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

PG has had an exceptional year on the chartsShares of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) are trading slightly lower this morning, down 0.9% at $115.41, despite the Dow name receiving a price-target hike to $121 from $106 at Berenberg. This bull note comes less than a week after the company posted a second-quarter earnings beat, resulting in a record high of $121.76 on July 30. Cincinnati-based PG has...Read More

President Trump accused China of currency manipulation this morning, which the PBoC has deniedStocks are staring at a sharply negative open, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futurestrading more than 350 points below fair value as Wall Street reacts to the latest escalation between the U.S. and China. Last night, China allowed the yuan to fall to a more-than-10-year low versus the dollar, a...Read More

The risk of an options-driven SPY sell-off is low as August expiration draws closer " ...round millennium levels on the S&P 500 Index (SPX - 3,025.86) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI - 27,192.45), in addition to the level that represents the SPX's 20% year-to-date (YTD) gain (at 3,008), could act as resistance in the near term. And since rallying up to these levels in mid-July, these popular...Read More

A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite.Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day....Read More

Private investment modernises Colombia's emerald production.Read full newsRead More

The following is an email sent to me this morning by my friend since 1980 Ray Langevin of Ste-Foy, Quebec. Ray is chastising me for suggesting that we may need corrections. He has hurt my feelings with his admonishment not because he may be totally correct but because he writes in English better than I can.KC, you see what may happen when you call me to tell me that the gold market has gone up too...Read More

While the facility remains subject to both final documentation and conditions precedent prior to drawdown, it includes a formal approval of export credit support from the Export Credit InsuranceRead More

GroundProbe, bought by Orica in 2017 for A$205 million, says the operational Santiago centre was already remotely monitoring many tailings dams, a major hydro-electric dam and "even a landslide on a national highway in Colombia" for 30 customers, GroundProbe chief operating officer, David Noon said."We've witnessed a boom in Brazil for continuous, real-time monitoring of tailings dams, with a huge...Read More

The company said last week it deeply regretted to report "that an incident involving local police and unauthorised artisanal miners within the Rosebel concession has resulted in the death of an unauthorised miner".It said its emergency response team was activated, appropriate authorities had been notified and an investigation into the incident had begun."To ensure the security of our workforce, we...Read More

The following is an email sent to me this morning by my friend since 1980 Ray Langevin of Ste-Foy, Quebec. Ray is chastising me for suggesting that we may need corrections. He has hurt my feelings with his admonishment not because he may be totally correct but because he writes in English better than I can.KC, you see what may happen when you call me to tell me that the gold market has gone up too...Read More

The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), a subsidiary of DMCC, facilitated three separate tenders that were issued by Rappaport, Stargems and Trans Atlantic Gem Sales (TAGS). On offer were both rough and polished diamonds. "It has been a challenging year for the diamond industry overall. However, the success of these tenders shows that there remains healthy demand for rough diamonds if the quality and pr...Read More

On occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Orapa Letlhakane and Damtshaa mines, Botswana's Weekend Post interviewed Bakani Motlhabani, General Manager of Debswana, the firm that manages, among others, the famous Orapa Mine, one of the world's largest diamond mines. Debswana 50 year's celebrations were hosted at its Gaborone head office. In his remarks, Motlhabani explained that dia...Read More

Jewelers of America (JA), held its first National Convention, an education-focused executive forum for jewelry professionals, on July 28-29, 2019, at the InterContinental New York Barclay in New York City. The event Convention featured four dynamic keynote speakers, thought provoking breakout sessions, an informative Diamond Detection Lab and interactive Retail Innovation Lab. Attendees came from...Read More

Thickened tailings deposition for closureSPONSOREDsrk consultingNew mineral sands miner polishes its ImageSPONSOREDimage resourcesAustralian Vanadium targets growing energy-storage and steel marketsSPONSOREDaustralian vanadiumSaturn's high-grade discovery gives Apollo Hill a rocketSPONSOREDsaturn metalsThe miner was intending to make a construction decision for the project this year and had ap...Read More

Thickened tailings deposition for closureSPONSOREDsrk consultingNew mineral sands miner polishes its ImageSPONSOREDimage resourcesAustralian Vanadium targets growing energy-storage and steel marketsSPONSOREDaustralian vanadiumSaturn's high-grade discovery gives Apollo Hill a rocketSPONSOREDsaturn metalsANZ, which produces a regular metal commentary called Commodity Call, said in the latest edi...Read More

Porgera's current lease expires on August 16.Barrick said on Friday the country's National Court had ruled the provisions of the 1992 Mining Act applied to Porgera, which meant the mine could continue operating while its application for a 20-year extension was being considered. The mine is operated by Barrick Niugini, a joint venture between Barrick and Zijin Mining, and Mineral Resources Eng...Read More

Recently, I referenced billionaire hedge fund titan Ray Dalio and the paradigm shift underway in the gold space.You can read Mr. Dalio's piece here.Here are some key points from the piece.Mr. Dalio explained - as I've said for years - that central banks have been lowering interest rates and doing quantitative easing (i.e., printing money and buying financial assets) in ways that are unsustainable....Read More

It's happened several times in the last couple of months - someone approaches me, clipboard in hand, and asks if I'm a California voter. Then, barely waiting for my response, they start asking me to sign a petition related to rent control.The first time it happened, at my local organic market in Santa Barbara, I just politely said "no thanks."The most recent time, at a professional women's surfing...Read More

The World Gold Council reported that central bank buying and healthy ETF inflows were the driving forces behind gold demand throughout the first half of 2019. Growth during the first half in jewelry demand was largely the product of a more positive environment for Indian consumers. Shifts in bar and coin investment were very much price-related: as the gold price powered its way to multi-year highs...Read More

The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) reported that for the second quarter of the year the Fancy Color Diamond Index (FCDI) indicated a decrease of 0.1 percent in overall prices of fancy color diamonds. Pink diamonds continued to rise, while prices of blues and yellows declined. Comparing this quarter to the corresponding quarter in 2018, Pink diamonds showed an upturn of 0.4 percent in for t...Read More