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

British bank Barclays and hedge fund Red Kite Group have settled a legal dispute in which the fund accused the bank of manipulating the copper market and causing it to lose money."Legal proceedings between the Red Kite group as Claimants and Barclays Bank PLC as Defendant have been concluded on mutually acceptable terms," Barclays said in a statement on Thursday, without giving details of the sett...Read More

British bank Barclays and hedge fund Red Kite Group have settled a legal dispute in which the fund accused the bank of manipulating the copper market and causing it to lose money."Legal proceedings between the Red Kite group as Claimants and Barclays Bank PLC as Defendant have been concluded on mutually acceptable terms," Barclays said in a statement on Thursday, without giving details of the sett...Read More

AG Barr will hold a press conference right as the stock market opensDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading modestly above fair value ahead of a busy day on Wall Street. In addition to a stronger-than-expected rise in March retail sales and another notable drop in weekly jobless claims -- which fell to their lowest level since September 1969 last week -- traders are also digesting a...Read More

The world's top diamond producer by output, Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), announced this week the launching of diamond production at its Zarya pipe in Yakutia, eastern Russia.The new 300-meter deep deposit, operated by the Aikhal Mining and Processing Division and which started to be prepared for mining in 2016, is expected to have a mine life of over 10 years.To prepare the Zarya pipe, 14 million cubic mete...Read More

Newmont Mining's $10 billion acquisition of Canada's Goldcorp closed Thursday, giving rise to Newmont Goldcorp Corporation (NYSE: NEM)(TSX: NGT), the world's largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves.The mammoth company, to be led by Gary Goldberg until the end of the year, will mine in the Americas, Australia and Ghana, producing between 6 and 7 million ounces of gold annually o...Read More

Newmont Mining's $10 billion acquisition of Canada's Goldcorp closed Thursday, giving rise to Newmont Goldcorp Corporation (NYSE: NEM)(TSX: NGT), the world's largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves.The mammoth company, to be led by Gary Goldberg until the end of the year, will mine in the Americas, Australia and Ghana, producing between 6 and 7 million ounces of gold annually o...Read More

South Africa's Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) has found yet another big rock at its iconic Cullinan mine, the third coloured diamond over 100-carats since March that has been unearthed at the operation.It is the third Type II D-colour gem-quality diamond weighing more than 100 carats recovered at Cullinan since MarchThe 209.9 carat, D colour, Type II gem-quality diamond is also the fourth such stone d...Read More

South Africa's Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) has found yet another big rock at its iconic Cullinan mine, the third coloured diamond over 100-carats since March that has been unearthed at the operation.It is the third Type II D-colour gem-quality diamond weighing more than 100 carats recovered at Cullinan since MarchThe 209.9 carat, D colour, Type II gem-quality diamond is also the fourth such stone d...Read More

This new book is a must-read for the business-minded.A shocking new book is making its way through the academic, financial, and economic circles in America.According to one interview, it even became the #2 book in all of China!This book has become so popular because it identifies a big change in the U.S.'sfuture... which could inevitably lead to the fall of several of the most powerful tech compa...Read More

Niron Metals, an investment vehicle co-founded and headed by the former Xstrata boss Mick Davis, has signed an MOU with Liberia which will allow Niron to use a rail and port to export iron ore from Guinea's Zogota deposit, previously owned by BSG Resources (BSGR).Gaining access to the shipping route, the same one Guinea vetoed for years for the much larger Simandou project, could help Davis bring...Read More

Vancouver, British Columbia, April 18, 2019 - FinCanna Capital Corp. ("FinCanna") (CSE: CALI), (OTCQB: FNNZF), a royalty company for the U.S. licensed cannabis industry is pleased to provide an update of its portfolio company QVI, Inc. which stands for Quality, Value, Integrity, doing business as "The Galley", a cannabis infused product manufacturer located in Sonoma County, California.QVI's imme...Read More

We all know that legal cannabis markets are booming and pot is increasingly being accepted into our society. There seem to be countless advertisements courting subscribers to this or that service for marijuana penny stocks that have, allegedly, doubled or tripled in price. But you need to be careful and treat any advertisements touting great investment performance with a grain of salt. I shouldn&r...Read More

Australia-based copper miner Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) was one of the market risers on the benchmark S&P/ASX200 in afternoon trade.It was up more than 3% as it strengthened its full-year copper and gold guidance and said its feasibility study for the Black Butte copper project in the US was progressing well.Headed in the opposite direction, Galaxy Resources (ASX: GXY) was hammered ahead of...Read More

Gold production from the operation rose 26.7% year-on-year to 22,374 ounces at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of US$701 per ounce, down from $776/oz a year ago.Read More

A Brixton geologist examines a rock sample at the Atlin Project in northwest British Columbia. Source: Brixton Metals Corp.Brixton Metals Corp. [BBB-TSXV; BXTMF-OTC] said Thursday April 18 that it has started exploration work at its wholly-owned Atlin goldfields project near the town of Atlin in northwestern British Columbia, and within the traditional territory of the Taku River Tlingit First Nat...Read More

B2Gold's Fekola mine in Mali, West Africa. Source: B2Gold Corp.B2Gold Corp. [BTO-TSX; BTG-NYSE] is off to a good start in 2019 after posting better than expected production in the first quarter. First quarter gold production of 230,859 was 6% above budget and driven by strong results from the company's Fekola mine in Mali, West Africa.Consolidated gold revenue in the first quarter was $302 million...Read More

Nevada Copper's Pumpkin Hollow Project near Yerington, Nevada. Source: Nevada Copper Corp.Nevada Copper Corp. [NCU-TSX] has announced the results of a pre-feasibility study for an open pit mine at its 100%-owned, fully permitted Pumpkin Hollow Project 100 miles southeast of Reno, near Yerington, Nevada.Pumpkin Hollow is a high-grade skarn/iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposit located within a porp...Read More

Alrosa reported the results for its diamond production during the first quarter of 2019. The company mined and processed 7.8 million carats, an increase of 18 percent compared to the first quarter of 2018.  Alrosa sold 10.6 million carats for $1billion, an increase of 19 percent for the quarter. The average diamond recovery per ton was 1.23 carat. Of the 10.6 million carats sold, some 7.9 mi...Read More

Petra Diamonds confirmed that it recovered a 209.9 carat D colour Type II gem quality diamond at its Cullinan Diamond Mine on April 18, 2019. This is the third +100ct Type II D colour gem quality diamond recovered since March 2019, and the fourth such stone in the current financial year. Petra noted in a statement that this recovery "again demonstrates the prevalence of these types of stones in th...Read More

The Okavango Diamond Company (ODC) revealed a unique polished  blue diamond weighing over 20 carats,  the biggest blue diamond discovery ever made in Botswana. GIA graded the 20.46-carat gem as a type IIb, Fancy Deep Blue, oval brilliant cut, VVS2. The diamond was discovered at Botswana's Orapa mine as a 41.11-carat rough stone. Its unique and vibrant blue color is the result of the inc...Read More