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

Deliveries of China-made Model Y and Model 3 EVs decreased by 14.7% from March to 75,842 units, according to preliminary data released by the China Passenger Car Association on Friday.Read More

Front-line lawmakers like these are the only thing standing between us and a lifetime of getting paid in company scrip. The Federal Reserve is dead set on banning the physical dollar and switching to a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Once that happens, the anonymity that comes with physical money will become a thing of the past. For obvious reasons, most of the world isn't interested...Read More

The graphite miner and developer reported total production for the year to March 31 up 59% year-on-year, to 4,770t, while sales jumped 76% to £2.89 million (US$3.65 million).Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumWhile the move by the mid-tier miner further reinforces the creditability of the development, SSR has announced a longer-than-expected path to production, which will have implicat...Read More

The investment bank said that this could well be the turning point for lithium markets, marking that the Chinese lithium carbonate (ex works) spot price is at $27.5/kg - up from its low of $21/kg.Read More

The phrase "X-Date" may remind readers of the TV drama The X-Files or the superhero X-Men. It actually refers to the date when the U.S. Treasury goes broke.The problem arises from the fact that issuing U.S. Treasury debt beyond a certain ceiling requires approval from the U.S. Congress. The amount of outstanding debt today is at the current debt ceiling.The Treasury is allowed to issue new debt to...Read More

GoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelThe government of Chile is yet to finalise its lithium nationalisation plan, or have it approved by Congress.Read More

Moving at the glacially slow pace that only the government can maintain, our medical overlords at the World Health Organization on Friday officially declared an end to the "global emergency status" for COVID-19.With the pandemic officially in the history books, I also wasn't surprised to see retail speculators have thrown in the towel on their favorite bubble stocks.Yes, the Covid Bubble buying fr...Read More

Look beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelGrosskopf has postponed his retirement due to the opportunity he sees in the mining space, with growing demand for battery metals and precious metals and growing...Read More

Grosskopf has postponed his retirement due to the opportunity he sees in the mining space, with growing demand for battery metals and precious metals and growing prices driven by a market that looksRead More

(IDEX Online) - Malabar Gold and Diamonds has opened what it claims is the world's largest jewelry showroom, at 110,000sq ft.The "artistry store" in Cochin, Kerala, is on the site where the group was founded in 1993. It now boasts over 300 stores and 17,500 staff.Its claim to be the largest store in the world may, however, be disputed.Tiffany & Co's flagship Fifth Avenue 10-floor sto...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Six "unauthorized diggers" died in a diamond mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Few details have emerged about the accident last Friday in Diboko, in the central Kasai province, where mining accidents involving illegal workers are not uncommon.Those who died had "entered an area where mining is forbidden", the province's vice-governor Gaston Nkole said, ac...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A man has been arrested in Surat, accused of defrauding a diamond trader by swapping polished stones worth almost $40,000 with packets of chewing tobacco.Raheel Manjani, a diamond broker, allegedly obtained the diamonds to sell to another trader, promising to make full payment for the sealed parcels within a few days, according to the Times of India.He didn't pay, says a compl...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipMining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumResources are now 2.69 million ounces gold and 22Moz silver for 2.Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resources All going to plan, Lynas now has time to get the Kalgoorlie rare earth plant build that is underway well into the commissioning phase by January 1.Read More

(IDEX Online) - A diamond and pearl necklace and earrings owned by the late Princess Diana is to be auctioned next month.The Swan Lake Suite - named after a London ballet performance she attended while wearing them in June 1997 - is expected to sell for up to $15m.The suite was commissioned by the Egyptian film producer Dodi Fayed, the princess's new boyfriend, as a gift. She wore the necklac...Read More

Dear Outsider,It's been a wild week.And oh, boy, do I have a story for you.It's a story of intrigue, pride, panic, and greed.All because of one stock.It's a textbook example of common investing mistakes.So hopefully you can use my story to your advantage.You see, since early 2020, I've been investing in dividend-paying securities with the goal of earning enough money each month to pay my rent or m...Read More

I recently gained two important insights about the Fed and markets. Taken separately, either one would have been significant. Then I realized the separate insights were actually connected at a deep level.This analysis could lead to a major breakthrough in my already sophisticated predictive analytic algorithms I use to forecast markets. What follows is a first-of-its-kind explanation.The first ins...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Christie's is facing a call from the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) to donate over half of the proceeds from its auction of Heidi Horten's estate to Holocaust charities.Horten's first husband, Helmut Horten, built his department store empire from Jews who were forced to sell their businesses for ridiculous prices in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. They would b...Read More

Mining Journal Select London 2023 SPONSOREDGoviEx edges closer to productionSPONSOREDgoviex uraniumCanada Nickel eyes feasibility study for CrawfordSPONSOREDcanada nickelTorq kicks off drilling at Santa CeciliaSPONSOREDtorq resourcesTalk began in January between the governments of Yukon, its southern neighbour British Columbia (BC) and the federal government to connect the BC and Yukon power grids...Read More