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

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Despite mining’s contribution to almost every aspect of modern life, the industry is still seen as an industry “that takes more than it gives”, Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani lamented in his keynote address at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba, which is taking place in Cape Town, this week.He highlighted that the mining...Read More

While traveling in Vancouver for conferences recently, I had the chance to catch up with Revival Gold (TSX-V: RVG)(OTC: RVLGF) President & CEO Hugh Agro.Revival is one of the three companies I featured in my gold talk at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference. It has been one of the more successful companies in the space over the past few years, having raised money at sequentially higher pri...Read More

A Northern Territory gold mine which could create up to 80 jobs and provide a shot in the arm to the embattled nearby town of Pine Creek could be put in jeopardy by a rare and tiny flying mammal.Read full newsRead More

A Northern Territory gold mine which could create up to 80 jobs and provide a shot in the arm to the embattled nearby town of Pine Creek could be put in jeopardy by a rare and tiny flying mammal.Read full newsRead More

(IDEX Online) - Prices of round diamonds continued to be fairly stable in December, with many categories seeing isolated or limited changes. The changes that occurred in goods below 1.00 carat were mostly positive; 0.30-0.39 cts, D/VVS1-VS2 increased 2-4 percent, 0.90-0.99 cts, G-J / VVS2 increased 1.5-3.5 percent. Items sized 2.00-4.00 carats saw some negative change, with the 2.00-2.99 carat cat...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Alrosa has held its first trading session following the expansion of its Alrosa Alliance client list. The company added 15 new members this month, increasing the total number of Alrosa Alliance members to 76. Among the new members are four jewelry companies and 11 clients specializing in industrial rough diamonds.Meeting the requirements of Alrosa Alliance is an essential condition...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Jewelers Mutual has launched its annual ad campaign. The latest campaign, developed with Chicago-based creative agency Laughlin Constable, is a satirical look into what the insurer calls the "reality of jewelry infatuation." The premise for the "Jewelry Obsessed" campaign came from the company's consumer focus groups who reported that shopping for engagement rings and oth...Read More

A drought in parts of Australia that's delivered record low rainfall is posing potential risks to output at key gold mines in the world's second-largest producer.Read full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee") is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") consisting of the issuance of 18,300,000 units of the Company ("Units") at a price of $0.05 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $915,000, as announced by the Company on January 29, 2020, o...Read More

Greenlane Renewables Inc. is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.Read full newsRead More

Whether you think about it or not, the trucking industry is one of the most important things in your life.It brought you the food you ate for dinner.It brought you the clothes you're wearing.It even brought you the device you're reading this on now.This $700 billion industry employs over 7 million people in this country, or nearly 6% of all full-time workers.In many ways, it's the lifeblood of the...Read More

The US stock markets dramatically surged mostly in a straight line since mid-October. This extraordinary rally started when the Federal Reserve announced it would resume expanding its balance sheet for the first time in years. The deluge of new liquidity from that quantitative-easing bond buying has again acted like rocket fuel for stock markets. After shooting vertically they are in real...Read More

The US stock markets dramatically surged mostly in a straight line since mid-October. This extraordinary rally started when the Federal Reserve announced it would resume expanding its balance sheet for the first time in years. The deluge of new liquidity from that quantitative-easing bond buying has again acted like rocket fuel for stock markets. After shooting vertically they are in real...Read More

150 km north of Montr?(C)al, QC lies the best-kept secret of the 21st-century auto industry: a world-class graphite deposit to propel the electric revolution. N...Read full newsRead More

The Directors of eMetals Limited are pleased submit the Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B for the quarter ending 31 December 2019.Read full newsRead More

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Amazon shared a blowout earnings reportThe seemingly endless worry surrounding the impact of the wide-spreading coronavirus on the economy, trade, travel, and health sent the Dow 600 points south on the day to close out January. In fact, all three indexes closed deep in the red, with the S&P off a triple digit pullback as well. However, paring some of the Nasdaq's losses throughout the day was an...Read More

A drought in parts of Australia that's delivered record low rainfall is posing potential risks to output at key gold mines in the world's second-largest producer.Read full newsRead More

Telson Mining Corporation is pleased to announce that it has resumed full scale mining and milling operations at its Campo Morado Mine.Read full newsRead More

The coronavirus outbreak is raising concerns about the global economy Stocks started the week on a slow note due to ongoing concerns around the coronavirus, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) reeling and the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) surging higher. This theme looks to be continuing as the week wraps up too, with the Dow eyeing a huge pullback at the time of this writing. Traders mon...Read More