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

David Becker6 hours ago (Nov 20, 2019 7:16 PM GMT)Gold prices were nearly unchanged on Wednesday as the Fed’s meeting minutes did little to change the view for gold prices. US yields continued to move lower, which shows that the market is concerned about future growth especially if a trade deal is not reached. There are rumblings that Trump is getting restless with the Chinese and the Chine...Read More

The pricing of the raising is 20c per share.Read More

Sampson took over the CEO role in May 2018. At the time, the company was focusing on the 2 billion tonne Kola deposit in the former French colony.Read More

"We believe that the Western Australian energy and mining sectors can become world leaders in digitalisation," resources lead for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Ann Burns said. "Crucial to this is a focus on what we refer to as ‘triple zero': ideas, design and technologies that help achieve zero harm to workers and machines, zero loss across the value chain, and zero waste for sustaina...Read More

Greenstone struck an agreement with the Aroland First Nation, Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek and Ginoogaming First Nation.Greenstone GM Eric Lamontagne hailed the pact as an important milestone.The agreement formalises the partnership's commitment towards protecting the environment and supporting the local First Nations social and cultural practices, and provides for environmental monitor...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The World Jewellery Confederation, CIBJO, has established a new laboratory-grown diamond committee. The new committee will establish operating practices specific to the lab-grown trade. It will operate under the umbrella of the organization's Diamond Commission and is being formed from an ad hoc group working established last year that included CIBJO officers and official...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Miner Zultgems has sold its private collection of Zultanite to jeweler Kat Florence and Provenance Gems USA in a bid to raise capital to relocate a lost Zultanite vein. The company has been struggling to find this vein for the past three years.Florence acquired the larger pieces of the collection while Provenance Gems, which has retail locations throughout the U.S and Caribbea...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Jewelers of America (JA) has announced that its second annual National Convention will focus on the future of the jewelry retail marketplace.The two-day Convention will feature keynote speakers, seminars from experts both inside and outside the industry, Diamond Detection and Retail Innovation Labs that will bring together leading companies and technologies that can help retailers...Read More

WINDHOEK – Namdeb, a joint venture between the Namibian government and Anglo American's diamond unit De Beers Group, said on Thursday it was in talks with the government about tax breaks to extend its land-based operations beyond 2023.Diamond mining is the largest taxpayer in Namibia and generates 20% of the Southern African country's export earnings.AdvertisementDiamonds have been m...Read More

Dear Rich Lifer,As the weather gets colder here in the US, and the dulcet tones of Christmas music permeate the air in every store, you might start to get in the holiday mood…You might even start shopping or planning your gifts a little early...But if you're thinking about buying online and having items delivered to your home, you might want to think again...Because package theft (also known...Read More

Galena provides a leading lightSPONSOREDgalena mining"Because China's smelting capacity is still expanding, we need to make sure we have the raw materials to work with.Read More

Galena provides a leading lightSPONSOREDgalena mining"The company and its advisors are feeling out interest among mining companies already operating in Peru for the copper and gold project which could raise up to US$500 million, said CEO Don Lindsay,Read More

Following a strong first half of 2018, the balance of the year and most of 2019 was disappointing for the diamond industry. The most recent 18-month stretch has been described as a "very challenging environment" and even a "crisis." The third significant industry lull in the decade-and-a-half since the dismantling of the De Beers monopoly seemingly indicates that the diamond industry is yet to fin...Read More

They say it's darkest before the dawn.Let's hope that holds true for the diamond sector.We try to strike a hopeful note here at Diamonds in Canada about an industry that's become such an inspiring and Canadian story about perseverance, determination, and the ability to adapt and change.But conditions have become very difficult of late. As Paul Zimnisky points out (see page 6), we are currently in...Read More

Rising electric vehicle (EV) adoption is driving a massive transformation in lithium-ion battery production. "Back in 2015, there were three lithium-ion battery megafactories [built or in development] - we're now up to 99," says Andrew Miller, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence's head of price assessment."We have seen a huge wave of companies enter this market, a lot in Asia, which is really the lithi...Read More

John Hathaway, chairman of Tocqueville Management Corp. and co-manager of the Tocqueville Gold Fund, joined Anthony Vaccaro, The Northern Miner Group publisher, at the November 2019 Precious Metals Summit in Zurich to discuss the state of the gold investment space. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. The full video is available here.Anthony Vaccaro: You have had 25 years as a l...Read More

Macarthur's high-grade iron project set to rollSPONSOREDGalena provides a leading lightSPONSOREDgalena miningNickel discoveries put St George on investors' radarSPONSOREDst george miningUniversity of Delaware launches Minerals, Materials and Society programSPONSOREDuniversity of delawareDavey began a pitch to a gathering of investors in Melbourne recently by talking about the zinc market.Read More

The unusual "diamond in a diamond" that Russian miner Alrosa mined earlier this year, will not be put up for sale and will remain in the company's collection of rare finds.The collection already includes a skull-shaped rough diamond and a football-shaped rough diamond that were mined in recent years.AdvertisementThe latest addition to the rare-find collection resembles a traditional Russian Matryo...Read More

While drug cartels have come to dominate much of Mexico, Mexico City has gained a reputation as an up-and-coming business and tourist hotspot.But crime is on the rise.Last year, 2018, was Mexico City's most violent year to date. And 2019 opened with a record 257 murders in just the first two months.However, one tiny company few people have heard of is now working to address this problem head on. I...Read More

Today we confront a rather distressing possibility - that this world may be in far better condition than we have previously supposed.Details, grim details, to follow.But we begin with a diagnosis:The stock market is evidently down with a spell of altitude sickness...The air at 28,000 proved too thin for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.The index has retreated to the 27,800 elevation. There it pres...Read More