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

SAVE has been climbing the charts in recent monthsSpirit Airlines Incorporated (NYSE:SAVE) traded as high as $47.50 this morning -- filling up on analyst bull notes and better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue amid lower fuel costs. Three price-target hikes have surfaced, the highest coming from Deutsche Bank to $55 from $49. While the shares nabbed a six-month high out of the gate, they have...Read More

TWTR is on track for its best single-session gain since 2017The big earnings winner on Wall Street this morning is Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR). While the social media giant reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings that fell short of expectations, revenue clocked in at $1.01 billion, exceeding the $996.7 million estimates. Daily active users also rose to 152 million, above the forecast 147.5 million...Read More

Lumber Liquidators announced that its president and CEO will resign Hardwood flooring specialist Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE:LL) is getting a boost today, following an announcement that the company's President and CEO Dennis R. Knowles stepped down, effective Feb. 5. The firm also reiterated its 2019 outlook and expects to release earnings next month on March 16. At last check, LL is up...Read More

Twitter is this morning's big earnings winnerFresh off its best outing in nine months, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointed at another impressive gain this morning. Fueling today's push is news that as part of the "phase one" trade deal, China will halve its tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. imports, going into effect on Feb. 14. S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (N...Read More

Geopolitical tensions and market uncertainty combined with the coronavirus outbreak led to a 5% increase in the gold price in January to seven-year highs of US$1,584/oz and continues to make all-time highs in many global currencies, while assets under management (AUM) grew 8% in US dollar terms during the month.Gold represented one of the best performing broader asset classes in January (plus 4.6%...Read More

It said the diamond was recovered from the EM/PK(S) unit of the South Lobe, which had recently delivered a gem-quality 176ct stone and other high-value diamonds including the 1,758ct Sewelô.Read More

"We are starting to reap the seeds we sowed 15 years ago when we [the team Jaramillo assembled under governor Anibal Gaviria during his previous term as governor] were here," he told Mining JournalRead More

Share this articleMONTREAL - Gold miner Semafo Inc. says work at its Boungou processing plant in Burkina Faso has restarted after a deadly attack against its workers halted operations last year.Gunmen attacked a bus convoy of 241 workers on the road to the gold mine in November last year, killing 39 people and injuring at least 60 others.Semafo says that as part of its phased plan, employees and c...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - Shares in Teck Resources Ltd. fell by as much as 3.2 per cent after it warned sales of steelmaking coal in the current quarter are down due to bad weather in British Columbia.Its stock fell as low as $18.40 in trading in Toronto on Thursday, down from their $19.01 close on Wednesday. They set a 52-week high of $34.32 last April.The Vancouver-based miner says rail a...Read More

Share this articleGreat Atlantic Resources Corp. [GR-TSXV] is pleased to announce it has received analytical results for the first three drill holes completed during the 2019 Phase 1 diamond drilling program at its Golden Promise Gold Property, located within the central Newfoundland gold belt. The drilling program was conducted at the Jaclyn Main Zone, a gold-bearing quartz vein system. All thre...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has announced plans to hold its second African Diamond Conference (ADC). The conference will take place in Durban, South Africa on May 5-6.The last ADC took place in Brussels in 2017.The AWDC website describes the event as a high-level gathering for African mining ministers, the diplomatic corps, global diamond industry, civil society and aca...Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa is no longer just the voice of the mining majors, Grant Mitchell, who heads up the council's Junior and Emerging Miners Desk, pointed out in a briefing at the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba, this week.He highlighted that 40% of the Minerals Council's members were junior miners.AdvertisementHe also noted that South Africa's junior mining sector...Read More

(IDEX Online) - According to media reports, Endiama EP, Angola's state-owned diamond mining company plans to sell up to 30 percent of its shares in an initial public offering (IPO) in 2022.Bloomber said the sale is part of the government's plan to increase transparency in the diamond sector and increase production.Jose Manuel Ganga Junior, Endiama chairman, told Bloomberg the government...Read More

Mining companies and host governments have been urged to take a long-term view when investing in the natural resources sector in Africa.During a panel discussion at the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba on why investors should consider investing in Africa, Vedanta Resources CEO Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan (Venkat) highlighted the continent's "phenomenal potential" given its natu...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lucara Diamond Corp. has recovered an unbroken 549-carat white diamond that it says is of "exceptional purity." The stone was recovered from the Karowe diamond mine in Botswana.The huge find follows the recent recovery of a gem-quality 176-carat stone from the same ore block - the EM/PK(S) unit of the South Lobe. It also delivered other high-value diamonds including the 1,758-carat...Read More

Diamond miner Lucara Diamond Corporation has recovered an unbroken 549 ct white diamond "of exceptional purity" from its Karowe mine, in Botswana.The diamond was recovered from direct milling of ore sourced from the EM/PK(S) unit of the South Lobe. This follows the recent recovery of a gem-quality 176 ct diamond from the same ore block.AdvertisementThe EM/PK(S) continues to produce large...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesWoodMac's best case scenario is that demand from this sector would be delayed to later this year. "As a result, we believe that there is now a significant downside risk to our forecast of 0.9% Chinese total copper consumption growth for 2020."China accounted for about 47% of the total global copper consumption in 2019.Artemis all s...Read More

Artemis all set thanks to unique approachSPONSOREDartemis resourcesThe copper-zinc project has a measured and indicated 17.26 million tonne resource at 2.61% copper-equivalent and a 10.71Mt inferred resource at 1.67% Cu-eq. Kutcho said metallurgical results last year had improved on the copper and zinc recoveries compared with a 2017 prefeasibility study and the silver recovery also improved....Read More

Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has recovered a 549 carat diamond from its Karowe mine in Botswana.The mine - one of the world's most prolific producers of large and high-value type IIA diamonds - is the only diamond mine in recorded history to have produced two stones greater than 1,000 carats.Lucara said the unbroken 549 carat white diamond is the fourth-largest diamond found at Karowe and the first l...Read More

Malaysia is set to begin issuing bauxite mining licenses in early 2020, four years after it imposed a ban in response to environmental concerns.The Southeast Asian nation produced very little bauxite prior to 2014, but when Indonesia, China's biggest supplier, imposed a ban on exports of unprocessed minerals in January 2014, China turned to Malaysia to fill the bauxite gap.At the time, Indonesia w...Read More