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) - A British jeweler has created a sapphire and ruby engagement ring that looks just like Haribo's gummi candy. It's based on the edible friendship ring, a kids' favorite, although at $35,000 it's about 1.25m times the price.London-based Taylor and Hart launched the ring in time for Valentine's Day. They said the statement piece "harks back to an age of f...Read More

Sir Mick Davis built Xstrata into one of the largest mining companies in the world before it was acquired by Glencore in 2013 and has raised more than US$40 billion from global capital markets over the course of his career.Now the mining executive is turning his attention to the battery minerals sector and in December 2020 launched Blue Vision Resources to invest in companies with projects that ca...Read More

Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1; ASX: ADT) has "an interesting few years ahead," says the company's managing director and CEO Paul Cronin, as the junior explorer progresses its brownfield projects in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia.In late January Adriatic was granted an exploitation permit for its Veovaca project near Vares in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 50 km north of the capital, Sarajevo."These are very exc...Read More

What exactly is the Middle Class, and what unique role does it serve in the economy? Given that the Middle Class is constantly invoked by politicos and economists, you’d think the status quo has a solid understanding of the Middle Class. Alas, it isn’t that simple.The conventional view defines the middle class by income, education, or type of labor being performed. These are all superf...Read More

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Share this articleVANCOUVER - SIGMA Lithium Resources Corporation (TSXV: SGMA) (OTC-QB: SGMLF) announced that it has closed its previously announced upsized non-brokered private placement of common shares and has issued 9,545,455 common shares at a price of C$4.40 per share (which is 10% above the initial indicated price) for gross proceeds of C$42.0 million.The Offering book was oversubscribed an...Read More

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Israeli diamond and mining tycoon Beny Steinmetz is betting on Brazil's authorities in his battle against Vale (NYSE: VALE).In January, the billionaire businessman was found guilty of bribing a public official to secure the giant Simandou iron-ore mine in Guinea. He was sentenced to five years, but his lawyers say they will appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.Steinmetz and two colleagues were...Read More

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Ambler Metals, a joint venture between Canada's Trilogy Metals (TSX, NYSE: TMQ) and Australia's South32 (ASX: S32; LSE: S32), has inked a development funding agreement with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) aimed at building a critical road for a copper-zinc-gold project in the state's northwest.The partnership, formed in 2019, seeks to eventually develop the Upper K...Read More

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