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

Roman Abramovich's sale of a stake in Russia's biggest mining company shows investor appetite for the country's assets is returning.Crispian Investments Ltd., a company controlled by Chelsea Football Club owner Abramovich and his partners, increased the size of the offering in MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC to 1.7 percent from the originally envisaged 1.25 percent because of the strength of demand. The s...Read More

Durable goods orders rose in January for the third straight monthDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are pointed cautiously higher this morning, trying to shake off headwinds from the controversy surrounding Boeing's (BA) 737 MAX 8 aircraft. Global tensions remain high, as Britain's parliament will vote later today on whether to leave the European Union (EU) without a Brexit deal. Futures...Read More

Six foreign-controlled miners operating in Indonesia, including PT Vale Indonesia and a unit of Australia's Newcrest Mining, intend to divest some of their shares "in the near future" to meet regulations, an Indonesian official said.According to Indonesian mining rules, foreign-controlled miners are required to gradually start reducing ownership after five years of production. Within 10 years, for...Read More

Six foreign-controlled miners operating in Indonesia, including PT Vale Indonesia and a unit of Australia's Newcrest Mining, intend to divest some of their shares "in the near future" to meet regulations, an Indonesian official said.According to Indonesian mining rules, foreign-controlled miners are required to gradually start reducing ownership after five years of production. Within 10 years, for...Read More

Six foreign-controlled miners operating in Indonesia, including PT Vale Indonesia and a unit of Australia's Newcrest Mining, intend to divest some of their shares "in the near future" to meet regulations, an Indonesian official said.According to Indonesian mining rules, foreign-controlled miners are required to gradually start reducing ownership after five years of production. Within 10 years, for...Read More

Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) has entered into a bought deal financing with Cantor Fitzgerald Canada to raise $10 million that will allow the miner to further advance its Pebble copper-gold-silver project in Alaska.The deal prices the company's shares at 64 Canadian cents, a 13.5% discount to the stock's price before the financing was announced.The Canadian miner has also granted the underwr...Read More

Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) has entered into a bought deal financing with Cantor Fitzgerald Canada to raise $10 million that will allow the miner to further advance its Pebble copper-gold-silver project in Alaska.The deal prices the company's shares at 64 Canadian cents, a 13.5% discount to the stock's price before the financing was announced.The Canadian miner has also granted the underwr...Read More

Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) has entered into a bought deal financing with Cantor Fitzgerald Canada to raise $10 million that will allow the miner to further advance its Pebble copper-gold-silver project in Alaska.The deal prices the company's shares at 64 Canadian cents, a 13.5% discount to the stock's price before the financing was announced.The Canadian miner has also granted the underwr...Read More

This rare signal suggests otherwiseThe S&P 500 Index (SPX) has been ripping higher since Christmas. In fact, it's up 15% over the last 50 trading days, which is the best 50-day return in more than seven years. The obvious question is whether 15% in 50 days is too far, too fast? In other words, are we due for a pullback, or some sort of pause? This week, I'll look at the past to see how stocks perf...Read More

Brazil's government wants to enact rules that allow mining in indigenous reserves which occupy 13 percent of the country's territory and hopes it can get Congress to reconsider a decades-old proposal to do so, a Mines and Energy Ministry official told Reuters.Mining Secretary Alexandre Vidigal de Oliveira was asked to clarify comments made last week by Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque,...Read More

White Metal Resources (TSXV: WHM) announced this week that it signed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Seagull Lake palladium-platinum property from its partners Rainy Mountain Royalty and Canadian International Pharma Corp.Seagull Lake is located approximately 90 kilometres north-northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and consists of 133 claim cells totalling approximately 2128 h...Read More

Shares in Africa-focused Gem Diamonds (LON:GEMD) took a hit on Wednesday as the miner disappointed investors by withholding its full-year dividend, citing uncertainty about the global diamond industry as one of the main reasons.The London-listed miner, which reported a sharp increase in annual profit thanks to record recoveries of large diamonds, said it had decided to strengthen its balance shee...Read More

Shares in Africa-focused Gem Diamonds (LON:GEMD) took a hit on Wednesday as the miner disappointed investors by withholding its full-year dividend, citing uncertainty about the global diamond industry as one of the main reasons.The London-listed miner, which reported a sharp increase in annual profit thanks to record recoveries of large diamonds, said it had decided to strengthen its balance shee...Read More

Barrick Gold ended an $18 billion Newmont Mining hostile bid in favor of a Nevada joint venture. Barrick Gold stock rose; Newmont Mining stock fell.Read full newsRead More

Pakistan's military is taking a key role in the development of one of the world's biggest untapped copper and gold deposits, which is currently stalled by a multi-billion dollar legal wrangle with foreign mining firms, multiple sources familiar with the situation said.The Reko Diq mine has become a test case for Prime Minister Imran Khan's ability to attract serious foreign investment to Pakistan...Read More

Pakistan's military is taking a key role in the development of one of the world's biggest untapped copper and gold deposits, which is currently stalled by a multi-billion dollar legal wrangle with foreign mining firms, multiple sources familiar with the situation said.The Reko Diq mine has become a test case for Prime Minister Imran Khan's ability to attract serious foreign investment to Pakistan...Read More

Pakistan's military is taking a key role in the development of one of the world's biggest untapped copper and gold deposits, which is currently stalled by a multi-billion dollar legal wrangle with foreign mining firms, multiple sources familiar with the situation said.The Reko Diq mine has become a test case for Prime Minister Imran Khan's ability to attract serious foreign investment to Pakistan...Read More

ELKO, Nev. (AP) - Barrick Gold is dropping its takeover bid for Newmont Mining, as the gold companies instead form a joint venture to combine their Nevada mining operations.Last month Barrick Gold Corp. offered to acquire Newmont Mining Corp. for about $18 billion in stock.The joint venture will include the companies' assets and reserves in Nevada. It doesn't include Barrick's Fourmile project and...Read More

The venture, which replaces a hostile takeover bid by Barrick, could produce synergies of $4.7 billion without the integration issues of a merger. It may have been what both companies were looking for all along.Read full newsRead More

Vancouver, BC - Graphite One Inc. (TSX-V:GPH | OTCQX:GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that further to the approval received at a Special Meeting of Shareholders held on February 22, 2019 (the "Meeting") and as described in more detail in the management information circular of the Company dated January 18, 2019 (the "Circular"), the Company's name has changed...Read More