The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

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

Gold futures recently hit prices not seen since April of 2018. That rally may have been a case of "too fast too soon" and profit-takers quickly stepped in.We are making higher lows but are not in breakout mode just yet.The higher base is positive and, as expected, the post-tax-loss selling rebound in the juniors has been solid.Speculative companies like Gainey Capital, once buried at C$0.04, now t...Read More

Mining industry employees and jobseekers are prioritizing a work-life balance when they look for a new role or when they start feeling dissatisfied in the position they are in.This is according to a survey of almost 800 people conducted by Perth-based Mining People International in January 2019.The recruitment agency reported that when asked "What takes priority when you're searching for your next...Read More

Mining industry employees and jobseekers are prioritizing a work-life balance when they look for a new role or when they start feeling dissatisfied in the position they are in.This is according to a survey of almost 800 people conducted by Perth-based Mining People International in January 2019.The recruitment agency reported that when asked "What takes priority when you're searching for your next...Read More

Mining industry employees and jobseekers are prioritizing a work-life balance when they look for a new role or when they start feeling dissatisfied in the position they are in.This is according to a survey of almost 800 people conducted by Perth-based Mining People International in January 2019.The recruitment agency reported that when asked "What takes priority when you're searching for your next...Read More

Mining industry employees and jobseekers are prioritizing a work-life balance when they look for a new role or when they start feeling dissatisfied in the position they are in.This is according to a survey of almost 800 people conducted by Perth-based Mining People International in January 2019.The recruitment agency reported that when asked "What takes priority when you're searching for your next...Read More

When OPEC started an oil-price war in late 2014, most people believed U.S. shale was doomed. In reality, the giant oil majors suffered most - burdened by expensive mega-projects, Chevron Corp., BP Plc and the rest struggled to adapt to the fall in energy prices.Slowly, those companies figured out how to survive in the lower-for-longer price era. They cut costs and, more importantly, learned how to...Read More

While it seems to fly in the face of everything we believe and have been taught about nuclear power, it may actually be the safest form of power production that we have. Ironically, the immense potency of the power of splitting an atom is simultaneously what makes nuclear weapons so dangerous as well as what makes nuclear power so safe. Despite high-profile nuclear disasters like Chernobyl in Ukra...Read More

While it seems to fly in the face of everything we believe and have been taught about nuclear power, it may actually be the safest form of power production that we have. Ironically, the immense potency of the power of splitting an atom is simultaneously what makes nuclear weapons so dangerous as well as what makes nuclear power so safe. Despite high-profile nuclear disasters like Chernobyl in Ukra...Read More

Rwanda's government aims to put its 49 percent stake in the country's biggest cement maker, Cimerwa, up for sale this month, the prime minister said on Saturday.The company, which is 51 percent owned by South Africa's PPC Ltd, has an installed annual production capacity of 600,000 tonnes."We have asked our partners if they are interested and the timeline is one month," Edouard Ngirente told a meet...Read More

Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism reported this week that exports dropped by 7.4% in January 2019 when compared to the same month of the previous year.Mineral production was down 1.26% in January.According to local media, the Ministry said that the largest fall was observed in mineral exports, which went down by 16.8% in January due to lower gold and copper prices. Sales of the yellow m...Read More

Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism reported this week that exports dropped by 7.4% in January 2019 when compared to the same month of the previous year.Mineral production was down 1.26% in January.According to local media, the Ministry said that the largest fall was observed in mineral exports, which went down by 16.8% in January due to lower gold and copper prices. Sales of the yellow m...Read More

Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism reported this week that exports dropped by 7.4% in January 2019 when compared to the same month of the previous year.Mineral production was down 1.26% in January.According to local media, the Ministry said that the largest fall was observed in mineral exports, which went down by 16.8% in January due to lower gold and copper prices. Sales of the yellow m...Read More

Graphene and gold are now being used in ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near perfect efficiency.In a paper published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, scientists with the University of Minnesota explain how they developed ultrasensitive biosensors capable of probing protein structures and, therefore, able to detect disorders related to protein misfoldin...Read More

Graphene and gold are now being used in ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near perfect efficiency.In a paper published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, scientists with the University of Minnesota explain how they developed ultrasensitive biosensors capable of probing protein structures and, therefore, able to detect disorders related to protein misfoldin...Read More

Graphene and gold are now being used in ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near perfect efficiency.In a paper published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, scientists with the University of Minnesota explain how they developed ultrasensitive biosensors capable of probing protein structures and, therefore, able to detect disorders related to protein misfoldin...Read More

Our researchers have been working overtime trying to help you stay ahead of these market moves. You may recall that we called this current downward price rotation in the US stock market over 25 days ago? You may recall that we called the downside price move in Gold over 40 days ago? Now, we're going to help you understand how to find profits from these movements and how to look for opportuni...Read More

Petra Diamonds Limited recovered a 100.83 carat D-Colour Type II gem quality diamond, following another recent recovery of a 6.12 carat Type II blue stone at its Cullinan Diamond Mine. According to the firm, the finds, which occurred earlier this month, demonstrate 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 spectr...Read More

This Spring, Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite auction in Hong Kong promises to deliver "a wealth of color and design through rare gems and intricately crafted jewels." The auction house will feature signed pieces by legendary maisons, such as an exquisite emerald and diamond necklace by Van Cleef & Arpels, alongside a specially curated collection of colored gemstones and colored diamon...Read More

Burdened with a bank debt of more than half a billion dollars, Eurostar Diamond Traders of Antwerp is close to bankruptcy, the Belgian daily De Tijd reported. ABN AMRO, Standard Chartered, as well as former accountants and former managers are among the creditors. The case is to come before Antwerp's Business Court in the second week of March 2019, after earlier this month the Court of Appeal dismi...Read More

Zimbabwean media reported that Anjin Investments, the diamond company partly owned by the Chinese, is expected to return to the mines in the Marange diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe.Reportedly, local villagers and human-rights activists are not impressed. Before Anjin was expelled from the Marange diamond fields some three years ago by past President Robert Mugabe, the company was accused of of...Read More