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

Global miner Anglo American (LON: AAL) ended 2018 on a high note, posting strong fourth quarter production results on Thursday despite setbacks at its iron ore operations in both South Africa and Brazil.Output of copper, one of the miner's main commodities, reached a five-year high, with overall output for the last quarter of 2018 rising 7% as a result of operational changes that boosted efficie...Read More

Global miner Anglo American (LON: AAL) ended 2018 on a high note, posting strong fourth quarter production results on Thursday despite setbacks at its iron ore operations in both South Africa and Brazil.Output of copper, one of the miner's main commodities, reached a five-year high, with overall output for the last quarter of 2018 rising 7% as a result of operational changes that boosted efficie...Read More

How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.With the market action of the last few weeks, some traders may feel like they're working blind -- after all, who knows what the Dow will do next? With bulls and bears butting heads in their predictions, many investors are looking for a way to try and predict what's to come, to avoid losing any of their capital to sudden corrections a...Read More

The world's top diamond producer by output, Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) and China's Anjin have been chosen by Zimbabwe's government to partner with the state-owned diamond miner in exploring and digging for precious stones in the country.According to local paper The Herald, the move is part of the Zimbabwe National Diamond Policy, approved in December last year, aimed at reviving the country's diamond indus...Read More

Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More

Barrick Gold Corp.'s full-year gold production was 4.53 million ounces for 2018 and full year gold sales of 4.54 million ounces, according to preliminary results announced Jan. 21.Read full newsRead More

Farhad Abasov has high hopes for Millennial Lithium's (TSXV: ML; US-OTC: MLNLF) Pastos Grandes lithium brine project in Argentina's Salta province.The CEO expects a definitive feasibility study (DFS) in the second quarter, and the project can start production as early as 2021, generating 25,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) a year.In January, the company reported that bench-scale pr...Read More

Goldsource Mines (TSXV: GXS) closed more than 73% higher yesterday on a new, high-grade discovery at its Salbora target at the Eagle Mountain gold project in Guyana.New Pacific Metals (TSXV: NUAG) rose C26 or almost 16% as it reported 76.63m at 383g/t silver among the first batch of drilling results from its Silver Sand project in Bolivia, saying 94 of 98 holes had intercepted near-surface silver...Read More

A village in Mali, West Africa. Source: RosCan Gold Corp.RosCan Gold Corp. [ROS-TSXV] on Thursday January 24 announced positive assay results from an initial air core drilling program at its Kandiole Project in Mali, West Africa.The drilling program was completed in December 2018, and was designed to test strong gold anomalies in termite mounds with coincident gold-in-soil gold anomalies.The compa...Read More

Logging diamond drill core at the Eskay Creek Project core shack. Source: Skeena Resources Ltd.Skeena Resources Ltd. [SKE-TSXV; SKERF-OTC] on Thursday January 14 released the final assay results from a Phase one surface drilling program at the company's Eskay Creek Project, which is located in northwest British Columbia's Golden Triangle region.The program targeted the 21A, 21C, and 22 zones. Howe...Read More

Gold pour at the Aurora Mine in Guyana, South America. Source: Guyana Goldfields Inc.A group of concerned Guyana Goldfields Inc. [GUY-TSX, OTC-GUYFF] shareholders say they are unhappy with the company's announced decision to hold its annual and special meeting of shareholders on May 22, 2019. That is a full 140 days after the concerned shareholders submitted their request for the meeting on Januar...Read More

Share this articleTORONTO - Canada's main stock index increased on the back of higher crude oil prices while trading on U.S. stock markets was mixed.The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 72.45 points at 15,280.78.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 22.38 points at 24,553.24. The S&P 500 index was up 3.63 points at 2,642.33, while the Nasdaq composite was up 47.69 points at 7,0...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Online diamond trading platform IDEX and the Delgatto Diamond Finance Fund (DDFF) announced today a joint initiative that will make it easier for diamond and jewelry wholesalers globally to use DDFF's services to easily access capital.   The DDFF specializes in collateral-based financing for diamond and jewelry companies. "For the first time ever, the industry has a fina...Read More

Multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy Knight Piésold aims to expand its mining capability and market share, especially in tailings, as well as assist mines in developing renewable-energy projects in remote areas where grid power is unavailable or unreliable, says Knight Piésold mining technical director Andrew Copeland.He tells Mining Weekly that, in South Afric...Read More

(IDEX Online) - ALROSA reports diamond production volume in 2018 at 36.7 million carats and sales of 38.1 million carats (down 8%). Sales proceeds increased by 6% to $4.5 billion.   In Q4 2018, diamond production decreased by 2% q-o-q (up 2% y-o-y) to 10.3 million carats driven by seasonal suspension of production at alluvial deposits, which was almost fully offset by increased output at und...Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers reported that rough diamond sales volumes totaled 9.9 million carats (9.2 million carats on a consolidated basis) from three sales cycles, compared with 8.2 million carats (7.5 million carats on a consolidated basis) from the same number of sales cycles during the equivalent period in 2017.   Fourth quarter rough sales revenues increased year on year as the re-phased...Read More

The 2019 Investing in African Mining Indaba – to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from February 4 to 7 – will be the twenty-fifth iteration of the event, and the “world’s largest mining conference” having reached this milestone is testimony to its relevance and value, says Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior e...Read More

Lucara Diamond Corp continues to make progress with the feasibility study for a potential underground operation at its 100%-owned and operated Karowe diamond mine, in Botswana.Following the release of a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA), the company last year embarked on a technical programme to support a feasibility study for a potential underground operation at Karowe, with the aim...Read More

Aim-listed BlueRock Diamonds has temporarily suspended operations at its Kareevlei mine in the Kimberley region of South Africa, owing to the imposition of a Section 54 notice from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR).The Section 54 notice is in relation to the code of practice relating to the operation of trackless mining machines only and resulted from an accident on Friday involving an ext...Read More

Diamond miner De Beers has lowered its production guidance for 2019 to between 31-million and 33-million carats.The company, which on Thursday reported production of 35.3-million carats for the 2018 financial year, attributes the lower production guidance to its existing Venetia openpit, in South Africa, where the Venetia underground mine will become the principal source of ore from 2023.Advertise...Read More