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

Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) is putting the finishing touches on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Toroparu gold project in Guyana that rescopes the project's prefeasibility study (PFS), and includes a third gold pit. It aims to table the study in a couple of months."All we're really doing is building this same concept, the same conceptual operating plan that we ha...Read More

Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) is putting the finishing touches on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Toroparu gold project in Guyana that rescopes the project's prefeasibility study (PFS), and includes a third gold pit. It aims to table the study in a couple of months."All we're really doing is building this same concept, the same conceptual operating plan that we ha...Read More

Sandspring Resources (TSXV: SSP; US-OTC: SSPXF) is putting the finishing touches on a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Toroparu gold project in Guyana that rescopes the project's prefeasibility study (PFS), and includes a third gold pit. It aims to table the study in a couple of months."All we're really doing is building this same concept, the same conceptual operating plan that we ha...Read More

The office of Guinean President Alpha Conde is assuming oversight of the West African nation's state-owned mining company in a move that will hand him more authority over the country's holdings in some of the world's biggest bauxite deposits.The Presidency will take command of Societe Guinneenne du Patrimoine Minier, known by its French acronym Soguipami, from the mines ministry, according to a de...Read More

Anglo American Plc (LON:AAL) has hired three investment banks to fend off a potential takeover bid from the billionaire owner of Vedanta Resources Ltd (LON:VED), Anil Agarwal, the Telegraph reported, citing unidentified people.Agarwal has previously stated he had no intention to take over the miner, but bankers think he is now working with adviser JP Morgan Chase & Co to help finance a bid as soon...Read More

Anglo American Plc (LON:AAL) has hired three investment banks to fend off a potential takeover bid from the billionaire owner of Vedanta Resources Ltd (LON:VED), Anil Agarwal, the Telegraph reported, citing unidentified people.Agarwal has previously stated he had no intention to take over the miner, but bankers think he is now working with adviser JP Morgan Chase & Co to help finance a bid as soon...Read More

Vanadium redox flow batteries or VRFB are capable of providing free energy to power-deprived communities for more than to two years without hitches, a brief issued by VSUN Energy states.The Perth-based company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian Vanadium (ASX: AVL), followed up with one of its first customers, the Stuart family from a farming town in Western Australia, and learned that for th...Read More

Vanadium redox flow batteries or VRFB are capable of providing free energy to power-deprived communities for more than to two years without hitches, a brief issued by VSUN Energy states.The Perth-based company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian Vanadium (ASX: AVL), followed up with one of its first customers, the Stuart family from a farming town in Western Australia, and learned that for th...Read More

Researchers from Kent Business School published a paper this week in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research where they state that increased demand for solar panels causes silver prices to spike.The researchers say that if silver prices go way too high, other materials such as copper and aluminium may start to be used in the development of solar panels.After analyzing a series of...Read More

Researchers from Kent Business School published a paper this week in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research where they state that increased demand for solar panels causes silver prices to spike.The researchers say that if silver prices go way too high, other materials such as copper and aluminium may start to be used in the development of solar panels.After analyzing a series of...Read More

Researchers from Kent Business School published a paper this week in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research where they state that increased demand for solar panels causes silver prices to spike.The researchers say that if silver prices go way too high, other materials such as copper and aluminium may start to be used in the development of solar panels.After analyzing a series of...Read More

Less than a week after agreements were signed and protesters lifted a blockade impeding trucks from bringing copper into the markets from MMG's Las Bambas, there are threats of a new rally just outside the mine.On Saturday, the president of the Nueva Fuerabamba community, Gregorio Rojas, told local media that he is willing to organize a new blockade if the government doesn't archive the criminal c...Read More

Less than a week after agreements were signed and protesters lifted a blockade impeding trucks from bringing copper into the markets from MMG's Las Bambas, there are threats of a new rally just outside the mine.On Saturday, the president of the Nueva Fuerabamba community, Gregorio Rojas, told local media that he is willing to organize a new blockade if the government doesn't archive the criminal c...Read More

Less than a week after agreements were signed and protesters lifted a blockade impeding trucks from bringing copper into the markets from MMG's Las Bambas, there are threats of a new rally just outside the mine.On Saturday, the president of the Nueva Fuerabamba community, Gregorio Rojas, told local media that he is willing to organize a new blockade if the government doesn't archive the criminal c...Read More

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Use gold to protect any IRA, 401(k), or retirement account from a looming financial crisis. Every American needs to learn how to protect and secure their retirement against the worst stock market crash in history, and this IRA/401KInvestment Guide 2019 is one way the average American can help protect their investments in the event of a crisis.Jim Rickards is the nation's most vocal and intellig...Read More

De Beers Group announced that Nancy Liu will become the new Forevermark CEO, stepping up from her current role as COO and taking over the day to day responsibility for the diamond brand. Stephen Lussier will continue to oversee the strategic role Forevermark plays within the Group's brand portfolio as Forevermark Chairman. "This is a moment of great opportunity for diamonds. As symbols of nature,...Read More

On April 23, the 13th OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains will take place in Paris, France. The World Diamond Council (WDC) will be an active participant at the event and during the event the Ad Hoc Committee of the Kimberley Process (KP) will also meet.In a blog, WDC Stephane Fischler emphasized the increasing importance of the OECD forum to the mineral extraction industry, noting tha...Read More

According to the South African publication the Sunday Telegraph, Anglo American, the parent company of the De Beers Group, has mobilized no less than three investment banks - Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Centerview - to help thwart a hostile takeover bid from the well-known mining tycoon Anil Agarwal. Agarwal currently holds 20 percent of Anglo American, by means of his holding comp...Read More