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

Trident aims to fill valuable nicheSPONSOREDtrident royaltiesThe company said mineralisation and favourable alteration appeared to be increasing with depth. Both holes ended in the favourable lithological host rocks for skarn-style alteration and mineralisation, indicating potential for more mineralisation at depth.Highlights included 59.05m grading 0.47% copper, 0.38 grams per tonne of gold and 3...Read More

Dear Readers,Yesterday was a very disturbing day in American history.We witnessed the storming of the Capitol building under the winking direction of the leader of the free world. I don't care where you stand politically; it was a disgrace to our democracy and to civil decency. Now, I'm all for protest - I've participated in many myself. But protests only work when you don't poison the message yo...Read More

McIllree has moved to executive chairman after five years at the helm with construction poised to begin on the company's flagship Dundas ilmenite project.Read More

Fury holds three core Canadian gold projects: Eau Claire in Quebec, Committee Bay in Nunavut and Homestake Ridge in British Columbia.Read full newsRead More

A new study by researchers at the University of Southampton, UK, has found that SARS-CoV-2 can inactivate on copper surfaces in as little as 1 minute. This is faster than the findings of previous studies in which it took as much as 4 hours before the virus was inactivated.Read full newsRead More

Peruvian Metals (TSXV:PER) has launched its campaign on the Investing News Network.Read full newsRead More

TriStar Gold (TSXV:TSG,OTCQX:TSGZF) has launched its campaign on the Investing News Network.Read full newsRead More

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Non-brokered private placement of up to 13,333,333 units to be sold at a price of C$0.15 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to C$2,000,000Read full newsRead More

It will convert Salvador, in operation since 1959, from an underground copper mine to an open-pit.Read full newsRead More

Bardoc eyes long-term growth in prime goldfields locationSPONSOREDbardoc goldDrill results multiply value options in front of YandalSPONSOREDyandal resources'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningDecade of performance: Pitram delivers diamond standard for Argyle diamond mineSPONSOREDmicromineThe daily challenges of the pandemic on governments across...Read More

Griffin, one of the few Western miners active in China, applied for the licence eight years ago.Read More

Share this article VANCOUVER - VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. [VRB-TSXV; APAFF-OTCBB; NWN-FSE] has signed a memorandum of understanding for a trilateral partnership with Conoship International Projects BV from the Netherlands and Vega Reederei and Partners GmbH from Germany.Key engineering work is planned to commercially develop next-generation vanadium redox flow-battery technology and high-energy...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Year-on-year diamond prices for December 2020 were exactly in line with those of the same month in 2019 - no change at all.  They were badly hit by the pandemic in March and April, when they were 4.8 per cent down, but have rising more or less steadily ever since and have now reached pre-Covid levels. The Index is now at the x-axis, with every likelihood that it will brea...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) is to host six tenders this month, three of them by first-time companies - I Henning, KOIN International and Choron/Bonas Group.The level of activity reflects "strong industry demand," it says, as the sector rebounds from a challenging 2020.In December Stargems hosted the largest ever rough diamond tender in the United Arab Emirates, at DDE.  A...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A decision on what should happen to the statue of De Beers founder Cecil Rhodes has been delayed by Oxford University.An independent Commission of Inquiry launched last year by Oriel College, was due to report its finding this month, but is said to be dealing with an unexpectedly high number of representations.The fate of the bronze statue - whether it should be removed and if so w...Read More