The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

Newmont Goldcorp Corp said on Tuesday it had suspended payments and social progr...Read full newsRead More

Cache Exploration (TSX-V:CAY) announced the acquisition of a 100% mineral interest in a gold project in Mali, West Africa.In a press release, Cache said that it signed a definitive agreement with private vendor Rachid Mogabgab and that the acquisition includes an estimated $250,000 in mining equipment previously utilized at the project.To go ahead with the deal, the Vancouver-based firm has to iss...Read More

Cache Exploration (TSX-V:CAY) announced the acquisition of a 100% mineral interest in a gold project in Mali, West Africa.In a press release, Cache said that it signed a definitive agreement with private vendor Rachid Mogabgab and that the acquisition includes an estimated $250,000 in mining equipment previously utilized at the project.To go ahead with the deal, the Vancouver-based firm has to iss...Read More

Cache Exploration (TSX-V:CAY) announced the acquisition of a 100% mineral interest in a gold project in Mali, West Africa.In a press release, Cache said that it signed a definitive agreement with private vendor Rachid Mogabgab and that the acquisition includes an estimated $250,000 in mining equipment previously utilized at the project.To go ahead with the deal, the Vancouver-based firm has to iss...Read More

Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) made public this week the 2019 exploration plans for its flagship Treaty Creek project, located in the Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said the primary exploration target within Treaty Creek is the Goldstorm system."From the southwest corner of the Treaty Creek claims, which are bordering Seabridge's claims, the...Read More

Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) made public this week the 2019 exploration plans for its flagship Treaty Creek project, located in the Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said the primary exploration target within Treaty Creek is the Goldstorm system."From the southwest corner of the Treaty Creek claims, which are bordering Seabridge's claims, the...Read More

Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) made public this week the 2019 exploration plans for its flagship Treaty Creek project, located in the Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said the primary exploration target within Treaty Creek is the Goldstorm system."From the southwest corner of the Treaty Creek claims, which are bordering Seabridge's claims, the...Read More

While demand for electric vehicles (EVs) continues to soar, investment in companies mining for the so-called battery metals is lagging far behind, which may trigger an upcoming global shortage of those minerals, a Tesla executive has warned.The EVs manufacturer pioneer, Reuters reports, has also said it believed that prices for key elements in the making of rechargeable batteries, including cobal...Read More

While demand for electric vehicles (EVs) continues to soar, investment in companies mining for the so-called battery metals is lagging far behind, which may trigger an upcoming global shortage of those minerals, a Tesla executive has warned.The EVs manufacturer pioneer, Reuters reports, has also said it believed that prices for key elements in the making of rechargeable batteries, including cobal...Read More

Canada's Hudbay Minerals' (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has settled a long-dragged out boardroom battle with its second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, which had been pushing for replacing the miner's chief executive officer and overhaul the board.The announcement comes two weeks after Waterton, which holds about 12% of Hudbay, filed a lawsuit against the base metals producer, in a bid...Read More

Canada's Hudbay Minerals' (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has settled a long-dragged out boardroom battle with its second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, which had been pushing for replacing the miner's chief executive officer and overhaul the board.The announcement comes two weeks after Waterton, which holds about 12% of Hudbay, filed a lawsuit against the base metals producer, in a bid...Read More

Canada's Hudbay Minerals' (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has settled a long-dragged out boardroom battle with its second-largest investor, Waterton Global Resource Management, which had been pushing for replacing the miner's chief executive officer and overhaul the board.The announcement comes two weeks after Waterton, which holds about 12% of Hudbay, filed a lawsuit against the base metals producer, in a bid...Read More

Newmont Goldcorp Corp said on Tuesday it had suspended payments and social progr...Read full newsRead More

Investing.com - Gold prices traded near flat on Friday in Asia as traders remained cautious after the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rate decision unchanged.Gold futures for June delivery, traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, was largely unchanged at $1,272.85 per ounce.The yellow metal recorded its biggest one-day percentage decline in more than two...Read More

SQM has $1.3 billion in debt and while it has just $8 million of debt maturing this year, it has $265 million of debt maturing in 2020, $15 million in both 2021 and 2022 and $385 million in 2023.SQM produces 70,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate and 13,500tpy of lithium hydroxide from its Salar de Atacama operations in Chile, as well as other chemicals, helping it to net income of $439.8 mil...Read More

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) will host a panel discussion entitled "Embracing Sustainability Amid New Consumer Expectations," at the JCK Las Vegas Show on Friday, May 31, at 12:00 p.m. The panel will be moderated by Susan Jacques, GIA president and CEO and five experts will address the need for sustainability in day-to-day operations of small and large companies in the gem and jewelr...Read More

"Mother's Day spending has been growing consistently over the past several years, and this year's spending is expected to be the highest in the 16-year history of our survey," NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. "Consumers are excited to celebrate all the moms in their lives, and retailers are ready to inspire consumers with unique gift options." While the number of people celebrating Mo...Read More

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsExploration spend over the past 10 years totalled US$25.8 billion, well above the $15.4 billion allocated from 1990 to 2008. Yet, that spend yielded 102.4 million tonnes of copper in 21 major discoveries, compared with 992.5Mt in 199 discoveries in the preceding 19 years."Even after adjusting for copper in recently identified deposi...Read More

Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsIt processed 364,176 tonnes of ore through the Nugget Pond copper and gold milling facility at a feed grade of 1.24% copper and 0.57g/t gold.Read More

The annual contribution limit to all of your traditional and Roth IRAs for 2019 is $6,000, or $7,000 if you're age 50 or older. Your traditional IRA contributions may be tax-deductible. The concept being that you deduct contributions during your high-tax-rate years, let them grow tax-deferred, and withdraw them when your tax rate is lower.However, the deduction may be limited if you or your spouse...Read More