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

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India's federal government informed the top court that it is framing a new law to tackle one of the worst air pollution problems in the world.Read full newsRead More

Sales of new energy vehicles (NEV) in China, the world's biggest auto market, will jump to 20% of overall new car sales by 2025 from just 5% now, and to 50% by 2035, the China Society of Automotive Engineers (China-SAE) said on Tuesday.Read full newsRead More

Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Harmony Gold Mining Co. (NYSE:HMY) by 12.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 38,783 shares of the mining company's stock after acquiring an additional 4,416 shares during the period. Bank of [...]Read full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC October 27, 2020 - KORE Mining Ltd. (TSXV: KORE | OTCQX: KOREF) ("KORE" or the "Company") is pleased to announce filing of the NI 43-101 Technical Report entitled "Preliminary Economic Assessment - Technical Report for the Long Valley Gold Project, California, USA" for the previously announced positive Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Company's 100% owned Long Valley G...Read More

Vancouver, BC - IsoEnergy Ltd. (TSX-V: ISO | OTCQX: ISENF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding Heads of Agreement (the "Agreement") with 92 Energy Pty. Ltd. ("92 Energy") for 92 Energy to acquire a 100% interest in IsoEnergy's Clover, Gemini, and Tower uranium properties in Saskatchewan, Canada (the "Properties").The Properties are located in the Eastern Athabasca Basin,...Read More

The gold price has been falling since hitting an all-time high of $2,085 an ounce. I'd rather buy these dividend-yielding FTSE gold miners instead. The post Tempted by the gold price? I'd consider these 2 dividend-paying FTSE gold miners appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.Read full newsRead More

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Meanwhile, Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer has tipped "an enormous amount of confrontation" between China and the US, no matter who wins next week's US presidential election, Bloomberg reported.Gold is above US$1,900 an ounce and silver is worth more than $24/oz on the spot market.Silver explorer New Pacific Metals (TSX: NUAG) closed up 17.2% yesterday on no news.It said last week it had started advan...Read More

Share this articleTeck Resources Ltd. reported its third-quarter profit and revenue fell compared with a year ago.The Vancouver-based mining company says it earned a profit attributable to shareholders of $61 million or 11 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept. 30.The result compared with a profit attributable to shareholders of $369 million or 66 cents per diluted share in the same p...Read More

(IDEX Online) -  The deal for LVMH to buy Tiffany & Co may be off - but it's still been officially approved by regulators.The French luxury conglomerate pulled of its $16.2bn acquisition in a shock move in September that has left both sides locked in a bitter legal battle.But on Monday the European Commission said all the regulatory approvals to prevent a monopoly were in place.It�...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A Graff brooch featuring a brilliant-cut 107.46-carat fancy yellow diamond could fetch up to $3.6m as one of the key attractions at a live Christie's auction later this month.Another fancy yellow diamond, a rectangular step-cut gem weighing 28.88 carats and set in a ring, also has an estimate of up to $3.6m. And a exceptional pair red, white and blue colored diamond earrings c...Read More

As part of its plan to become a vertically integrated graphite company, Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU; US-OTC: NMGRF) has signed an agreement with a leading chemical company that will provide commercial operating space, site services and the supply of raw materials for the junior to establish two pilot plants.The space, within Olin's facilities in B?(C)cancour, Que., will host two commercial-s...Read More

This week's episode features an in-depth interview with CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey Christian on the U.S. elections, digital currencies, JP Morgan's spoofing scandal, and Bitcoin vs. gold as stores of value. Jeffrey was previously the head of commodities research at J. Aron & Company, which was acquired by Goldman Sachs, and formed CPM Group through a management buy-out of the commodities r...Read More

China's acceleration of its 'new infrastructure' plan will support the government's beneficiation ambition in the metals industry, boosting production of high-end metals as opposed to primary metals, industry analyst Fitch Solutions states in its latest report.Despite this being a long-held strategy of the Chinese government in its shift from export-oriented growth to domestic consumption, the foc...Read More

Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TCK), Canada's largest diversified miner, saw its third-quarter adjusted profit fall by 66.6% as steelmaking coal prices collapsed in the period and Covid-19-related restrictions continued to hit the commodities market.Gross profit before depreciation and amortization reached $703 million in the third quarter, compared to $1.22 billion in the same quarter...Read More

Pantoro bullish on bigger production profileSPONSOREDpantoro limitedGenesis opens new chapter at UlyssesSPONSOREDgenesis mineralsRamelius now among WA gold frontrunnersSPONSOREDramelius resourcesAgile Mining - The Future is Smaller. Bigger is not always betterSPONSOREDproudfootTaseko produced 29Mlb copper from its flagship 75%-owned Gibraltar mine in British Columbia, 12.4% less year-on-year as av...Read More

Scoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.Cobriza has capacity to produce 20,000 tonnes per year of copper concentrate, which also contains silver. It suffered a run of serious incidents in 2019 including worker deaths and tailings spills.Read More

Last week's top-gaining stocks on the TSX were Anaconda Mining, Copper Mountain Mining, First Quantum, Galiano Gold and Atalaya Mining. Read full newsRead More

Catch up and get informed with this week's content highlights from Charlotte McLeod, our editorial director.Read full newsRead More