPONSOREDkarora resourcesZinc-lead discovery helps Zenith double market capSPONSOREDzenith mineralsMining and the lack of external investmentSPONSOREDswannHigh prices for copper and growing prices for lithium at a time when miners are making record profits are seeing worker...Read More

Analysts noted there was currently a soft patch in metals demand.The copper and iron ore prices have softened from record highs reached in May, of US$10,747.50 per tonne and circa $230/t respectively.Spot copper was below $9,500/t on the London Metal Exchange yesterday and 62% Australian fines have fallen to $163/t according to MySteel."Slowing [Chinese] credit growth, especially when combined wit...Read More

It noted a strike at the BHP-managed Escondida mine and Codelco's Andina mine would put about 5% and 0.9% respectively of global copper supply at risk.Workers are set to vote on a contract offer in the coming days at Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, which has a history of labour action including a 44-day strike in the first quarter of 2017.Andina workers have reportedly voted to strike...Read More

New Gold Inc. (TSX: NGD; NYSE American: NGD) shares trading in Toronto fell to a 12-month low on Thursday after the company reported weaker than expected June-quarter financial results and cast doubt on whether it might achieve its full-year production guidance.After markets closed on Wednesday, New Gold said it now expected to achieve the lower end of the 440,000 to 490,000 gold-equivalent ounces...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) is investing A$246 million (about $226 million) to expand its Telfer gold-copper operations, which include the Main Dome, West Dome open pits and underground mines, for at least two years. The company said it the West Dome Stage 5 cutback would allow further mine life extension opportunities to be assessed within the open...Read More

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has put up for sale its final collection of rare pink, red, violet and blue diamonds from its iconic Argyle mine in the remote east Kimberley region of Western Australia. Mining ended at Argyle in early November last year, after 37 years of uninterrupted production during which the mine became the source of about 90% of the world's prized rose-to-mag...Read More

Future remains golden for Rox ResourcesSPONSOREDrox resourcesCashed-up Karora is doubling gold production at a blistering paceSPONSOREDkarora resourcesZinc-lead discovery helps Zenith double market capSPONSOREDzenith mineralsMining and the lack of external investmentSPONSOREDswannA century ago, those in control of the global mining industry appeared to place little weight on their social impact. B...Read More

The three mining majors are the founding patrons of the "Charge On Innovation Challenge", a global competition launched in May.It now has 21 patrons, more than 350 companies have registered interest as vendors and more than 80 organisations have submitted expressions of interest.The patrons, supported by Australia's METS industry body Austmine, will assess the proposals over the next month and sel...Read More

A couple weeks ago I wrote about how space and astronomy news has some of the most egregious articles you can find.So much so that it is burying information about actual developments and real opportunities.Last week, fellow Outsider Club editor Luke Burgess wrote about the promise, and limitations, of moon mining.Today I'm going to talk about the common ground between those two articles, and it al...Read More

We are surprised only that so many are surprised...19 Republican members of the United States Senate hoisted a truce flag... came to terms with their Democratic foes... and signed their names a $1.2 trillion "infrastructure" bill.Thus the 2,700-page Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the "bipartisan" Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.How many horses were traded? How many backs were scr...Read More

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"I hope Congress will send it to my desk as soon as possible so we can continue our work of building back better," US president Joe Biden tweeted.The S&P 500 gained 0.1% to close at 4,436.75 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5% to 35,264.67.It was their 45th and 31st closing highs of the year respectively, according to the Wall Street Journal.Base metals rebounded on the London Meta...Read More