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) - The Canadian miner Lucara reported a Q2 loss of ?, ?13.9m, after choosing not to sell any of its larger stones.Last year it made a 0.7m profit in the same quarter.During Q2 2020 it sold smaller stones from its Karoe mine (pictured), in Botswana, at a single tender in Antwerp and through its digital sales platform Clara - five sales of stones between one and 10 carats - generating a...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A Chinese billionaire living in the USA has ordered the world's most expensive COVID-19 face mask - costing $1.5m.Teams of jewelers are working in shifts to set 3,608 natural black and white diamonds (weighing 210 carats) into 270 grams of pure 18k gold.The anonymous customer from Shanghai is having the mask designed and made by Orna and Isaac Levy, owners of the Yvel luxury j...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Canadian miner Star Diamond claims Rio Tinto, senior partner in a joint exploration project, may be to blame for damage to some sample stones.The two companies are already tangled in a legal row over terms of another venture.  Star Diamond accuses Rio Tinto of "bad faith predatory practices", gross overspending on exploration costs at the Star-Orion South project in Saskatchew...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The desire for diamonds is as strong as ever says De Beers boss Bruce Cleaver.He was launching the company's latest Global Sentiment Report, an assessment of consumer confidence in the wake of COVID-19.The report, based on 2,800 people in the USA, China and India, revealed that that sentiment was improving as consumers adjusted to the 'new normal' and were considerin...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesBMC board chairman Valery Kazikayev said the company had started "capital development including stripping of Udokan deposit in order to provide access to minable minerals from the surface".Read More

Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV), a Toronto-listed gold mining company with assets in West Africa, is assessing whether to dual list on either the London or New York exchanges as it looks to attract new investors following its recent acquisition of SEMAFO (TSX: SMF), its smaller rival in the region."We are going to move to one or the other," Sebastien de Montessus, Endeavour's director and CEO, said...Read More

Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) has reported the results of six drill holes completed at its 75%-owned Monster Lake joint venture project, 50 km southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec. The holes were drilled to the northeast and along strike of the Monster Lake structural corridor, which hosts an existing resource at the 325-Megane zone, and tested three additional shear zones within the 4-km long prospec...Read More

The Independent Planning Commission of Australia's New South Wales government approved a US$607-million extension of Whitehaven Coal's (ASX: WHC) Vickery coal mine near Boggabri, in the state's northwest.The approval, however, was done with 184 conditions aimed at mitigating environmental and social impacts.Whitehaven was granted planning approval for Vickery in September 2014 but has yet to const...Read More

88 Energy (ASX:88E) Prepares for Billion Barrel Farm OutSPONSORED88 energyScoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.Element 25's Butcherbird on songSPONSOREDelement 25Lithium no quiet place for AVZSPONSOREDavz mineralsMargaux is a TSX Venture Exchange company searching for a multi-million-ounce gold camp in northern British Columbia.Read More

Management had a few "good" field trips before the lockdown measures put a stop to it early this year, but two of those files remain active. "It's a matter of tempering expectations.Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesNorthern Dynasty president and CEO Ronald Thiessen said the only way to stop Pebble was by federal govenrment expropriation - extremely difficult since the deposit was on state lands.The company scored a critical victory last month when it received a positive environmental impact statement for its proposed Pebble copper-gold-m...Read More

Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV), a Toronto-listed gold mining company with assets in West Africa, is assessing whether to dual list on either the London or New York exchanges as it looks to attract new investors following its recent acquisition of Semafo (TSX: SMF), its smaller rival in the region."We are going to move to one or the other," S?(C)bastien de Montessus, Endeavour's director and CEO, sa...Read More

What does Big Tech have in common with diapers?(drumroll, please...)They're all over your ass and they're completely full of shit.(rimshot)Apologies for that terrible old joke. It used to start with "politicians", but in the case of the antitrust investigations into America's biggest tech companies, it fits together all too well.Earlier this month we witnessed the CEOs of Google, Facebook, Amazon,...Read More

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July 16, 2020 (Source) - Granada Gold Mine (TSX.V: GGM) ("Granada Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it ...Read full newsRead More

Company to Advance Exploration on Newly Optioned Property from Abitibi Royalties Targeted to Begin in Late SeptemberRead full newsRead More

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Iraq has cut the official selling price (OSP) of its Basra Light crude for September cargoes to Asia, the United States and EuropeRead full newsRead More

The coronavirus pandemic will have an even bigger impact on the global economy and its demand for oil than previously expected, OPEC said.Read full newsRead More

Miner Barrick Gold beat quarterly profit estimates and hiked its dividend on Mondayd, but warned that a prolonged shutdown could jeopardize the long-term viability of its Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea.Read full newsRead More