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

For the past six months my wife and I have been looking for a house to buy, and boy let me tell you, it's been rough.Every house we see feels overpriced. And yet they're being sold within a day or two of being listed. Our realtor regularly regales us with horror stories about bidding wars that result in buyers offering more than $10,000 over asking price and still losing.No doubt, it's a terrible...Read More

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Vancouver, BC - Select Sands Corp. (TSX-V:SNS | OTCQX: SLSDF) (the "Company") announced operational and financial results for Q3 2020, and the filing of its financial statements and associated management's discussion and analysis on www.sedar.com. All dollar references in this release are in U.S. dollars.THIRD QUARTER 2020 AND RECENT HIGHLIGHTSSold 49,248 tons of frac and industrial sand durin...Read More

This year's dawning winter rally has great upside potential after the gold and gold stock corrections run their courses.Read full newsRead More

In a day that's often good for gold and mining stocks, investors are selling everything.Read full newsRead More

News of the supply disruption has boosted an already strong zinc price to multi-year highs.VZI said 10 people were trapped at the bottom of the South Pit at Gamsberg following a geotechnical failure in the early hours of Tuesday.Eight had been safely rescued, the company said yesterday."We are doing everything possible to safely rescue the two remaining trapped colleagues," business head Laxman Sh...Read More

The global tally is above 56.1 million cases, with almost 11.5 million in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University today.In commodities, the zinc price has continued to strengthen, buoyed by the strong steel market and a supply disruption, with Vedanta Zinc International suspending its flagship Gamsberg mine in South Africa after 10 workers were trapped on Tuesday.Eight have since been rescue...Read More

The approval secures the jobs of about 1100 employees and contractors.Read More

Share this article Integra Resources Corp. [ITR-TSXV; IRRZF-OTCQB] on Thursday November 19 released a series of high-grade gold-silver assays from the 2020 drill program in the War Eagle Mountain area near the company's DeLamar Gold and Silver Project in southwestern Idaho.Highlights include 24.20 g/t gold and 655.06 g/t silver over 7.62 metres north of 2019 drilling at War Eagle."The drill res...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Exports of Swiss watches are suffering their sharpest decline since World War Two.They fell by just over a quarter - 25.8 per cent - in the first 10 months of 2020, according to new figures released by the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.But the rate of decline slowed in October to 7.1 per cent, the lowest figure this year. Total sales of wrist watches and other products las...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa says demand remains strong for high-quality rough, after selling over $24m worth of large stones in Israel and Dubai earlier this month.The Russian state-owned miner also conducted sales of fancy colored rough in Israel and Belgium. It said it sold 64 per cent of 130 lots weighting 8,200 carats but did not disclose further details.Alrosa's sales of special size (over 10...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Fashion model Indira Scott is fronting a De Beers' campaign highlighting sustainability in the diamond sector.Five leading US designers  - Jade Trau, Jennie Kwon, Julez Bryant, Sara Weinstock and Zoe Chicco - each produced a pendant featuring rough diamonds from Botswana, inspired by the country's people, wildlife and landscape after a visit last year.Their pieces, p...Read More

Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRemote Pitram deployment puts miners in the driver's seat Amid Covid ClosuresSPONSOREDmicromine'Best discovery in my time': De Grey on the march at HemiSPONSOREDde grey miningIn recent weeks, Australian investors could access a torrent of online mining compan...Read More

Marathon Gold's (TSX: MOZ) latest drill results from the 6-km Berry corridor within its Valentine gold project in central Newfoundland continue to return gold intervals from an area between existing deposits.The developer has released assay results for 15 holes, completed as part of an 8,000-metre infill campaign at Berry. Highlights include 42 metres of 3.7 grams gold per tonne from 37 metres; 24...Read More

South America-focused miner Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT; NYSE-AM: SMTS) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on an expansion of its Yauricocha polymetallic mine in Peru's Yauyos province. The early-stage study suggests a throughput increase to 5,500 tonnes per day, up from 3,150 tonnes per day currently. The site is already scheduled to see an intermediate scale-up to 3,600 tonnes per...Read More

I speak mining, and have done so for over 45 years. For most of that time, I have defended the industry from those ignorant or ill-informed of our activities. I have stressed that the occasional mine accident or dam failure was the exception that proved the general rule. We are, I said, diligent, committed to safety and better than the media paints us (and this is coming from someone who became a...Read More

The world's top lithium producer Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) has joined forces with 27 companies, including electric vehicle maker Tesla and rideshare company Uber, to form a group that will push for 100% electric vehicle (EV) sales in the U.S. by 2030.The Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA), launched this week, is the first industry coalition of its kind advocating for national policies to...Read More

Despite strong quarter-on-quarter recovery in supply, the global platinum market is set to experience a second consecutive year of deficit at just over 1.2 million oz. in 2020, according to the World Platinum Investment Council's (WPIC) latest quarterly report.A stellar rebound in automotive demand and sustained strong investment demand for precious metals lifted platinum demand well above supply...Read More

$13,717.34...That's how much money Elon Musk makes in five minutes.To put it in a deeper perspective, he's made $2,743.46 in the minute you took to read this.Must be nice, right?It would take the average worker about 17 weeks to earn as much, based on a new study by Gigacalculator. That assumes an average salary of $48,000.Those numbers will take another jump now that Tesla has been crowned into t...Read More