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

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Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM) is acquiring a 70% joint-venture interest in Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper and gold mine, located in British Columbia, Canada, as part of an ongoing push by the world's top bullion miners to get even bigger.The Melbourne-based company, which is also the world's No. 3 gold producer by market value, is paying Imperial $806...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM) is acquiring a 70% joint-venture interest in Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper and gold mine, located in British Columbia, Canada, as part of an ongoing push by the world's top bullion miners to get even bigger.The Melbourne-based company, which is also the world's No. 3 gold producer by market value, is paying Imperial $806...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM) is acquiring a 70% joint-venture interest in Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper and gold mine, located in British Columbia, Canada, as part of an ongoing push by the world's top bullion miners to get even bigger.The Melbourne-based company, which is also the world's No. 3 gold producer by market value, is paying Imperial $806...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, (ASX: NCM) is acquiring a 70% joint-venture interest in Imperial Metals' (TSX: III) Red Chris copper and gold mine, located in British Columbia, Canada, as part of an ongoing push by the world's top bullion miners to get even bigger.The Melbourne-based company, which is also the world's No. 3 gold producer by market value, is paying Imperial $806...Read More

Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM), the South American country's largest underground gold and silver producer, has increased the mineral resource and reserve estimate for its Segovia mine, located in the northwestern Antioquia mining district.The operation, acquired by Gran Colombia in 2010, has 4% more mineable reserves than what the company had detected by the end of 2017. They now sit at 1.9 millio...Read More

Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM), the South American country's largest underground gold and silver producer, has increased the mineral resource and reserve estimate for its Segovia mine, located in the northwestern Antioquia mining district.The operation, acquired by Gran Colombia in 2010, has 4% more mineable reserves than what the company had detected by the end of 2017. They now sit at 1.9 millio...Read More

Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM), the South American country's largest underground gold and silver producer, has increased the mineral resource and reserve estimate for its Segovia mine, located in the northwestern Antioquia mining district.The operation, acquired by Gran Colombia in 2010, has 4% more mineable reserves than what the company had detected by the end of 2017. They now sit at 1.9 millio...Read More

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Drug trafficking, battles between state forces and armed groups, extortion and illegal gold mining have transformed southern Venezuela into a region where citizens live in a parallel state ruled by organized crime. Read full newsRead 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 resourcesIt said "impressive surface alteratio...Read More

The company said in a February 20 statement it had received authorisation from the Guyanese Environmental Protection Agency to resume construction and development work on an underground explorationRead More

The Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwest British Columbia - now owned 70% by Newcrest Mining and 30% by Imperial Metals. Photo courtesy Imperial Metals Corp.Imperial Metals Corp. [III-TSX; IPMLF-OTC] shares rallied sharply Monday March 11 on news that the company has agreed to sell a 70% stake in its Red Chris copper and gold mine to Newcrest Mining Ltd. [NCM-ASX] for US$806.5 million in cash...Read More

Barrick Gold's Turquoise Ridge mine in Nevada. Source: Barrick Gold Corp.Barrick Gold Corp. [ABX-TSX, NYSE] has abandoned its hostile bid for Newmont Mining Corp. [NEM-NYSE] and will instead create a joint venture that will combine the two companies' Nevada gold mining operations.The deal, announced on Monday March 11, allows Newmont to complete a friendly merger with Goldcorp Inc. [G-TSX; GG-NYSE...Read More

H.E. Mithat Cans??z, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Republic of Turkey. Photo courtesy Government of Turkey.In an interview with Resource World magazine, H.E. Mithat Cans??z, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Republic of Turkey, provided insight as to how his government is taking steps to encourage mineral exploration and mining.RESOURCE WORLD: What metals and...Read More

The South China Morning Post reported that Russian diamond miner had finally succeeded to convince its Chinese customer base to trade in a currency other than US dollars, "as it looks to get around US sanctions."  Evgeny Agureev, Alrosa's director of sales, told the Post "on the sidelines of the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show that it has signed up Chow Sang Sang Jewellery on a long-te...Read More

The Civil Society Coalition (CSC), an alliance of international civil society organisations affiliated to the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) issued a statement last week, asking the UN and the KP to classify Zimbabwe's gemstones as conflict diamonds in order to prevent their sale in the global market. The Statement came at the conclusion of the United Nations General Assembly�...Read More

The India Jewellery Park of Mumbai, a mega initiative by the Government of India to take India's jewellery manufacturing and trade to a new level, was inaugurated earlier this month. The project will enjoy a total investment of more than $10 billion and once in operation is expected to generate an annual turnover of  $30 billion The foundation stone laying ceremony was attended by Suresh Prab...Read More

An investigation resulting from a US bankruptcy court order has suggested that Samuels Jewelers Inc., Mehul Choksi's US-owned company, may have sold lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) to customers with fraudulent grading reports that presented them as natural diamonds. The fraudulent reports were produced by a laboratory controlled through one of Choksi's businesses on the British Virgin Islands, the inves...Read More

This weekend, the stock market bull turned 10 years old, handing investors more than 17% in annualized total returns along the way. According to my old S&P coworker, Howard Silverblatt, that performance is more than three times better than the annualized return from the end of 1999 (5.43%) and almost twice as good as the return since 1989 (9.64%). Of course, plenty of people stayed on the side...Read More