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

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Gold was up above US$1,883 an ounce on the spot market at the time of writing.Nouveau Monde Graphite expects to start trading today on "the world's largest and most important capital market, namely the New York Stock Exchange".The carbon neutral graphite hopeful's shares will continue to trade in Toronto and Frankfurt but its OTC quotation will cease to reflect the NYSE listing.Pacific Booker Mine...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Police have unearthed the contents of a suitcase containing $2.1m of diamonds and jewelry stolen from a Russian trade fair in July 2018.Colombian national Edgar Alejandro Valero led officers to the treasure, buried in woodland, in the Republic of Tatarstan, in Russia's Volga Federal District last week. He was arrested in Argentina in September 2019 and extradited to Russi...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa is to widen its diamond exploration program in Zimbabwe. It has increased its stake from 25 to 35 the number of diamond prospecting special grants it holds in the country.The Russian state-owned miner announced a joint venture in December 2019 with the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to jointly explore for gems. Alrosa holds 70 per cent, ZCDC holds 30 per c...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes will remain, despite a prolonged campaign, says the governing body of the college he attended at Oxford University. It said it favored removing the monument (pictured), but had concluded such a move would be too difficult in terms of heritage and planning consent, and too expensive. The decision effectively overturns an earlier commitment...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A lab has issued a warning about synthetic rubies after a necklace of 50 sizeable and high quality gems was submitted for analysis.GGTL Laboratories Liechtenstein says the client believed they were genuine and asked them to identify treatments and country of origin. Suspicions were aroused because "none of the inclusion scenarios gave away any possible country of origin, somet...Read More

The Abitibi greenstone belt that stretches across Ontario and Quebec is one of the most prolific sources of gold in Canada, having produced roughly 200 million ounces over more than a century of mining activity, and continues to attract attention from companies intent on finding new deposits.Further west, running through Saskatchewan, is the Trans-Hudson Corridor, a region that hosts gold bearing...Read More

Ethical investment is flourishing but for mining companies seeking to promote their green credentials, there are pitfalls. While environmental social and governance (ESG) issues are gaining importance in the industry, finding a means of reliably preparing and publishing industry-compliant reports is complicated and expensive. This is especially true for juniors, small-cap and midsized-cap companie...Read More

Great Panther Mining is a precious metals miner in the AmericasSPONSOREDgreat pantherStellar metrics just the start for near-term developer Theta GoldSPONSOREDtheta gold minesPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDRemembering the lessons from the last gold bull marketSPONSOREDsrk consultingResource nationalism of the sort re-emerging in South America and Africa is one cause for the...Read More

(IDEX Online - The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) could set up its own bank to provide financing for dealers.The move is designed to attract more business to a hub that opened in 2002 and last year saw $25bn of rough diamond transactions. Ahmed Bin Sulayem (pictured), executive chairman and CEO of Dubai Multi-Commodities Centre (DMCC) where the exchange is located, said he recognized the need f...Read More

If you like roller coaster rides, then you should love Bitcoin. Bitcoin investors have been on a stomach-churning ride for the past few months.Bitcoin traded at $33,537 on February 1 before really taking off. By mid-April, it topped out at around $64,829 before sliding down.Last Wednesday, Bitcoin suffered a single-day collapse of 30%. Then, yesterday afternoon, Bitcoin plunged sharply to $31,227,...Read More

How does Elon Musk really feel about cryptocurrency?I wouldn't blame you if you're confused. The Tesla founder's recent erratic behavior has sent the entire crypto market up and down faster than an exploding SpaceX rocket. And it doesn't look like he's done with his wild shenanigans.First, the mere announcement that he was going to host Saturday Night Live sent his pet crypto Dogecoin soaring to r...Read More

For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where each night she was forced to sleep with dozens of men for less than $2 a person.The madam who lured Blessing to the landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso with promises of a hair salon job, threatened to kill her if she tried to run away."Nobody comes to your re...Read More

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(IDEX Online) - Specialty jewelers have been recovering well after the devastating early months of the pandemic, according to the first figures release by the US Department of Commerce for well over a year.  It's the first time we've seen official figures since January 2020. They show sales in the April 2020 crash fell by 78.5 per cent - slightly worse than the 75 per cent estimate...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A gem trader is accused of knowingly buying $750,000 of diamonds to help the mafia launder proceeds of a $35m tax fraud.The Swiss citizen, identified only as C, cannot be named because of local reporting restrictions.He's alleged to have bought the diamonds in Israel for three Italian accomplices involved in organized crime who were jailed in 2011 for a VAT scam, according to...Read More

For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where each night she was forced to sleep with dozens of men for less than $2 a person.The madam who lured Blessing to the landlocked West African nation of Burkina Faso with promises of a hair salon job, threatened to kill her if she tried to run away."Nobody comes to your re...Read More

SECACO, Burkina Faso (AP) - For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing,...Read full newsRead More

SECACO, Burkina Faso (AP) - For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing,...Read full newsRead More

The growing market for electric vehicles is likely to see increased pressure for nickel, a critical component for the nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) batteries used in EVs, Ken Hoffman, senior expert at McKinsey's Basic Materials Institute, said during The Northern Miner's Global Mining Symposium in May.In an interview with Frik Els, executive editor of MINING.com, Hoffman said that sales of EVs rea...Read More