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

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickel Read More

The New Jersey railway station was bitterly cold that night. Flurries of the year’s first snow swirled around street lights. November wind rattled roof panels above the track shed and gave a long, mournful sound among the rafters...At a gate seldom used at this hour of the night was a spectacular sight. Nudged against the end-rail bumper was a long car that caused those few who saw it to sto...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The World Diamond Council (WDC), established to rid the industry of conflict diamonds, has a woman president for the first time in its 23 year history.Feriel Zerouki, senior vice president of corporate affairs at De Beers Group, takes over from Edward Asscher, who has completed the second of two non-consecutive terms as WDC president.Zerouki, (pictured) born in the United Arab Emir...Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThis was seen as not only a way to diversify the country's energy supply but also a way to get a handle on the global critical minerals supply...Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSORED A long term trend toward outsourcing raw material production has left Europe with a "variant of the stockholm syndrome" Rachovides told the c...Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe five-year loan will bear interest at SOFR + 8.25%, subject to a 2% SOFR floor, and will be: secured by a second-ranking lien on all IAMGOLD...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Rolex is selling its watches on the US second-hand market for the first time, as demand surges.It's rolling out the Certified Pre-owned Program it launched in several European countries last December.Rolex certifies its own second-hand watches as authentic and provides a two-year guarantee, rather than the five-years offered on new purchases. It means buyers no longer hav...Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDAmong the companies turning their attention to Greenland is Amaroq Minerals, which holds over 7,600 km2 of licences across South Greenland...Read More

Reporting its March quarter results, the company said it had paused all detailed engineering and economic studies while the evaluation takes place.Read More

(IDEX Online) - Plans to revive the mothballed Ellendale mine - once the world's largest producer of fancy yellow diamonds - have been boosted by "excellent" valuations of bulk samples, says owner Gibb River Diamonds.An independent appraisal of diamonds from the Ellendale 9 Lights stockpile, one of four bulk samples, averaged US$1,443 per carat.The company said updated valuations across a num...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Lab growns over 10 carats are to be auctioned in what's being described as the first sale of its kind.Hundreds of stones will be offered for sale in The Size Matters online event by Virtual Diamond Boutique (VDB), the sourcing and trading app.It says it's the "first-ever auction dedicated to laboratory-grown diamonds of such rare and large sizes".Among the vendors in...Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe company is in discussions with license holders and county governments in Kenya and hopes to make quick announcements on copper projects, sa...Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDNewmont successfully completed just over four weeks of due diligence and the two have signed a scheme implementation deed. Newcrest shareholder...Read More

Share this articleVANCOUVER - TRX Gold Corp. [TNX-TSX; TRX-NYSE American] reported drilling results from the Anfield and Eastern porphyry zones. The results demonstrate the potential for the Anfield and Eastern porphyry zones to add to resources and a new mining area on the Buckreef gold project. The Buckreef Project is located in the Geita District of the Geita Region, south of Lake Victoria, app...Read More

Dear Outsider,I decided to get some cheap food at the local Mexican joint around the corner and lick my wounds from a terrible week of trading for me.Last week I wrote to you about the biggest investing mistake of my career.I didn't follow my own advice and got burned because I had too many eggs in one basket...A classic mistake.All the signs were there...It was too good to be true...An extre...Read More

The Spain-focussed company outlined in its January-quarter results that it had benefitted from improved electricity prices, which had impacted its bottom line.Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelUnique in every aspect, the Mint has been a feature of the Australian gold industry for more than 120 years, churning out bars and coins as wel...Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDNewmont has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Newcrest for US$17.8 billion to become the world's largest gold producer with some 8Moz...Read More

Canada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesVanadium Resources eyes 180-year mine in South AfricaSPONSOREDvanadium resourcesMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDChina's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), last week confirmed that a new, more rigorous, set of emissions standards will go nationwide...Read More

Highlights at PDA included 14.15m grading 20.95 gpt gold, with the company stating that the deposit has already surpassed La Yaqui Grande in terms of resource size.Read More