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

(IDEX Online) - Rounds and fancies saw little movement through April, although price increases slightly weighed decreases. There was little movement among the smallest round goods, under 0.30-cts although 0.45-0.49-cts were busy, with an even split between prices moving up and down. The most notable category was 3.00-3.99-cts, which saw widespread price drops among I1-I3 clarities. Price rises pre...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Britain must return two Cullinan diamonds from its crown jewels, says a member of South Africa's parliament.Mbusiyseni Ndlozi, of the left-wing opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) tweeted: "Expropriation of the Queen's crown without compensation: we want our diamonds back!" A tweet claimed the gems had a combined value of $5bn.The Cullinan I (Star of Africa),...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Two brothers have been arrested over the murder of a jeweler at her store in Indianola, Mississippi, USA.Jamie Iverson, 67, was shot in the head after two masked men walked into Paul's Jewelry, where she was working alone last Friday morning (23 April).Daquarius Wright, 20, and Kenterius Wright, 19, both face a single capital murder charge.  They were arrested last Tuesda...Read More

While the hologram known as Joe Biden dazzled a sparsely-filled House chamber Wednesday night with a plan to turn the USA into the Big Rock Candy Mountain, events were spinning out of control so fast elsewhere that Rachel Maddow's head was revolving like the demon-possessed little girl in The Exorcist, spewing a pea soup stream of hysteria at her credulous audience.What's got her noggin in a twist...Read More

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As BHP Group (BHP.AX) looks at options to spin off or sell its thermal coal assets, the miner is facing pressure from climate conscious investors who want divergent paths and that's even before getting to the tough task of finding a buyer.Read full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee"), a smart tech Software as a Service ("SaaS") platform providing infinite scale for consumer brands to send product data to any retailer, today announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2020. The audited financial statements and related Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") can be vi...Read More

The billion-year-old water might help unlock one of humanity's biggest unanswered questions: Could there be life on other planets?Read full newsRead More

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Tanzanian Gold's (TSX: TNX; NYSE: TRX) Buckreef gold project, south of Lake Victoria and 110 km southwest of the city of Mwanza in north-central Tanzania, is on track to become the region's newest gold mine, according to the company's CEO Stephen Mullowney.The project involves the re-development of the past-producing Buckreef underground gold mine operated by a state-owned mining company during th...Read More

Despite keen investor interest, streaming and royalty deals still only make up a fraction of overall debt and equity financing in the mining industry, accounting for just 1%-3% from 2017 through 2019. That seems surprising, because as a new report by McKinsey & Company shows, when looking at the returns offered to shareholders by these companies, the market definitely considers the business model...Read More

Chilean private equity fund Miner?-a Activa has put up for sale its Pampa Camarones copper mine in the country's far north amid an ongoing copper price rally that saw the bellwether metal passing US$10,000 a tonne this week for the first time since 2011.The firm, which acquired the operation in 2016 after its previous owners declared it bankrupt, made the decision to sell it earlier this year, rec...Read More

Belgium's Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) has resumed tests that could lead to the mining of battery minerals from the Pacific Ocean floor after it managed to recover a robot stranded at a depth of thousands of metres.The company reported on April 28 that its Patania II, a 25-tonne mining robot prototype, had uncoupled from a 5 km long (3.1 miles) cable connecting it to the surface.The unit of...Read More

Huntsman Set to Expand Nickel Sulphide Discovery at CanegrassSPONSOREDhuntsman exploration"We produced more copper, kept direct costs low and made progress in achieving better management in all areas, which was supported by a good price of the metal," said Codelco chair Juan Benavides.Read More

"If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never write anything that can be read. If you want to help other people you have got to make up your mind to write things that some men will condemn." -Thomas MertonThe dissenting voice is perhaps the most potent force on the face of the Earth.Expressed as an informed opinion, it frequently finds itself at...Read More