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

Canada's First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) responded to Panama's President-elect Laurentino Cortizo by issuing a media release stating that the extension of the contract to operate the Cobre Panam?? mine fulfills current laws and regulations and that its team should be allowed to work without legal uncertainties.The miner's communiqu?(C) was made public a day after Cortizo said his government would...Read More

Canada's First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) responded to Panama's President-elect Laurentino Cortizo by issuing a media release stating that the extension of the contract to operate the Cobre Panam?? mine fulfills current laws and regulations and that its team should be allowed to work without legal uncertainties.The miner's communiqu?(C) was made public a day after Cortizo said his government would...Read More

Rapaport published a report stating that diamond markets are under pressure as profit margins have tightened and the trade war with China has fueled uncertainty.The international firm revealed that the RapNet Diamond Index, known as RAPI, for 1-carat+ diamonds fell 0.7% in May and is down 1.7% since the beginning of the year.RAPI is the average asking price in hundred $/carat of the 10% best-price...Read More

Rapaport published a report stating that diamond markets are under pressure as profit margins have tightened and the trade war with China has fueled uncertainty.The international firm revealed that the RapNet Diamond Index, known as RAPI, for 1-carat+ diamonds fell 0.7% in May and is down 1.7% since the beginning of the year.RAPI is the average asking price in hundred $/carat of the 10% best-price...Read More

Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Signs with CDE.Coeur Mining Inc. (CDE) is strongly positioned to benefit from this trend for several reasons.First, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Thomas S. Whelan purchased 25,000 ordinary shares of the company for an average price ofRead full newsRead More

VANCOUVER, CANADA, Voleo Trading Systems Inc. (TRAD: TSX-V) ("Voleo", the "Company"), is pleased to announce the Company is participating in the 2019 Fidelity National Information Services ("FIS") Fintech Accelerator Program. As one of ten selected start-up companies taking part in the 12-week on-site mentorship program at The Venture Center, Voleo is benefitting from in-depth business suppor...Read More

Take advantage of the first amendment, and participate in a nation-wide poll.With the 2020 election growing ever closer, the country continues to be divided politically.From disputes about the appropriateness of displaying the Confederate flag, to rights for minorities, and the ever-growing concern about security at the U.S. border, the 2020 election promises to be contentious... if not the most c...Read More

Gold Fields said the sale of its 19.9% shareholdings in both gold and royalty streaming company Maverix, and ASX-listed miner Red 5, were completed at significant premiums to the look-through acquisition costs. It raised C$91.4 million (US$68 million) through a series of private market transactions over the past four weeks, led by Resolute Funds and Tocqueville Asset Management. Gold Fie...Read More

By Chaim Even-Zohar and Pranay Narvekar Last year the diamond pipeline pretty well succeeded in Faking the Diamond Dream.    Some of the largest companies discovered that defaulting on debts of hundreds of millions of dollars had become the new source of value. Lenders tried to recover lost value by suing clients - some of whom responded in kind. Court appointed forensic investigato...Read More

According to a 2016 report published by the US-based think tank Global Financial Integrity (GFI), the Indian government lost a staggering $13 billion to trade misinvoicing. This amount is equivalent to 5.5 percent of the value of the country's total revenue collections in 2016, the Economic Times of India reported. In 2016, almost two-thirds of Indian imports that appear to be most at risk fo...Read More

Alrosa, the world leader in diamond mining in volume, held an international auction for +10.8-carat rough diamonds in New York early this month. The company sold 101 gem-quality diamonds at a total weight of 1,550 carats. The auction netted Alrosa a total of $ 8.8 million. Some 90 companies, from Belgium, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Russia, the UAE and the USA participated in the auction. "Our aucti...Read More

Nompumelelo (Mpumi) Zikalala has hit the ground running as the newly appointed MD of De Beers Group Managed Operations in South Africa and Canada, which employ more than 5 500 people, including contractors. The focus of the De Beers Group Managed Operations leadership team is on the Venetia Mine, Gahcho Kué Mine and De Beers Marine. The streamlining of operational management and identificat...Read More

American jeweler to the stars Le Vian celebrated 20 years of its record-busting Chocolate Diamonds with a glittering retrospective catwalk, while raising almost $500,000 for children's and cancer charities. Le Vian models sashayed down the runway in a packed Las Vegas ballroom at the Venetian Hotel on Sunday, June 2, in a catwalk show that looked both to the past and the future, with an audie...Read More

The First Lady of the Republic of Botswana, Mrs. Neo Jane Masisi, opened the Forevermark company's annual breakfast held at JCK LUXURY, sharing the important role that diamonds have played in the story of her own life as well as for her country with Forevermark jeweler and manufacturing partners. "It is thanks to the enduring desire for the diamond dream and the revenues Botswana has subsequ...Read More

Having recently completed a large facility management project for diamond processing organisation the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) in Gaborone, Botswana, industrial rope-access specialist Skyriders has found a faster, more efficient way of conducting maintenance on site through rope access.The project, which was completed this month for DTC at its head offices, involved sorting out defective ligh...Read More

Signet Jewelers, one of the United States' leading retailers of diamond jewelry, filed its sixth consecutive Conflict Minerals Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Signet disclosed that its supply sources of gold from the Democratic Republic of The Congo (DRC) were guaranteed to be conflict free. The firm also reported it had "extended its 3TG diligence and reporting...Read More

Australia-based Lucapa Diamond Company has launched a $3.3.-million, 12-month exploration programme to locate the kimberlite source of the high-value alluvial diamonds that it currently mines at the Lulo mine, in Angola.The programme is based on a technical review of Lulo kimberlite exploration results to date, including those of the 2018 drilling programme, which confirmed a further 70 kimberlite...Read More

Alkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesThe court will determine whether to allow a referendum to ask the question, "are you in agreement with mining exploitation in the territories of the communities in the parishes of Lita, Carolina,Read More

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe major, which has been previously criticised by sections of the Australian resources sector for the paucity of information provided about Winu, revealed details from 11 diamond core drill holes.Read More

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsToronto-listed Lundin agreed to invest A$4.3 million in PolarX this week for 14.Read More