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

Share this articleLocal access to these strategic minerals is crucial if we are to ensure the long-term viability of our technology sectorThe Canadian mining sector has been a vital cog in the country's economy during the pandemic, with the importance of the industry growing steadily over time. Operations and exploration continued during the COVID-19 outbreak, collaborations with Indigenous commun...Read More

IDEX Research estimates that U.S. Specialty Jewelers generated sales of about $13.1 billion USD, a 17 percent sales increase, during the fourth calendar quarter - October, November, December of 2020 - when compared to the same three-month period a year earlier.  Specialty Jewelers' sales gain of 17 percent (red bar) outpaced the overall fine jewelry and watch sales gain of nearly 14...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds is facing claims that guards at its Williamson Mine, in Tanzania, switched rubber bullets for metal shot in their shotguns to inflict greater damage to trespassers.The UK-listed miner was accused last November of employing security staff who were responsible for seven deaths and 41 injuries in their "ruthless and militaristic" dealings with illegal diggers. It i...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Almost half of all consumers (47 per cent) don't believe lab grown diamonds are "real", according to new research for De Beers.Seven out of 10 said they wouldn't spend over $1,000 on one, because they're concerned that lab growns won't retain their value over time.  Prices of LGDs are predicted to fall by as much as 60 per cent in the next two years.An incr...Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipMicon Awarded Front End Engineering Design and Definitive Feasibility StudySPONSOREDmicon internationalHot Chili rises to the topSPONSOREDhot chiliMarimaca timing its run to meet resurgent demand for copperSPONSOREDmarimaca copperThe latest new licences would "significantly increase" the footprint of Kanye in the renowned copper b...Read More

Red Lake-focused Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR; US-OTC: GTBAF) has released assay results for three step-down drillholes completed over 500 metres of strike at its flagship Dixie project in Ontario that hit the gold-bearing LP fault at vertical depths between 700 and 820 metres. These results double the drilled vertical extent of this fault, which extends from surface.The drill highlights includ...Read More

As First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) readies for a restart of its Ontario refinery next year, the company has announced a five-year offtake agreement with London-based metals trader Stratton Metals for the sale of cobalt sulphate from the Temiskaming Shores hydrometallurgical facility.The contract allows First Cobalt to sell up to 100% of the cobalt sulphate generated in a year to Stratton -...Read More

Canada "has great potential" to become a leader in the global lithium-ion battery market, according to a new analysis by Roskill. The research firm published the insight following the announcement by Lion Electric, a manufacturer of all-electric trucks and buses, of the construction of a $185 million battery manufacturing plant and innovation center in Quebec.The project is expected to receive a...Read More

Russia's Nornickel (MCX: GMKN), the world's largest palladium miner and a significant nickel producer, said on Monday it had stopped water flowing into two Siberian Arctic mines, adding that both were on track to fully resume production in the coming months.Nornickel partially suspended output at the Oktyabrsky mine and the interconnected Taymirskiy operation on February 24 after subterranean wa...Read More

Micon Awarded Front End Engineering Design and Definitive Feasibility StudySPONSOREDmicon internationalHot Chili rises to the topSPONSOREDhot chiliMarimaca timing its run to meet resurgent demand for copperSPONSOREDmarimaca copperFilo del Sol copper-gold-silver advanced explorationSPONSOREDfilo miningReferences to "green steel" seem to pop up daily, not that many people using the term really under...Read More

Ausenco won a competitive bidding process providing for a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) of US$236 million.Blackwater said the Ausenco GMP was consistent with capital estimates in its 2020 pre-feasibility study.Artemis is targeting about 60% of the initial development capital for Blackwater to be insulated from capital cost and schedule overruns once final EPC fixed price contracts for the facilit...Read More

Mr. Biden is an old man in a hurry…There he is... atop his galloping steed, whip in his hand, glory in his eyes - and history on his mind. Axios:President Biden recently held an undisclosed East Room session with historians that included discussion of how big is too big - and how fast is too fast - to jam through once-in-a-lifetime historic changes to America.All assembled agreed. Too big is...Read More

A resource update is underway with results expected in the second quarter.Read full newsRead More

A resource update is underway with results expected in the second quarter.Read full newsRead More

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US president Joe Biden was set to offer greater clarity around his economic vision and lay out the framework for the US$3 trillion infrastructure programme, Pepperstone head of research Chris Weston noted.Upbeat sentiment sees money continue to flow into the mining sector.Dual-listed Piedmont Lithium closed its underwritten US$122.5 million offering of American Depositary Shares last week, to cont...Read More

A resource update is underway with results expected in the second quarter.Read full newsRead More

A resource update is underway with results expected in the second quarter.Read full newsRead More

Asbury started Real Time Instruments back in 2004 with some local mom and pop investors and achieved solid year-on-year growth making and selling online measurement instruments to miners and cementRead More

If we misdiagnose the disease, our treatment won’t work. We’re all familiar with medical misdiagnoses, which lead to procedures and prescriptions that can’t possibly fix the patient’s illness because the source has been missed or misinterpreted.Medical diagnoses are often tricky, as many general symptoms can arise from a variety of sources.Social and economic ills can also...Read More