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
The global nickel market and its key growth sector, electric vehicle (EV) batteries, will face grave supply shortages unless key Chinese-led projects in Indonesia start up in a timely and cost-effective manner, analysts said on Thursday.The outlook, issued by delegates attending an industry gathering, comes after China's Tsingshan Group last year surprised the market with a low-cost estimate and s...Read More
The March PPI was released earlierDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are struggling for direction this morning, with traders taking a cautious stance before the start of first-quarter earnings season, which unofficially kicks off tomorrow with an onslaught of big bank earnings. At last check, the blue-chip index was signaling a modestly higher open, after the Wall Street Journal indicated...Read More
Securing enough nickel is a major worry for electric vehicle firms, an executive from Chinese electric car and battery maker BYD Co Ltd said on Thursday, adding that the company would welcome joint ventures that help guarantee supply. Nickel is one of several metals that are key components of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. A shift in battery chemistry towards higher nickel content, which would a...Read More
Shareholders in US gold giant Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) have almost unanimously approved the miner's proposed $10B takeover of Canada's Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG), a deal that creates the world's largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves, robbing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy.Almost 98% of the votes were in favour of the transaction, which was first announced in Ja...Read More
Shareholders in US gold giant Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) have almost unanimously approved the miner's proposed $10B takeover of Canada's Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG), a deal that creates the world's largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves, robbing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy.Almost 98% of the votes were in favour of the transaction, which was first announced in Ja...Read More
Australia's Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews, announced the approval of a Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) at Curtin University in Perth. Andrews also said her office will commit A$25 million in funding.CRC is a national collaboration between 58 industry, government and research partners, together pitching in additional A$28 million. T...Read More
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) issued a media statement announcing the Environmental Evaluation Service's approval of the drill work carried out on the company's Vizcachitas project in Chile during 2015-2017.Even though the campaign had already taken place, Los Andes Copper said it had to resort to the Environment Service office because, in April 2017, Chile's Superintendency of Environmental Affair...Read More
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) issued a media statement announcing the Environmental Evaluation Service's approval of the drill work carried out on the company's Vizcachitas project in Chile during 2015-2017.Even though the campaign had already taken place, Los Andes Copper said it had to resort to the Environment Service office because, in April 2017, Chile's Superintendency of Environmental Affair...Read More
Driven by need, tens of thousands of women are risking death, disease and sexual violence to scrape a living in the country's informal mining sectorRead full newsRead More
South African gold production shrank for a 17th straight month in February, the longest string of contractions since the financial crisis.Gold output fell 21 percent from a year earlier compared with a revised 23 percent drop in January, Pretoria-based Statistics South Africa said in a statement on its website Thursday. Production contracted for 29 months through January 2009.Key InsightsSouth Afr...Read More
West Africa-focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) disappointed investors after reporting Thursday a steep drop in first quarter gold production, with performance missing board targets.The Canadian gold producer churned out 45,098 ounces of the precious metal in the first three months of 2019, flat quarter-on-quarter, but 34% lower than in the same period a year earlier.Avesoro churne...Read More
West Africa-focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) disappointed investors after reporting Thursday a steep drop in first quarter gold production, with performance missing board targets.The Canadian gold producer churned out 45,098 ounces of the precious metal in the first three months of 2019, flat quarter-on-quarter, but 34% lower than in the same period a year earlier.Avesoro churne...Read More
West Africa-focused gold miner Avesoro Resources (TSX, AIM:ASO) disappointed investors after reporting Thursday a steep drop in first quarter gold production, with performance missing board targets.The Canadian gold producer churned out 45,098 ounces of the precious metal in the first three months of 2019, flat quarter-on-quarter, but 34% lower than in the same period a year earlier.Avesoro churne...Read More
Apr 09, 2019 (TheNewswire.ca via COMTEX) -- (via TheNewswire) VANCOUVER, CANADA / TheNewswire / April 9th, 2019 - Sitka Gold Corp. SIG (the...Read full newsRead More
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Vancouver, BC - Peekaboo Beans Inc (CSE:BEAN | OTCQB:PBBSF) (the "Company" or "Peekaboo Beans"), is pleased to announce the grand opening celebration of its flagship location on Sunday, April 14, 2019. The event will host some of Canada's biggest influencers and entertainers, along with contests and activities throughout the day.Peekaboo Beans' celebration will run from 11:00AM to 5:00PM at t...Read More
Carlo Alberto De Casa15 hours ago (Apr 10, 2019 9:27 AM GMT)But the bullion run-up has also been held back by the risk-on sentiment dominating markets and a greater investor appetite for risk, which has led to greater inflows of capital into the stock market and towards assets perceived as riskier, such as crude oil, which scored a substantial rally in the first quarter of 2019.So let’s exa...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxOrtonowski said in the event that copper concentrate flows from mines in Democratic Republic of Congo to smelters in Zambia were reduced, it would cut the amount of sulphuric acid produced by the smelters shipped to SXEW plants in both countries, potentially impacting their ability to produce copper cathodes."The 5% import duty will increase raw material co...Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxThe panel discussion looked at how a October 2018 position paper by the London Metals Exchange (LME) about responsible sourcing could be implemented.Read More
Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarx"Productora is half a mine.Read More