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

Canada rejected Shandong Gold Mining's bid for indebted TMAC Resources, the companies said, amid concerns about a Chinese state-owned entity operating in the country's sensitive Arctic region.Read full newsRead More

Canada's government has blocked a Chinese company from acquiring a Toronto-based firm that runs a gold mine in the Arctic due to national security reasons, the company said Tuesday.Read full newsRead More

TMAC Resources Inc. says that the Government of Canada has rejected a proposal for it to sell its Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut to Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd., a Chinese company.Read full newsRead More

Share this article VANCOUVER - ZEN Graphene Solutions Ltd. [ZEN-TSXV; ZENYF-OTC] shares gained almost 40% in active trading Tuesday, December 29 after the company released more test results on a potential graphene-based antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal compound.Previous test results from the University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Microbiology in Toronto, Ontario, showed...Read More

(IDEX Online) -  Members of the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), in Mumbai, voted yesterday, as expected, to allow the trading of lab-growns.The managing committee of the world's largest bourse will now draw up strict guidelines to keep natural and lab-grown diamonds (LGD) separated and is likely to set aside a dedicated LGD office. No date has been set for the new policy to be implemented.T...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa says it will maintain its "prudent sales strategy" to safeguard the sustainability of the whole diamond pipeline.Sergey Ivanov, CEO, (pictured) was addressing expectations for 2021 and beyond at an end-of-year meeting with banks and financial institutions, held online because of travel restrictions.He said the Russian state-owned company was chasing prices and profit rather...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A restaurant in Colombia is selling gold-plated burgers to boost business during the pandemic.Toro McCoy, in the capital Bogota, is wrapping its standard $11 double beef, cheese and bacon burger in 24k gold foil and charging diners $59 for the privilege.Chef Maria Paula told news media it was a tough job to apply the edible gold leaf without damaging it, before it melted on the bur...Read More

This week's episode features Haywood Securities vice president and director David Elliott, who discusses junior mining, ESG, jurisdiction and M&A with Northern Miner group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the Global Mining Symposium. David also explains how the lack of exploration in the last few years has led to a dearth of good new opportunities in the junior mining space.All this and more with host...Read More

A team led by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States have designed a highly active catalyst that contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon and therefore doesn't rely on platinum to spur the necessary chemical reaction.In a paper published in the journal Nature Catalysis, the scientists explain that their invention is four times more durable than s...Read More

A group of anti-mining activists attacked a worker that leads community relations for Curimining, the Ecuadorian company in charge of developing the Curipamba copper-gold project, held by Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL).The worker was attacked as he was entering the Las Naves Municipal Council, where he was to present documentation related to Curimining's activities...Read More

In a recent industry report, Fitch Solutions forecast nickel mine production will grow by 8.3% year-on-year in 2021, above the average growth of 5.9% year-on-year over 2010-2019, but not fully replacing the 23.3% expected contraction in 2020's nickel output.Growth in the near term will be driven by a recovery in output in the Philippines and Indonesia, Fitch forecast. In the Philippines, lockdowns...Read More

The small Ontario mining town of Cobalt hopes it will get a boost for providing the newly precious metal for automakers that are ramping up the production of...Read full newsRead More

A gold miner working in the Yukon discovered something amazing. The miner found a wolf pup that has been estimated at 57,000 years old that still has its fur. Researchers estimate the wolf pup live...Read full newsRead More

(IDEX Online) -  LVMH's on-off-on-again deal to buy Tiffany & Co is finally set to be approved by the jewelers' shareholders on Wednesday, 13 months after it was first agreed.The French luxury conglomerate dramatically walked away from the $16.2bn acquisition in September, sparking bitter recriminations and legal threats from both sides.They went on to patch up their differ...Read More

(IDEX Online) - BlueRock Diamonds has announced two exceptional gem quality stones at its Kareevlei mine in South Africa, signaling the end of a poor run of recoveries. The UK-based miner, which reports all stones over $50,000, says it recovered two gems of 14.8 carats and 8.7 carats.It follows the recovery earlier this month of a 12.8-carat diamond, which has since sold for $76,000 and...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Small jewelry businesses in India say online sales have more than quadrupled since the pandemic struck.The balance has tipped in favor of e-commerce, with digital revenue now exceeding bricks and mortar sales for some enterprises, according to research by the Mumbai-based Crisil ratings agency.The swing is most marked at the lower end of the market, among non-precious, stone-studde...Read More

Amid growing efforts to move the world away from fossil fuels, energy metals are a key pathway to tackling climate change and transition towards a low-carbon future. Here's a list of companies focused on finding metals important for future technologies.American LithiumTransporting drilling equipment at American Lithium's FLV lithium project in Nevada. Credit: American Lithium.American Lithium (TSX...Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL) announced results from 25 holes (19,523 metres) and one wedge hole (1,110 metres) of drilling at the Detour Lake property in northern Ontario.Significant results from the drilling included 4.38 grams gold per tonne over 31.0 metres, including 47.46 grams gold over 2.0 metres and 5.45 grams gold over 3.2 metres, from drillhole DLM-20-028; and 1.50 grams gold o...Read More

I've got some great news...This article isn't about the election, coronavirus, or Congress.Even better, it's about something that's massively significant to your life, my life, and the fabric of America's freedom. And it's also about the top issue on Trump's mind this week.How do I know?It's not from Twitter or the news - but rather from the most significant communications channel still at Trump's...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Botswana has introduced a night-time curfew in an attempt to avoid what has been described as an "impending catastrophe".The world's biggest supplier of diamonds has seen exports fall by over 40 per cent during the pandemic.  President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi imposed a 7pm to 4am curfew from December 24 to January 3 and renewed the country's state of emergency.Bots...Read More