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

GABORONE - Botswana's Debswana Diamond Mining, a joint venture between De Beers and the southern Africa country's government, aims to keep production at around 24 million carats this year, its managing director said on Friday.Debswana lifted diamond output by 6 percent to a four-year high of 24.1 million carats in 2018, buoyed by strong demand from the United States, China and India."I see the yea...Read More

GABORONE - Botswana's Debswana Diamond Mining, a joint venture between De Beers and the southern Africa country's government, aims to keep production at around 24 million carats this year, its managing director said on Friday.Debswana lifted diamond output by 6 percent to a four-year high of 24.1 million carats in 2018, buoyed by strong demand from the United States, China and India."I see the yea...Read More

Runruno mine manager looking at new Nomad and US$44M debt due at the end of MarchRead full newsRead More

The headset maker is headed toward its worst day since January 2018The shares of Turtle Beach Corp (NASDAQ:HEAR) are sinking this morning, after the headset maker said it expects current-quarter adjusted earnings to arrive below the consensus estimate. The company also said it was purchasing high-end computer accessories firm Roccat. This is offsetting fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beats, wi...Read More

RUSTENBURG - South Africa's labour court has rejected a request by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to hold an industry-wide strike covering the platinum and gold sectors, Anglogold Ashanti, Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin said on Friday.AMCU has been on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations since mid-November in a pay dispute. It wanted to extend the strike...Read More

RUSTENBURG - South Africa's labour court has rejected a request by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to hold an industry-wide strike covering the platinum and gold sectors, Anglogold Ashanti, Anglo American Platinum and Lonmin said on Friday.AMCU has been on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations since mid-November in a pay dispute. It wanted to extend the strike...Read More

New coverage was initiated on AMGN and GILDBrokerage firm BMO just began coverage on Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), expecting major upside from both stocks. Let's take a closer look at the bull notes, along with other notable options data on AMGN and GILD shares. For AMGN, BMO issued an "outperform" rating and $228 price target. This represents all-time-high ter...Read More

Today is quadruple witching FridayDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are more than 130 points above fair value this morning, thanks to encouraging U.S-China trade developments. More specifically, following yesterday's reports the two countries postponed a high-level trade meeting originally slated for later this month, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expressed optimism that a deal will be done...Read More

Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) announced Friday that the $245-milion power station project for its Tanami gold mine in northern Australia had been completed.The world's No.2 gold and copper producer, which has fully owned and operated the mine since 2002, said the project included the installation of two power stations, a 66 kV interconnected power line, and a 450 km natural gas pipeline.Newm...Read More

Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) announced Friday that the $245-milion power station project for its Tanami gold mine in northern Australia had been completed.The world's No.2 gold and copper producer, which has fully owned and operated the mine since 2002, said the project included the installation of two power stations, a 66 kV interconnected power line, and a 450 km natural gas pipeline.Newm...Read More

Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) announced Friday that the $245-milion power station project for its Tanami gold mine in northern Australia had been completed.The world's No.2 gold and copper producer, which has fully owned and operated the mine since 2002, said the project included the installation of two power stations, a 66 kV interconnected power line, and a 450 km natural gas pipeline.Newm...Read More

Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) announced Friday that the $245-milion power station project for its Tanami gold mine in northern Australia had been completed.The world's No.2 gold and copper producer, which has fully owned and operated the mine since 2002, said the project included the installation of two power stations, a 66 kV interconnected power line, and a 450 km natural gas pipeline.Newm...Read More

Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has recovered an 83.9 carat diamond from its recently commissioned Mothae mine in Lesotho, Africa.The stone is the fourth diamond over 50 carats the company has recovered to date at its 70%-owned Mothae operation.While the find was not gem-quality, Lucapa says it continues to underline the large-stone nature of the kimberlite resource.Commercial production at...Read More

Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has recovered an 83.9 carat diamond from its recently commissioned Mothae mine in Lesotho, Africa.The stone is the fourth diamond over 50 carats the company has recovered to date at its 70%-owned Mothae operation.While the find was not gem-quality, Lucapa says it continues to underline the large-stone nature of the kimberlite resource.Commercial production at...Read More

Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has recovered an 83.9 carat diamond from its recently commissioned Mothae mine in Lesotho, Africa.The stone is the fourth diamond over 50 carats the company has recovered to date at its 70%-owned Mothae operation.While the find was not gem-quality, Lucapa says it continues to underline the large-stone nature of the kimberlite resource.Commercial production at...Read More

Artificial intelligence may revolutionize trading.Sometimes watching the market can feel like riding a roller coaster.Many investors feel glued to the news, watching the market rise and fall hundreds of points, day after day, week after week.But savvy traders know these market conditions mean huge profit potential for anyone that knows how to trade them.And one "secret" that more and more traders...Read More

Black Iron (TSX: BKI) announced this week that Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has developed a plan to transfer to another area the parcel of land originally sought by the company as the location of a processing plant, tailings and waste rock for its Shymanivske iron ore project.In a press release, the Toronto-based company said the parcel of land proposed by state officials in September 2018 was de...Read More

Canada's Warrior Gold (TSX-V: WAR) started a drilling campaign this week at its Goodfish Kirana project in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.The property is located approximately 6 kilometres north of the Cadillac Larder Lake Fault Zone in Kirkland Lake and, according to Warrior, hosts numerous gold showings, pits, shafts and several historical underground workings.The exploration program in progress involve...Read More

Canada's Warrior Gold (TSX-V: WAR) started a drilling campaign this week at its Goodfish Kirana project in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.The property is located approximately 6 kilometres north of the Cadillac Larder Lake Fault Zone in Kirkland Lake and, according to Warrior, hosts numerous gold showings, pits, shafts and several historical underground workings.The exploration program in progress involve...Read More

Anglo American Platinum Ltd. is giving hundreds of hectares of land to communities living in a South African area that's rich with the ore as the nation's ruling party seeks to introduce laws that make it easier to expropriate land without paying for it.The world's top platinum supplier is handing over 270 hectares (667 acres) of land to people living in Rustenburg, about 140 kilometers (86 miles)...Read More