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

(IDEX Online) - Sarine Technologies will inaugurate its newly branded, advanced and fully automated diamond grading lab during the January 28-30 International Diamond Week in Israel (IDWI).   The launch of the only such facility based on artificial intelligence (AI) follows an initial pilot of the lab facility that opened in February 2018, the IDWI said in a statement. Sarine, an Israel-based...Read More

Aim-listed BlueRock has updated its 2013 inferred level of confidence in the diamond mineral resource for the Kareevlei kimberlite cluster.The company owns and operates the Kareevlei diamond mine, in Kimberley, South Africa, and appointed Z Star Mineral Resource Consultants to compile its reports.AdvertisementSince the publication of the 2013 mineral resource report, BlueRock has started mining th...Read More

Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has undertaken a share placing with existing and new investors to raise £370 000 through the issue of just over 67.2-million new ordinary shares at a placing price of 0.55p a placing share.The proceeds will be used to fund exploration activities during the current year in Botswana and South Africa, and to provide additional working capital for the company.Ad...Read More

PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedElement 25 targeting clean entry into high-growth marketSPONSOREDelement 25It produced a record 220,000 tonnes of copper in the December quarter, up 24% year-on-year, bringing the full-year total to 725,300t, a 3% increase from 2017 and at the top end of its revised guidanceRead More

Davos Switzerland...It may look like a peaceful winter wonderland. But if you visit the Davos ski resort in Switzerland this week, you’ll hear some forecasts that will chill your nerves as an investor.Fortunately, there’s a silver lining. One that will set you up for luxurious gains on your 2019 brokerage statement. But to lock in these profits, you’ll have to be brave!Let’...Read More

This episode features a round-table discussion on "Big Data" recorded live at The Northern Miner's Progressive Mine Forum held at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto in October 2018.The panelists are: Talia Dabby, director in the Technology Consulting, and People and Organization Practices at PwC Canada; Humera Malik, founder and CEO of Canvass Analytics; Glenn Mullan, president of the Prospec...Read More

Likely Shadary win in DR Congo threatens further squeeze on miners' profitsSPONSOREDverisk maplecroftAlderan unlocking Frisco potentialSPONSOREDalderan resourcesRhyolite Ridge PFS beats expectationsSPONSOREDioneerElement 25 targeting clean entry into high-growth marketSPONSOREDelement 25In the absence of a TARDIS, time, as far as most physicists have ever been able to deduce, only moves forwar...Read More

TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources on Wednesday announced the completion of a second independent size frequency distribution (SFD) modelled grade and diamond value for the 77.94 ct parcel of 502 commercial size diamonds recovered during BK16’s large diameter drilling (LDD) programme.In December, it was discovered that the size frequency model used in an initial SFD modelling exercise had resulte...Read More

Another one was announced yesterday.This time it's Aphria (TSX: APHA)(NYSE: APHA). The takeover bid came last night after market close. The unsolicited bid by Green Growth Brands (CSE: GGB) values Aphria at C$2.3 billion.Aphria stock, despite a biting short report that came out late last year, is up more than 33% so far this year.Jimmy's readers are up a bit more than that, having gotten in earlie...Read More

Before we get into this, I've got to say that I like some aspects of silver as an investment, but it tarnishes in the real world (sorry).I'm probably going to take some heat on this, and everyone feel free to email in and let me know what you think, but I think there are better metal investments (especially miners) to invest in right now.Unlike gold, where most of it goes into jewelry and investme...Read More

Another one was announced yesterday.This time it's Aphria (TSX: APHA)(NYSE: APHA). The takeover bid came last night after market close. The unsolicited bid by Green Growth Brands (CSE: GGB) values Aphria at C$2.3 billion.Aphria stock, despite a biting short report that came out late last year, is up more than 33% so far this year.Jimmy's readers are up a bit more than that, having gotten in earlie...Read More

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Responsible Gold Ecosystem, developed by Emergent Technology Holdings LP (Read full newsRead 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

NxGold Ltd. (TSXV:NXN) is pleased to provide the final results from the 2018 work programs at the Mt. Roe Gold Project located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.Read full newsRead More

Risk of a sustained Chinese slowdown is higher after the Chinese president stressed the need to maintain political stability. Jobs are the key to every nation. Increase in joblessness will create political issues in communist China. Industrial metals can fall first or the pace of rise will reduce after comments from the Chinese president. The Chinese have started/intend to start a massive infras...Read More

Risk of a sustained Chinese slowdown is higher after the Chinese president stressed the need to maintain political stability. Jobs are the key to every nation. Increase in joblessness will create political issues in communist China. Industrial metals can fall first or the pace of rise will reduce after comments from the Chinese president. The Chinese have started/intend to start a massive infras...Read More

Wenn es um das Thema Aktien geht, ist eine gro??zahl an Menschen in Deutschland sofort skeptisch. Ob Reichtum oder finanzielle pleite ? 1/4 ber Nacht - Aktien wird...Read full newsRead More

Signs China's economy is slowing got the bearish ball rollingThe Dow dropped triple digits out of the gate on signs of a slowing global economy. Disappointing housing data here at home and sinking oil prices only added to the risk-off backdrop, with panic-selling setting in on mid-afternoon headlines indicating the U.S. has turned down China's offer to meet ahead of next week's high-level trade ta...Read More

Another technical bear signal just flashed for the broadcasting concernThings have not been looking good for DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH) stock of late. Although the broadcasting name has bounced since hitting a seven-year low of $23.22 on Dec. 27, it's historically been one of the worst stocks to own during Martin Luther King Jr. Day week in the past 10 years, averaging a loss of nearly 3%....Read More

As we start 2019, the copper market is faced with the prospects of softer demand growth, given the macro economic outlook, constrained mine supply growth, ongoing disruptions at smelters, additional uncertainly around changes to Chinese policies towards copper scrap imports and low visible exchange stocks. All of these factors will no doubt lead to another year of volatile prices. However, in the...Read More