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

Shares in Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) jumped more than 8% on Friday after the miner announced it had dug up a 425.1 carat, D-colour, Type II gem quality diamond at its iconic Cullinan mine in South Africa.The discovery comes less than a month after Petra found a 100.83 carat gem-quality white diamond at the same mine, source of the world's biggest-ever diamond, which was unearthed in 1905.Earlier in...Read More

Shares in Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) jumped more than 8% on Friday after the miner announced it had dug up a 425.1 carat, D-colour, Type II gem quality diamond at its iconic Cullinan mine in South Africa.The discovery comes less than a month after Petra found a 100.83 carat gem-quality white diamond at the same mine, source of the world's biggest-ever diamond, which was unearthed in 1905.Earlier in...Read More

Federal mine safety officials have cited an Idaho-based company for inadequate safety controls at a gold mine it operates in northeast Nevada where a worker was killed in an underground collapse in October.Read full newsRead More

Now Sibanye will wind down Driefontein's operations within 10 years, with plans to cut thousands of jobs as it shuts unprofitable shafts.South Africa's gold industry employs just over 100,000 people, less than a fifth of the number that used to drive the apartheid economy.With most of the nation'Read full newsRead More

The amount of gold in proven and probable reserves at Guyana Goldfields' (TSX: GUY) Aurora mine in Guyana has been lowered 1.69 million oz., compared with estimates a year ago, based on "a new and more appropriate mine model," the company says.Total proven and probable reserves in open-pit and underground categories at the end of 2018 stand at 2.27 million oz. gold (in 26.95 million tonnes grading...Read More

Shanta, which will keep 51% ownership and operate the project, decided to raise equity via an IPO after receiving encouraging feedback from recent investor roadshows in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.It has already submitted the IPO prospectus to the DSE and Tanzanian Capital Markets and Securities Authority, with completion expected to take between six and 12 months.The funds will be used to finance...Read More

Stornoway Diamond's Renard diamond mine in Quebec. Source: Stornoway Diamond Corp.Stornoway Diamond Corp. [SWY-TSX; SWYDF-OTC] is facing a liquidity shortfall this year unless diamond prices recover from current levels.It is a scenario which could have negative implications for Stornoway's share price, which was down 34.4% or $0.055 to 10.5 cents on Friday March 29 in heavy trading volume of 10....Read More

Mount Vesuvius, possibly the world's best known volcano has erupted at least three dozen times since 79 A.D. (Oregon State University : Volcano World) [1]Lava lies inside dormant yet festering under a seemingly unmoving platform until often without warning, when optimal conditions present themselves, it spews up with a mighty force making its' presence known. The lava creates a random path like...Read More

The Accredited Gemologists Association announced the presenters of its AGA Las Vegas Conference that will take place on Friday, May 31, 2019 at the Westin Las Vegas.     A regular at AGA conferences, GIA's Shane McClure will be talking about "Detecting Heat Treatment Levels in Corundum." McClure, a recipient of the Antonio C. Bonanno Award for Excellence in Gemology (2007), will tel...Read More

Firestone Diamonds announced its interim results of its Liqhobong mine for the six months ended 31 December 2018. The company recovered 465, 680 carats, among which was the mine's largest diamond found to date, a 326-carat light yellow makeable stone.  The aerage value per carat realized was $71, somewhat lower than in the parallel period in 2018. The lower price per carat is the result...Read More

London-listed Petra Diamonds has recovered a 425.10 ct D-colour Type II gem-quality diamond at its Cullinan mine, in South Africa."The recovery further demonstrates the prevalence of these types of stones in the Cullinan orebody, as well as the ability of the mine's plant to recover the full spectrum of diamonds," the company said in a statement on Friday.AdvertisementIt expects the...Read More

In an interview with Mining Review Africa.  Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group, reiterated the company's focus on its African portfolio.   "Mining in Africa is at the core of our business, just as it always has been, and just as it will be in future. While Venetia is currently our only mine in South Africa, it is one of the world's only Tier 1 assets. With our US$2 billion investment t...Read More

Baselworld closed its doors on Wednesday, March 26. Michel Loris-Melikoff, Managing Director of Baselworld, concluded the show's closing press conference  saying: "Baselworld 2019 is now history, and we look forward to 2020."   Noting that 2019 was a year of transition for Baselworld, Melikoff reported that 520 brands had exhibited at Baselworld 2019. This year's show was attended by 81,...Read More

The low price environment in which the Renard diamond mine began its operations two years ago is continuing to affect the company operating the Quebec-based mine, with Stornoway Diamonds ending 2018 in the red.The listed diamond miner on Thursday reported a net loss of C$329.4-million, or C$0.39 a share, on lower revenue of C$165.5-million. This compares with a net loss of C$144.22-million in 2017...Read More

Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe company aims to leverage the "structural investments" it is making via the New Mine Level project that will start operation in 2023 to ensure the mine has decades more life while maintaining current production levels. A new round of investments is being studied to both increase production...Read More

I have always been a collector of things.When I was younger, I focused on coins ... comic books ... action figures ... baseball cards ... and all the other typical stuff 10-year-old boys like.Since then, I've gotten into guitars, surfboards, vintage skateboards, wine, and even rare sneakers.I've made money on just about every one of those things over the years while having fun along the way.And wh...Read More

In January, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) reported a 22-metre intercept of 13.05% copper at a 2% cut-off in a shallow, flat-lying discovery sitting within 190 metres of surface at Kamoa North, an exploration area on the company's Kamoa-Kakula mining licence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The drill hole - 1450 - is 18 km north of the Kamoa-Kakula project's planned initial m...Read More

Just a few months after finishing a nine-hole, 1,600-metre drill program at its Gumsberg zinc-silver-lead project in Sweden, Boreal Metals (TSXV: BMX) has begun drilling the project again.The campaign, which began in mid-March, will see Boreal drill an additional 1,500 metres at the volcanogenic massive sulphide project (VMS) to test a variety of shallow targets. Though the company has eight base...Read More

Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds has determined that the proposed Cut 3 life-of-mine expansion at its 75%-owned Liqhobong mine, in Lesotho, is not currently economically viable.The Cut 3 expansion project would have increased the life of the mine by three years and result in 40% more carats compared with the current eight-year mine life.AdvertisementHowever, the company this week said that, at the cu...Read More

Eastern promise for PolarXSPONSOREDpolarxAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsAn updated technical report said the company planned to expand the project from 85 million tonnes per year to 100Mtpy from 2023. The expanded throughput involves the earlier development of the adjacent Colina pit, the addition of a ninth mill, an expanded mining equipment fleet, additional co...Read More