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
A Brazilian court has ordered mining giant Vale (NYSE:VALE) to halt operations at its Brucutu iron ore mine, the largest in Minas Gerais state, following last month's tailings dam disaster at Brumadinho, which left at least 134 dead.The veredict, quoted by O Globo, one of the most respected Brazilian publications, includes an injunction that bans Vale from storing tailings in the Laranjeiras dam...Read More
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Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD), the world's top bullion producer by volume has entered into a 50-50 strategic alliance with fellow junior miner Reunion Gold (TSX-V:RGD), to jointly explore for and develop projects on South America's North Atlantic coast.The deal allows Barrick to tighten its grip on four of the Guyana-based projects Reunion already owns - Waiamu, Aremu, Arawini and O...Read More
Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD), the world's top bullion producer by volume has entered into a 50-50 strategic alliance with fellow junior miner Reunion Gold (TSX-V:RGD), to jointly explore for and develop projects on South America's North Atlantic coast.The deal allows Barrick to tighten its grip on four of the Guyana-based projects Reunion already owns - Waiamu, Aremu, Arawini and O...Read More
Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX)(NYSE:GOLD), the world's top bullion producer by volume has entered into a 50-50 strategic alliance with fellow junior miner Reunion Gold (TSX-V:RGD), to jointly explore for and develop projects on South America's North Atlantic coast.The deal allows Barrick to tighten its grip on four of the Guyana-based projects Reunion already owns - Waiamu, Aremu, Arawini and O...Read More
James Hyerczyk22 hours ago (Feb 04, 2019 3:21 AM GMT)Gold futures are trading lower early Monday, pressured by a steady U.S. Dollar as investors continued to react to Friday’s solid U.S. jobs report and upbeat factory activity data. The news is helping to drive up U.S. Treasury yields as investors cut expectations on a rate cut later this year. Rising rates are helping to make the U.S. Doll...Read More
Vedanta, the London-listed natural resources company controlled by one of India's richest men, said Monday its foreign subsidiary Cairn India Holdings' $200 million investment in Anglo American (LON:AAL) met all governance requirements.The company, India's largest miner and No. 1 iron ore exporter, said the deal was made on an arms-length basis in December 2018, adding it provided "significantly h...Read More
Vedanta, the London-listed natural resources company controlled by one of India's richest men, said Monday its foreign subsidiary Cairn India Holdings' $200 million investment in Anglo American (LON:AAL) met all governance requirements.The company, India's largest miner and No. 1 iron ore exporter, said the deal was made on an arms-length basis in December 2018, adding it provided "significantly h...Read More
Stocks Analysis by Chris Kimble covering: XAU/USD, XAG/USD, Gold Futures, Silver Futures. Read Chris Kimble's latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More
Zinc rose more than 2% to around a six-month high of US$2,777 a tonne while copper closed slightly lower. Strong jobs data out of the US on Friday helped ease market jitters, although China's Caixin purchasing managers' index fell slightly in January.Key global market indices had closed higher on Friday and the S&P/ASX200 was following suit in midday trade today.New graphite producer Syrah Res...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. will include an exceptional quality, 60.59-carat, fancy vivid yellow rough diamond in it its upcoming rough diamond sale. The diamond was recovered at the company's Gahcho Ku?(C) Mine last October. Reid Mackie, Vice President Diamond Marketing, commented: "The discovery of this diamond demonstrates our ability to produce very larg...Read More
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The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) - a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sudbury, Perth, Brisbane, Johannesburg and London - has given its Mining Professional of the Year awards for 2018 to Andr?(C)e St-Germain, chief financial officer of Integra Resources (TSXV: ITR; US-OTC: IRRZF) and Jose Vizquerra, executive vice-president of strategic development and a director...Read More
The pressure on platinum miners is different to that in gold, though the outcome could be similar as the threat of a global rush into electric vehicles cuts demand for both platinum and its sisterRead More
Reunion's Aremu prospect in Guyana showing artisanal mining. Source: Reunion Gold Corp.Reunion Gold Corp. [RGD-TSXV] said Monday has agreed to embark on a strategic alliance with Barrick Gold Corp. [ABX-TSX, NYSE] to explore, develop and mine mineral properties in the Guiana Shield of South America.Under the agreement, the two companies will form a 50:50 alliance that will cover certain mineral pr...Read More
The Max Resource 30-person exploration camp and bulk testing facilities in Colombia. Source: Max Resource Corp.[MXR-TSXV; MAXROF-OTC; M1D1-FSE] rallied strongly in active trading Monday February 4 after the company said it has signed a sponsorship deal with Star Finance GmbH, a privately-owned communications services provider based in Steinhausen, Switzerland and Cologne, Germany.Max shares jumped...Read More
Aim-listed Firestone Diamonds on Monday reported that it had treated 1.9-million tonnes of ore in the six months to December 31, in line with the company’s full-year guidance of between 3.6-million tonnes and 3.9-million tonnes treated.In a quarterly operations update for its Liqhobong diamond mine, in Lesotho, Firestone noted that 884 252 t of ore were treated in the quarter, lower tha...Read More
The World Gold Council (WGC) recently agreed that global investors will "continue to favor gold as an effective diversifier and hedge against systemic risk." The rise in protectionist policies around the world is chief among the risks since they tend to lead to higher inflation and slower economic growth over the long term.I agree and believe that gold will put in higher lows this year that provid...Read More
Stocks Analysis by Chris Kimble covering: XAU/USD, XAG/USD, Gold Futures, Silver Futures. Read Chris Kimble's latest article on Investing.comRead full newsRead More
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