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

Bitcoin mining only uses half the energy that the traditional banking system does, a new study claims. Gold mining also uses up to twice the amount of energy of the bitcoin version, says the report, which was published by cryptocurrency investment firm Galaxy Digital. The white paper study from the Galaxy Digital Mining team comes after Elon Musk fueled a debate on the energy consumption of bitcoi...Read More

By Mary de Wet Americas Gold & Silver Corp. said it expects employees at Cosala, Mexico, will be back to work by the end of June, more than a year after...Read full newsRead More

By Mary de Wet Americas Gold & Silver Corp. said it expects employees at Cosala, Mexico, will be back to work by the end of June, more than a year after...Read full newsRead More

Outback Goldfields Corp . is pleased to report initial results frRead full newsRead More

Bald Eagle Gold Corp. is pleased to announce drill results for thRead full newsRead More

Kyrgyzstan turns the screw as rumours fly of bid actionRead full newsRead More

New copper-gold project is small, but it fills a gapRead full newsRead More

Left secures gains in constituent assemblyRead full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC - Tribe Property Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "Tribe") (TSXV: TRBE) will release its first quarter 2021 financial results on Monday, May 31, 2021 after market close. Following the release, the Company will hold a webcast to discuss its performance with the investment community at 5:30 a.m. PT on the next day, June 1, 2021.Related earnings release materials can be found...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (NasdaqCM: SYTA, SYTAW) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), a global vendor of Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) devices and cellular booster systems, announces today that, on May 18, 2021, it received a notice (the "Notice") from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") indicating that, as a result of not having timely filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F (the "Form 20-F"...Read More

"That the Bloomberg dollar index sells off to levels not seen since the multi-year lows on the 6/7th January 2021 has been further supportive of this risk bounce since last week's inflation inspired risk off," Marex Spectron's Alastair Munro said."And once again we can see from these price gains across the ferrous, LME and wider commodity space as well as the stock markets how they are all trading...Read More

The bulk of China's REE consumption is used as material to manufacture permanent magnets that are used in everything from electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbines to consumer electronics andRead More

Share this articleMONTR??AL - Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (TSXV: NOU, OTCQX: NMGRF, FSE: NM9) reported that it has received approval for the listing of its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company expects its common shares will open for trading on the NYSE on May 24, 2021, under the symbol "NMG".Arne H Frandsen, Chairman of Nouveau Monde, commented: "An extraordinary journey has...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa reported a Q1 increase in net profits to $326m, up 13 per cent on Q4 2020.That's despite an eight per cent drop in quarter-on-quarter revenue (to $1.23bn) and a nine per cent drop in sales volume to 15.5m carats (gem quality and industrial).Its year-on-year performance hugely exceeded that of 2020, when the global pandemic brough the industry to a virtual halt. Net prof...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers reported a fall in rough sales for a third consecutive month as India's Covid crisis hit midstream capacity. Provisional sales at its fourth sight of 2021 were $380m, the lowest this year. Sales in January peaked at $663m, a three-year-high. They fell to $550m in February and again to $450m in March. De Beers said it was still offering sight holders increased flexibi...Read More

(IDEX Online) - GIA has highlighted another fraudulent attempt to pass off an "impostor" lab-grown diamond as a higher-value natural stone.The lab has already reported a number of gems being submitted for grading with fraudulent inscriptions.In the latest incident a 3.075-carat lab-grown was submitted for update in Antwerp, bearing the girdle girdle inscription of a 3.078-carat natural stone.The a...Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationWith an expected start-up output of 37,000 tonnes of copper a year and 51,000 ounces of gold, Winu will barely make a dent in the global metals market.Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman explorationThe delays have meant the company has not been able to take full advantage of the rising copper price, which last week hit an all-time high of US$10,747.50 per tonne.Last year's planned ramp-up to 5,000t per day was hobbled by COVID-19 impacts, the need for a geotechnical review and financial difficulties.&nb...Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipStellar metrics just the start for near-term developer Theta GoldSPONSOREDtheta gold minesPAM puts itself in the middle of Thailand 4.0SPONSOREDCopper supply struggling to match forecast demandSPONSOREDIt planned to use "a significant proportion" for opex and capex at its 30%-owned Red Chris mine, to repay debt and for general wor...Read More

First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) is selling a 30% stake in its Ravensthorpe nickel operation in Western Australia to South Korean steel giant POSCO for US$240 million.The funds will be used to help pay down debt.Under the deal, POSCO, South Korea's largest steel maker and the world's fourth-largest, is also securing 7,500 tonnes of nickel in mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide precipitate (MHP) a year s...Read More