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

Two of the biggest topics facing miners are electrification and automationSPONSOREDauto-mateZinc-lead discovery helps Zenith double market capSPONSOREDzenith mineralsHigh-grade Costerfield gold mine drives turnaroundSPONSOREDmandalay resourcesNZ heeds the call of Siren GoldSPONSOREDsiren goldThe company is undertaking a 26,000m programme this year including about 16,000m of resource definition dri...Read More

Australia-headquartered miners have been tapping the capital markets in the year to July 14 to raise a total of US$2.33 billion in capital, according to an analysis by the Northern Miner's sister company Mining Intelligence. The financings offer the companies financial firepower to execute their respective value creation strategies. The Mining Intelligence data shows the money was raised via 36 ri...Read More

BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has offered $325 million (US$258.45 million) for Canadian nickel miner Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT), trumping a bid by Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest's Wyloo Metals, as top miners race to secure supplies of battery metals.The world's largest miner is offering $0.55 per share of Noront, representing a premium of 129% to the company's closing price o...Read More

This week's episode features Freeport-McMoRan's second-quarter conference call with president and chief executive officer Richard Adkerson. The veteran executive discusses high shipping prices, sustainability, copper prices, incremental demand out of China and emerging markets, as well as a recent breakthrough in the company's leaching technology using artificial intelligence and data analytics.Al...Read More

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has inked four gold exploration deals in Egypt's Eastern Desert, the country's ministry of petroleum and mineral resources said today.The miner, which won an international tender Egypt launched last year, will explore in 19 new blocks in the Eastern Desert with an estimated total investment of US$8.8 million.It will be the Canadian gold giant's first venture in...Read More

I just took some of your fellow Outsiders on a "team building exercise."No, we didn't partake in one of those insufferable corporate retreats where you wander into the woods, take turns falling off a log, and hope to God your coworkers don't hate you enough to let you fall and break your neck. We didn't do some lame scavenger hunt to "test our synergy" or "brainstorm" or any other mindless busines...Read More

Barrick Gold resumes operations at Canada mine after fatalityRead full newsRead More

Mason Graphite (TSXV:LLG) will purchase assets related to graphene processing technology from Thomas Swan & Co.Read full newsRead More

Xplore Resources Corp. is pleased to announce Phase 1 2021 explorRead full newsRead More

There's a global energy transformation currently underway and carbon neutral clean (smelter-free) nickel is crucial to this revolution. However, it's exceedl...Read full newsRead More

The S&P 500 reached new heights on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 35,000 for the first time and the S&P/ASX 200 was at an all-time high today.Treasuries were little changed but traders are braced for possible turbulence as Fed officials resume talks at this week's two-day policy meeting on when and how to taper stimulus, Bloomberg reported.In commodities, nickel look...Read More

The strike follows seven weeks of negotiations and is due to what Unifor president Jerry Dias, called "Rio Tinto's greed and lack of respect'" for the union members.Read More

Share this article TORONTO - Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (TSX:DPM) reported the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of INV Metals Inc. pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement. Pursuant to the Arrangement, each former INV Metals shareholder is entitled to receive 0.0910 of a DPM common share for each INV Metals common share held.DPM has acquired all of the outsta...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Trans Atlantic Gem Sales (TAGS) last week sold a record $62m at a rough tender in Dubai.It more than doubled its June sales of $30m, though the overall price per carat was lower.There were many single stones +10-ct among the goods offered, from southern Africa and Angola, and several exceptional special stones, between 30-cts and 100-cts.Over 100 companies were represented at the t...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Burgundy, the new owners of the Ellendale Diamond Project, in Western Australia, today said it had raised $37m and aimed to bring the mine back into production next year.The investment will fund the re-opening of the deposit, which is a leading source of rare fancy yellow diamonds. It ceased production in 2015 when previous owner Kimberley Diamond Company went into liquidation...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The world's third-largest diamond - a 1,174.76- carat clivage stone recovered last month at Karowe, Botswana - has arrived in Antwerp.It will be scanned and analyzed for composition, quality, thickness and clarity by HB Anwerp, the diamond tech newcomer that cut and polished the 1,758-ct Sew?? ?lo, recovered from the same mine in April 2019.Plans for the newly-recovered diamon...Read More

The company produced 25.5Mlb copper, 7,627 ounces gold and 147,973oz silver for 29.6Mlb copper equivalent in the quarter to June 30 at an all-in sustaining cost of US$1.83/lb.Read More

Highlights included 97m grading 1.3% copper, 1.6 grams per tonne gold, 3.2% zinc and 32g/t silver including 15m grading 5% copper, 0.4g/t gold, 0.4% zinc and 19g/t silver.Read More

The U.S. is fertile ground for a variety of minerals, and Canadian companies are active throughout the country. The Northern Miner presents its Top 10 list of the biggest Canada-based firms with substantial assets in the U.S., by market capitalization, as of July 7, 2021. The data was compiled by our sister company, MiningIntelligence.1. Barrick GoldMarket cap: 47.23 billion (US$37.98 billion)The...Read More

Talisker Resources (TSX: TSK) will acquire New Carolin Gold (TSXV: LAD) and its 143.8-sq.-km Ladner gold project in southern B.C. in an all-share deal valuing the shares at 9.5 cents apiece.The highway-accessible Ladner project covers the northern part of the Coquihalla gold belt and contains the former Carolin gold mine. Located about 150 km east of Vancouver, the project has an existing mine per...Read More