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

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesThe company (TSX: CMMC) has cut 2020 guidance to 86-94 million pounds copper-equivalent, down from 100-113Mlb. It had produced 87.Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesOwen Hegarty, executive chairman of EMR, says while copper is "in the bathroom a bit in terms of where the pricing is just at the moment", the long-long-term copper bull and the PE firm he co-foundedRead More

The past 20 years have seen remarkable advances in the mining industry, particularly in mineral exploration technologies with vast volumes of data generated from geologic, geophysical, geochemical, satellite and other surveying techniques. However, the abundance of data has not necessarily translated into the discovery of new deposits, according to Colin Barnett, co-founder of BW Mining, a Boulder...Read More

Cardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesMICROMINE STRENGTHENS DATA MANAGEMENT SOLUTION WITH Geobank 2020SPONSOREDmicromineHumans really are the most delusional of creatures.Read More

The outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus, Covid-19, has weighed on diamond demand in February and will negatively impact on Alrosa’s sales outlook for 2020, CEO Sergey Ivanov said on Wednesday.The Russian miner reported rough and polished diamond sales of $346.4-million in February, down 14% on January’s sales.Advertisement“Though our January and February sales were healthy, c...Read More

I'm here in Washington state. Ground zero for the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. Luckily, 300 miles and a mountain range separate my family and me from Seattle, giving us a bit of lead time. Still, the disease is now spreading rampantly. It's surely spread across the Cascades just as it's now swept across the entire country. At last check, some 38 states were reporting cases. It's now in New York a...Read More

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SINGAPORE - Copper prices rose on Tuesday, after hitting a three-year low in the previous session, on signs of improving demand in top consumer China as factories slowly come back online foll...Read full newsRead More

Gold has been one of the best performing commodities in over a year, with the global gold price rising from close to $1,300 per ounce in the beginning of 2019 to about $1,630 per ounce in February 2020. The rise in price in 2019 was led by rising trade tension between US-China...Read full newsRead More

Oil rallied with the Dow after historic lossesAfter a disastrous Monday, the Dow turned in an over 1,000-point rally today, as Wall Streetrecouped some of the historical losses suffered in the previous session. It was an incredibly volatile session, with the blue-chip index trading as much as 160 points lower at its session lows, only to furiously push higher in last-minute trading. The S&P 500 an...Read More

Early studies indicate about 90% of contained lithium can be recovered using the filter system, compared to about 30% when producers use the existing process of pumping brines.Read full newsRead More

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Mining stocks have pushed higher amid the global sell-offAs gold prices and safe haven assets skyrocket in the face of the global economic sell-off, mining stocks such as Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE:GOLD) have weathered the storm. GOLD hit a three-and-a-half year high of $22.44 on Feb. 24, and although its taken a breather since then, data from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White sugg...Read More

GILD has amassed 19% year-to-dateWith the major U.S. indexes suffering their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008 in late February, it should be non-trivial to say coronavirus - or COVID-19 - has become a massive caveat to not only public health crisis, but to Wall Street as well. The spread and severity of the flu-like epidemic is concurrent to the volatile run in markets during the past...Read More

LaSalle Exploration Corp. (TSXV:LSX) is pleased to announce that field exploration is set to begin in March on the Blakelock Gold Property.Read full newsRead More

Southwest Airlines' CEO announced he's taking a 10% pay cut in response to the sector's "severe recession" While the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact the flight sector, shares of Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) are down 1.2%, last seen trading at $43.20. In the midst what he described as a "severe recession" for the airline industry, the firm's CEO Garry Kelly announced he was taking a 10...Read More

Oil is enjoying a lift of its ownStocks continue to shake off yesterday's worst day since 2008, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) up around 126 points at last check. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are also in recovery mode, as President Donald Trump put forth the idea of a payroll tax cut or relief in response to the rapidly increasing coronavirus headwinds in the U...Read More

The retailer just posted a fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat Dick's Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE:DKS) is getting a big boost today following its fourth-quarter earnings report, up 10.5% at $38.10. The sports equipment retailer reported earnings of $1.32 and $2.61 billion in revenue, topping analysts' expectations, and hiked its quarterly dividend by $13.6. Meanwhile, the company also announced...Read More

AIM Immunotech is developing a vaccine that was used to contain the SARS outbreakShares of AIM Immunotech Inc (NYSE:AIM) were last seen trading down 22.5% at $4.73, despite yesterday announcing that the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) in Japan will begin testing its drug Ampligen, a broad-spectrum antiviral, as a potential treatment for the new coronavirus outbreak. Researchers...Read More