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

Excitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDPolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedThe guidance was lowered due to a projected 60,000 to 70,000t less copper production at the Quebrada Blanca mine in Chile&nb...Read More

Excitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDPolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedIn addressing Melbourne's Mines and Money conference on 14 June, MinEx managing director Richard Schodde said the number of...Read More

Friedland said the efforts to undertake an energy transition and limit global warming "will take an astronomic amount of mining to try and limit that," which would produce "the revenge of the miners"Read More

Excitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDPolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedChief executive Jakob Stausholm acknowledged Rio had not grown much in the past decade but had delivered growth in the June...Read More

"In line with seasonal trends, rough diamond sales continued at a lower level during the sixth sales cycle of the year.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Swiss watch exports enjoyed another surge during June, buoyed in part by a 46 per cent increase in sales to Hong Kong, its third biggest market.   Overall foreign sales for the month were up by 14 per cent year-on-year, according to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry to $2.81bn (CHF2.44bn).   That's an increase of almost 10 per cent on exports in May, when C...Read More

PolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdExcitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDDeclared on July 4 by the World Meteorological Organisation, El Niño is another complication for the commodity market...Read More

The net earnings exceeded the $75 million First Quantum brought in during the March quarter.Read More

For the past two weeks, members of the ISA have been meeting in Jamaica to discuss the creation of a mining code for international waters.Read More

You've read a million articles about why you should buy gold...And you've read a million others about why you shouldn't.But today I'm going to tell you why I think you should buy gold for your children.First, let me be clear: I'm just talking about physical gold bullion. I'm not suggesting you get your kids into gold stocks or any other "gold-backed" asset; I'm only talking about physical gold coi...Read More

Excitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDPolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedVietnam has the world's largest reserves of rare earths.Read More

PolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdExcitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSORED"In line with seasonal trends, rough diamond sales continued at a lower level during the sixth sales cycle of the year.Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers today announced a further steep drop in rough sales, down almost 36 per cent year-on-year for cycle 6 to $410m, amid ongoing midstream caution.It's the lowest figure for any De Beers cycle since May 2021, when it recorded sales of $380m. Prices of stones over 2-cts were reportedly reduced by as much as 20 per cent at the sight in Gaborone earlier this month.De Be...Read More

Today the Congress of the United States conducted hearings on the existence of extraterrestrial spacecraft...Today first son Hunter Biden appeared in federal court on criminal charges...And today the Federal Reserve elevated its target rate by 0.25%.Which of these subjects shall we tackle? The answer is none. We shall tackle none of them.We might normally take up the Federal Reserve's pinprick rat...Read More

The export permit is for 900,000wt of copper concentrate and is valid from July 24 to May 31, 2024, parent company PT Amman Mineral Internasional said. Last week, Indonesia announced Read More

PolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdExcitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDThe ministry's head of geology and former director of mineral and coal entrepreneur development, Sugeng Mujiyanto, was named...Read More

Excitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDPolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedAccording to Wirth, lithium production aligns with the US oil major's "core capabilities" as a fossil fuel producer. Lithium...Read More

The ministry's head of geology and former director of mineral and coal entrepreneur development, Sugeng Mujiyanto, was named as one of the detainees, according to Tempo Inti Media.Read More

Excitement builds at Briggs projectSPONSOREDalma metalsCavalier adds lithium targets to gold and nickel portfolioSPONSOREDcavalier resources ltdNavigating the ESG Compliance LandscapeSPONSOREDPolarX outlines resource boost and potential upside in AlaskaSPONSOREDpolarx limitedKumba Iron Ore, which is 70% owned by Anglo American, reported production of 18.8Mt in the six months to June 2023, up by 6%...Read More

In the first half of 2023, Hochschild produced 11.4Moz gold equivalent, down 15% compared to the same period last year. Hochschild produced 2.4Moz silver in the June quarter of 2023, up from 2.Read More