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

BHP, the world's largest mining company, has urged peers to create an independent international body in charge of overseeing the construction, integrity and operations of tailings dams, which storage mining waste, following the second collapse of a dam in Brazil in the past three years."As an industry, we now have to redouble our efforts to make sure events like this simply cannot happen," Chief E...Read More

BHP, the world's largest mining company, has urged peers to create an independent international body in charge of overseeing the construction, integrity and operations of tailings dams, which storage mining waste, following the second collapse of a dam in Brazil in the past three years."As an industry, we now have to redouble our efforts to make sure events like this simply cannot happen," Chief E...Read More

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce it is supplying various departments of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) in the Atlantic region of Canada, with its UCP100 in-vehicle cellular device and accessories.The UCP100 is the Company's first 3G in-vehicle cellular device made available in 2013 through cellular...Read More

Rescue workers retrieved 24 bodies and eight survivors Saturday from two flooded gold mines in Zimbabwe where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped, state television reported.Read full newsRead More

Eight months after the start of construction of its Whabouchi project in Quebec, Nemaska Lithium (TSX: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF) says it will cost an additional $375 million to complete the spodumene hard rock mine and electrochemical plant - a 34% increase over estimates in a feasibility study in January 2018.The announcement on Feb. 13 sent the company's shares plunging 35.6%, or 19.5 ?, to 35.5 ? api...Read More

Heath laughs at this now, but it underlines the oddity of his company, which has two royalties on producing mines and sends half of its cashflow back to investors. That will see a C0.15c (US0.Read More

The Choco Precious Metal Project in Colombia. Source Max Resource Corp.Max Resource Corp. [TSX.V: MXR; OTC: MXROF; Frankfurt: M1D] is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Chris Grainger to the MAX Advisory Board. Dr. Grainger resides in Medellin Colombia and has over 20 years of experience as a geologist with extensive experience in South America, including Colombia, specializing in grassr...Read More

Olympic Dam is a multi-mineral ore body containing uranium oxide, copper, gold and silver. Source BHPBHP Billiton Ltd. [BHP-NYSE; BHPLF-OTCPK] CEO Andrew Mackenzie is urging the global mining industry to ensure there is no repeat of the recent collapse of a tailings dam at Vale SA's [VALE-NYSE], Brumadinho iron ore operation in Brazil.The Brumadinho dam breach, which occurred on Friday, January 25...Read More

Lucara Diamond Corp. recently recovered a 223-carat, high white gem diamond, from its Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana.This stone  will be shown alongside the 240 carat and 127 carat, top white gem diamonds reported earlier this year together with other exceptional single diamonds recently recovered from Karowe, at Lucara's upcoming diamond tender closing on March 7, 2019. Eira Thomas CE...Read More

Lucapa Diamond Company, Empresa Nacional de Diamantes E.P. (Endiama) and Rosas & Petalas announced the recovery of a 128-carat diamond from the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola. The stone is the 12th +100- carat diamond recovered to date from Lulo, offering proof once again of the nature of the prolific Lulo diamond field. The diamond was recovered along with a 7.5 carat fancy purple pink gem. The...Read More

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diamond miner Lucapa Diamond Company has recovered a 128 ct diamond from its Lulo alluvial mine, in Angola.The diamond is the twelfth stone over 100 ct to be recovered to date from the Lulo operation, which continued to underline the large-stone nature of the Lulo diamond field, said Lucapa.AdvertisementThe diamond was recovered from Mining Block 6, along with a 7....Read More

Petra Diamonds has appointed Richard Duffy as CEO. He is to commence his task on April 1, 2019. The veteran, outgoing CEO Johan Dippenaar will be working closely with Duffy to ensure an efficient handover.   According to a news release issued by Petra, Duffy who worked for almost three decades for Anglo American and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., has extensive experience in both open pit and undergr...Read More

MHKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, is staging an exhibition called "Melancholia: The Diamond," in collaboration with Lars von Trier, Marianne Slot and Leonid Ogarev.     The exhibition is inspired by van Trier's film "Melancholia" (2011) and also harks back to van Trier's days in film school when he made very first documentary about diamonds. The fascination with diamond has r...Read More

Alderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resources"Due to the scale of Marimaca, Berta was a distraction for us," president and CEO Luis Tondo told Mining Journal.Read More

2019 is off to a great start for Lucara Diamond Corp, with the Canada-headquartered mining company having recovered another large diamond at its Karowe mine, in Botswana.The large find is a 223 ct, high white gem diamond, which will be shown alongside the 240 ct and 127 ct top white gem diamonds found last month, at the upcoming March 7 tender.AdvertisementLucara is listed on the TSX.To watch Crea...Read More

Cobalt leader talks about new era for project, IdahoSPONSOREDecobalt solutionsMining Journal: Did you learn anything new at Indaba?  Andy Leyland: I was actually quite surprised by how far advanced some of the African battery raw material projects are.Read More

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumCandelas is located among three high-profile neighbours, next to Galaxy Resources' Sal de Vida deposit, within kilometres of FMC spin-out Livent's long-running El Fenix operations and near POSCO's recently completed purchase of Galaxy's northern tenements for US$280 million.With lithium carbonate operating costs pegged a...Read More

Quality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech is aiming to become one of the world's leading suppliers of HPA and Tan, a lithium trailblazer, foresees a similar trajectory for HPA.Over the past decade, market awareness and the lithium price have increased with lithium-ion batteries becoming commonplace and the shift towards electric vehicles gaining momentum....Read More

Last week's top-gaining mining stocks on the TSX were Storm, Paramount Resources, International Petroleum, Advantage Oil and Gas and NuVista.Read full newsRead More

The trend over the next four weeks in gold and silver could be the trend for the rest of the year. In Asia, local currency price moves will be a far bigger factor (than gold in US dollar) over other themes. Winner will be the ones who are correctly able to determine to trend of the local currency trend. It is not easy to determine the long term trend of Indian rupee as we have an election. India...Read More