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

Cargill will release a line of plant-based faux-meat products in April Beyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ:BYND) is spiraling today, down 5.8% to trade at $110.50 following on news that privately held food producer Cargill will launch a line of faux meat products and hamburger patties in April of this year. The company aims to be a direct competitor to Beyond Meat and its sector peer Impossible Foods by offer...Read More

Stocks are getting rocked in pre-market tradingDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointing to a massive pullback in stocks this morning, as the blue-chip index eyes a nearly 800-point sell-off at the open. The tech sector is set to get hit the hardest due to fresh coronavirus headwinds, with the number of cases growing substantially around the globe. This is setting up equities for one...Read More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") announced today its board of directors has elected Thomas J. Linden to the board, replacing Markus Westerholz effective immediately. Mr. Westerholz continues in his role as Chief Technology Officer for Venzee.For more than two decades, Mr. Linden held senior posts at Deloitte & Touche LLP, a "Big Four" accountin...Read More

The QQQ is approaching a key area that could indicate a top A general area that could act as a speed bump on $SPX is 3,335, which is 5 x's '09 low at 666.79. Double the low was a year-long challenge in '11-'12 and there was major sideways movement for months around triple the low in '14-'15- Todd Salamone (@toddsalamone) January 24, 2020Late last month, I observed both on Twitter and in this spac...Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 1,000 points as it closed down 3.6% yesterday while the S&P 500 fell 3.35%.The FTSE100 lost a similar amount in London, down 3.34%, the S&P/TSX Composite Index lost 1.6% and Australia's S&P/ASX200 fell 2.3%."For the moment, we are not witnessing the uncontained global spread of this coronavirus, and we are not witnessing large-scale sever...Read More

The iron ore price (62% Fe CFR China) stood at US$86.42 on Monday morning, up 10.3% from its low of US$78.33 on February 3.RBC said steel inventories were now 42% higher than they had been historically at this time of year."With blast furnaces unable to effectively curtail production, and with what appears to be a slower restart to economic activity than we perhaps thought a couple of weeks ago, t...Read More

Hinda Gharbi and Jennifer Nason will join the board from March 1, while Ngaire Woods CBE will join on September 1.Gharbi, who has dual Australian-Tunisian nationality, is executive vice president of reservoir and infrastructure at Schlumberger.Adelaide-born Nason is a global chair at JP Morgan, based in New York.Dual New Zealand and British citizen Woods, a professor of global economic governance...Read More

A modest improvement in results for miners within the Responsible Mining Index for 2020 has been tarnished by an underlying impression of ‘sustainability washing', according to the Suisse-based Responsible Mining Foundation.The index, which covers 38 major mining groups and 28% of the world's production across 45 countries, takes an evidence-based approached to reviewing economic, environmen...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Tensions over Indigenous rights, climate change and resource development that have escalated recently with the rail blockades helped push Teck Resources Ltd. to shelve its massive oilsands project, company CEO Don Lindsay said Monday."Literally over the past few days, it has become increasingly clear that there is no constructive path forward," he said, speaking...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Shares in Teck Resources Ltd. are trading down four per cent after the company said it had withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project citing uncertainty over climate policies.The Vancouver-based company said it will take a $1.13-billion writedown on the Frontier project in Alberta, which was expected to create thousands of jobs but was also pr...Read More

  (IDEX Online) - Lucara reports a higher-than-forecast eight per cent hike in sales, boosted by some big-stone discoveries at its Karowe mine, in Botswana. Total revenues were $192.5 million (2018: $176.2 million) it said today in its annual results for 2019. Volume of sales was up 17 per cent to 411,732 carats, more than making up for a seven per cent decline in the average price of $468 pe...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Over 15,000 visitors attended the IIJS Signature and the India Gem & Jewellery Machinery Expo, in Mumbai. There were many "serious buyers" despite the challenges of coronavirus and the global slowdown, said Colin Shah, vice chairman of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) which organised the events, from 13 to 16 February. They attracted more than 700 exhib...Read More

While the results of an auction of predominantly commercial-quality rough emeralds held in Lusaka, Zambia, from February 18 to 21, had been in line with prior auctions of commercial-quality emeralds, and demonstrated a stable underlying market, there was evident fallout of Covid-19, or the coronavirus, which dampened what might otherwise have been a buoyant result, Gemfields product and sales MD A...Read More

Vancouver-headquartered Lucara Diamond Corp achieved strong operating results for the year ended December 31, a reflection of the company’s continued focus on safe, reliable operations, president and CEO Eira Thomas said in a statement.She indicated that the company’s strategy had yielded increased productivity at lower costs and provided a solid foundation to support Lucara’s ne...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesAltiplano said it planned to advance the Hugo decline up to 53m vertically below the 395m level and allow it to access a potential 200,000 tonnes of copper-gold mineralised material."We are excited to move the project forward as we work on this expansion and the development and building of the onsite processing facility," rece...Read More

Rising gold prices and better operational and financial discipline are motivating companies more than ever to seek new ounces to fill their production pipelines. Below is a look at eight companies exploring worldwide. Aurania ResourcesStones from a road found in the Lost Cities-Cutucu Project in southeastern Ecuador. Credit: Aurania Resources/Twitter.Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) is exploring its...Read More

Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.B; NYSE:TCK) has officially withdrawn its application to build the C$20.6-billion (US$15.7 billion) Frontier oil sands mine, just days before the Canadian government was slated to make a decision on the 260,000-barrel-per-day project in northern Alberta.Canada's largest diversified miner will take a C$1.13-billion (US$852.12 million) write-down on the project, which it sa...Read More

Dual-listed Botswana Diamonds on Monday announced that kimberlite, identified by visual inspection, had been intersected at shallow depth in two out of three holes drilled at the Marsfontein project in Limpopo, South Africa.The company has been undertaking a percussion drilling campaign on Thorny River and the contiguous Marsfontein project.AdvertisementThis kimberlite is believed to be associated...Read More

Azuay prefect and anti-mining protestor Yaku Perez submitted the request as he believes mining projects pose a threat to water sources and the environment.Read More

More than 80,000 cases - and over 2,600 deaths - of COVID-19 (coronavirus) have been confirmed and worries about the virus becoming a global pandemic have governments around the world scrambling to come up with solutions to mitigate the economic impact of the virus.While it appears that efforts in China are starting to bear fruit, new outbreaks in over 30 countries including Italy, the Middle East...Read More