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

Commodities Analysis by David I. Kranzler covering: XAU/USD, Randgold Resources Ltd, Newmont Mining Corporation, Gold Futures. Read David I. Kranzler's latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More

Gold-oriented Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) is finding as much copper as gold in the early innings of exploration at its Lost Cities-Cutucu project in southeastern Ecuador.In January the junior explorer reported grades ranging from 0.9-9% copper from eight grab samples of rock in streams at its Tsenken-A porphyry target. Highlights included 9% copper with 185 grams silver per tonne and 7.1% copper...Read More

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), after the companies struck a joint-venture deal on their Nevada assets.Barrick will own 61.5% and Newmont, 38.5%, of the new joint venture, which will be operated by Barrick, and will allow the two partners to "tear down the fences and operate our assets as one mining complex," Barrick's new...Read More

This means the Jersey-registered company, which has a market cap of £5.37 million (US$7 million) is on the hook for US$140,000 plus 10% annual interest and both sides' costs.Read More

Drilling a potential kimberlite pipe on the Bishop Nipissing properties near the town of Cobalt, northeast Ontario. Source: RJK Explorations Ltd.RJK Explorations Ltd. [RJX.A-TSXV; RJKAF-OTC] said Tuesday March 12 that it has commenced drilling to test two potential kimberlite targets at its Bishop Nipissing diamond properties south of Cobalt, Ontario.The company also said Robert J. Mackay, a min...Read More

Goldcorp's Cerro Negro mine in Argentina. Source: Goldcorp Inc.Goldcorp Inc. [G-TSX; GG-NYSE] has ceased mining at its Cerro Negro mine in Argentina as a result of an illegal work stoppage by the AOMA mining union, the company said in a press release, Tuesday March 12."All mining ceased when the work stoppage began late on March 9, 2019, and processing activities have now been discontinued with th...Read More

Shannon Stubbs, Conservative Member of Parliament.Shannon Stubbs, Conservative Member of Parliament who represents the riding of Lakeland, Alberta, provided Resource World Magazine with her thoughts on mineral development during an interview at the recent Prospectors and Developers of Canada annual conference in Toronto.RESOURCE WORLD: How would you characterize the current state of the mining ind...Read More

The luxury sector in the West is worried about the Chinese. The steady flow Chinese tourist to Europe, Japan and other western destinations is drying up and fears are, it will die down to a trickle.The luxury sector's concerns are real. Chinese consumers, Bain & Co. says, generated a third of global luxury sales in 2017 - and mostly outside China's border.It started with the Chinese government...Read More

The Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS) plans to boost cooperation in gemological education with Chinese institutions. AIGS Chairman Kennedy Ho met with Shunyu Hou, President of GTC - Guangdong Gemstones & Precious Metals Testing Center, in Guangdong on February 27, and agreed to further collaboration in educational projects and in gemstone testing. "At AIGS, we plan to roll out man...Read More

The Angolan diamond mining company Catoca Ltd Mining Co, a joint venture of the Russian diamond miner ALROSA and Angola's state-run diamond mining company Endiama reported that they have taken significant steps toward improving the quality of Catoca's corporate governance. A number of new entities will be established: The Supervisory and Fiscal Councils will control, approve and finalize contracts...Read More

CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has released a simplified guide to ethical and responsible practices in the handling and trading of diamonds, coloured gemstones, pearls and coral, and has made it available for downloading in PDF format from the CIBJO website, in multiple languages, free of charge.The 10-page to 13-page document, depending on the language in which it is downloaded, provid...Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipGlobal Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corp"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAmong the highlights, it reported 28.95m at 0.48% copper, 0.77g/t go...Read More

The economy has been trapped in a one-step-forward, two-steps-back cycle nearly a decade running.One door opens, two slam shut.A ray of sun cracks through, the overcast patches the hole.Rapidly advancing technology offers a way out, its drummers claim.They insist automation, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) will soon catapult the economic system into vastly more productive realms.By 2030...Read More

When planning on how much to save for retirement, you first need to know how much you'll spend. The general rule is that you'll need 70% to 80% of your pre-retirement income to maintain your standard of living. However, a recent study found that nearly two in five (39%) retirees are spending more than they had expected. With that in mind, there are at least five things you might spend more on once...Read More

Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) says there is potential to transform Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern British Columbia into a tier-one operation, and is spending US$806.5 million to acquire a 70% joint-venture stake in the mine and surrounding 230 sq. km land package. "We do not do mergers and acquisitions purely to get bigger or for the sake of adding ounces," New...Read More

Appia Energy Corp., (CSE:API, OTCQB:APAAF) is ramping-up uranium and critical rare earth elements exploration and development activities in Canada, with active projects in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin area and uranium and REE resources in the province of Ontario. The Athabasca Basin is the world's leading source of high-grade uranium and currently supplies about 20% of the world's uranium.Figu...Read More

Global Atomic's 'transformational discovery' changes everythingSPONSOREDglobal atomic corp"Tshisekedi would be a relatively positive figure for mining investment"SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAlkane maps own path to world-class critical metals producerSPONSOREDalkane resourcesWestern Atlas drill-ready in NunavutSPONSOREDwestern atlas resourcesI am sure in many cases it's got to d...Read More

It is easy to forget with all the explosive growth in the marijuana sector how far it could really go.We're still in the early days of the marijuana industry.Sure, this is obvious in the U.S., but it is true for even the most comprehensive recreational and medical markets.Look no further than what we discussed last week, as Canadian businesses are falling short of sales expectations because of pro...Read More

Source: Michael J. Ballanger for Streetwise Reports 03/08/2019Sector expert Michael Ballanger offers his take on how PDAC has affected the gold and silver markets.I was looking over the charts last night (over a fine Merlot and some fava beans), trying desperately to avoid the temptation of attending that embarrassment of capitalism called PDAC. The mining conference held annually in Toronto h...Read More

Stocks extended their short-term downtrend on Friday before bouncing off and closing slightly lower. Investors continued to take profits off the table following the two-month-long advance. Is this a downward reversal or just a correction before another leg higher?The U.S. stock market indexes lost 0.1-0.2% on Friday, as investors continued to take profits off the table following two-month-long adv...Read More