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-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipProudfoot Global CEO Pamela Hackett talks 'wrestling chaosSPONSOREDproudfootAntipa set to soar amid Winu and Havieron potentialSPONSOREDantipa mineralsThe company returned 352m grading 0.63% copper, 0.64 grams per tonne gold and 6.7g/t silver for 1.16% copper equivalent wit...Read More

Proudfoot Global CEO Pamela Hackett talks 'wrestling chaosSPONSOREDproudfootAntipa set to soar amid Winu and Havieron potentialSPONSOREDantipa mineralsAzure's Andover nickel shapes as a Pilbara NovaSPONSOREDazure mineralsMcDermitt puts Jindalee at top of US lithium stock-pileSPONSOREDjindalee resourcesHighlights included 63m grading 0.94% copper equivalent in near-surface supergene mineral...Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationUnder the "strategic alliance", the duo said they intended to acquire copper exploration assets on a 50:50 ownership basis with a view to finding partners to further advance the projects.Read More

This week's episode features a Thought Leadership segment with Orefinders Resources CEO and director Stephen Stewart in conversation with Northern Miner reporter Henry Lazenby. Stephen discusses Mistango's recent deal with Kirkland Lake Gold and future prospects for Mistango and Orefinders in the Kirkland Lake district in Ontario.Stephen is the CEO and Director of Orefinders Resources and QC Cop...Read More

Proudfoot Global CEO Pamela Hackett talks 'wrestling chaosSPONSOREDproudfootAntipa set to soar amid Winu and Havieron potentialSPONSOREDantipa mineralsAzure's Andover nickel shapes as a Pilbara NovaSPONSOREDazure mineralsMcDermitt puts Jindalee at top of US lithium stock-pileSPONSOREDjindalee resourcesThe election result could prove to be a turning point in Peru's trajectory of 20-years of...Read More

For years, currency analysts (myself included) have looked for signs of an international monetary "reset" that would diminish the dollar's role as the leading reserve currency and replace it with a substitute, which would be agreed upon at some Bretton Woods-style monetary conference.Now, it looks like the move towards the long-expected Great Reset is accelerating.At the recent G7 summit in the UK...Read More

Kyrgyzstan will challenge the U.S. bankruptcy filings of Centerra Gold Inc.'s Kumtor gold operations, a lawyer for the Central Asian republic said after it took control of the mining project from the company.Read full newsRead More

The deal will make it difficult for backers of a massive open-pit gold and copper mine to carry out their project because the new protections cover a portion of a critical route the Pebble Limited Partnership plans to use to transport ore from the mine.Read full newsRead More

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Vancouver, BC June 11, 2021 - KORE Mining Ltd. (TSXV: KORE | OTCQX: KOREF) ("KORE" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that as part of its C$8 million bought deal financing through a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and including PI Financial Corp. and Cormark Securities Inc. (the "Underwriters") announced on May 11, 2021 (the "Financing"), the Company has filed the fi...Read More

The company had said on June 4 it had stopped some activities at its Mariana complex near Xingu, following a notification from the regional labour superintendent (SRT), which was expected to have an estimated impact of 40,500 tonnes per day on iron ore fines production.At the time, Vale said the dam was not at imminent risk of rupture and its safety conditions remained unchanged.Xingu dam's emerge...Read More

The S&P 500 is up almost 15% year-to-date and closed up 0.19% to 4,247.44, having reached 4,249.74 intraday.All eyes this week will be on some direction from the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.Market futures were mixed today, with holidays in China and for the Australian stock exchange.The gold price has plunged to US$1,866 an ounce on the spot market, having nudged...Read More

First-quarter tin concentrate production hit 183 tonnes, containing 114t of tin metal, for the period March 1 to May 31, compared to a forecasted 180t.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Germany has, for the first time, apologized for the genocide in Namibia which claimed the lives of 75,000 tribes people - during which time it plundered untold reserves of the country's diamonds.German foreign minister Heiko Maas (pictured) has pledged $1.3bn aid to Namibia for the mass killings between 1904 and 1908 in what was then German South West Africa.Towards the end of...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Swiss watchmaker Bovet 1822 has crafted a bespoke pair of his-and-hers watches that double as the dashboard clock of the new ultra-expensive Rolls-Royce Boat Tail.The one-off handcrafted car is said to be the most expensive in the world, with an estimated price tag as a high as $28m.Bovet designed and made a pair of reversible watches, together with a dedicated aluminium and ti...Read More

(IDEX Online) - New owners of the troubled Ekati mine, in Canada, predict a 4m carat output this year, after rescuing it from Dominion Diamonds.A group of creditors took on $70m of outstanding debt and pledged $85m of working capital facility for the mine in Northwest Territories. The deal was signed in February.The newly-formed Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, owned by DDJ, Brigade and Western As...Read More