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

China's consumer price index was down 0.3% year-on-year in July, according to official statistics released on Wednesday.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Roland Lorie is stepping down as CEO of IGI after the grading lab was sold for $570m in May, and will be replaced by Tehmasp Printer, who currently manages IGI's India operation.IGI was founded in 1975 in Antwerp by Marcel Lorie and expanded under his son's leadership into a network of 29 laboratories and 18 gemology schools.Printer will take over as global CEO in October...Read More

Okane supports integrated mine closure planning involving all stakeholdersSPONSOREDokane consultantsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesMassive resource increase as De Grey's Hemi heads for DFSSPONSOREDde grey miningAndover lithium potentially Australia's biggestSPONSOREDazure mineralsAs a preface to discussing the company's June quarter financia...Read More

Last week's abrupt stock market drop was just the beginning.Yes, there's probably more pain on the way for the bulls in the weeks ahead. But if you know what to look for and how to play a potential rotation out of the tech leaders and into what's working now you'll have no problem navigating the dog days of summer trading.Let's dive right into the nitty-gritty...The S&P 500 slipped lower b...Read More

Bellevue Gold's confidence is growing as it nears first gold production but that's just the company reaching the starting line, managing director Darren Stralow said during a pre-Diggers & DealersRead More

Bristow said that while the alignment on minerals policy in the US government is pulled in different directions by pro-mining and anti-mining people, the fact that earlier this month, copper wasRead More

Okane supports integrated mine closure planning involving all stakeholdersSPONSOREDokane consultantsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesMassive resource increase as De Grey's Hemi heads for DFSSPONSOREDde grey miningAndover lithium potentially Australia's biggestSPONSOREDazure mineralsThe government said the decision was made "after serious consi...Read More

The Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument will conserve nearly 1 million acres of greater Grand Canyon landscape sacred to Tribal Nations andRead More

You're probably aware that Fitch has downgraded the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA+. It was big news last week.That's nothing to cheer about, though it's not likely to have much impact on the markets in the short run. It's more of a long-term problem.But it's certainly another straw in the wind showing that the U.S. is on a non-sustainable fiscal course that can only end in defa...Read More

Glencore's first-half earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) was  US$$9.4 billion down 50% year-on-year, and below consensus expectations of $10 billion.Read More

The structural projects were conceived in 2010 to extend the operability of several Codelco operations for decades and reverse its declining production profile.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Rough diamond sales at Debswana fell by 17 per cent during the first half of this year, amid ongoing weak demand.The 50/50 joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government sold 12.7m carats for $2.179bn, down from $2.622bn during the same period last year, according to the Bank of Botswana.It follows a bumper year for Debswana in 2022, when rough sales increased by almost...Read More

When we talk about the future of warfare, a lot of people think of drones or hypersonic weapons. That's reasonable, but one facet of future war that often goes overlooked is laser weapons. The U.S. military first began experimenting with lasers in the 1960s.However, after a series of tests, some of them brutal, it was determined that laser weapons had limited use in combat. In fact, in 1995, the G...Read More

ASX-listed Atlantic said today it was aware of the potential for new policy to be introduced in Ghana, "including changes to the mining royalty rate and the state's carried interest in miningRead More

The Cornish Lithium investment is the latest sign that the UK's battery sector may be starting to pick up some momentum, after attracting widespread criticism in the wake of the Britishvolt debacle.Read More

Okane supports integrated mine closure planning involving all stakeholdersSPONSOREDokane consultantsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesMassive resource increase as De Grey's Hemi heads for DFSSPONSOREDde grey miningAndover lithium potentially Australia's biggestSPONSOREDazure minerals"PT-FI is continuing to discuss the applicability of the revis...Read More

Okane supports integrated mine closure planning involving all stakeholdersSPONSOREDokane consultantsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesMassive resource increase as De Grey's Hemi heads for DFSSPONSOREDde grey miningAndover lithium potentially Australia's biggestSPONSOREDazure mineralsThe Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the G...Read More

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The removal of Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum in a military coup has unsettled uranium markets, and signals continued risk in the Sahel region.Read More

Okane supports integrated mine closure planning involving all stakeholdersSPONSOREDokane consultantsArdea set for 40 years plus of nickel, cobalt productionSPONSOREDardea resourcesMassive resource increase as De Grey's Hemi heads for DFSSPONSOREDde grey miningAndover lithium potentially Australia's biggestSPONSOREDazure mineralsAlso, while the Read More